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The examples provided in this guide are meant to introduce you to the basics of citing sources using the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (seventh edition). For types of resources not included in this guide (e.g., government documents, manuscript collections, video recordings) and for further information about the examples included below, please consult the MLA Handbook itself , and/or a Reference Librarian . For help with layout, margins, spacing and page numbering, see the MLA Handbook (Fig. 12, page 131). Consider using RefWorks to help you track your research and automatically create a bibliography in MLA style.
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Parenthetical Documentation Preparing the List of Works Cited A Brief Note on Footnotes and Endnotes For More Help
PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION
When using MLA documentation style, you need to reference your sources by using a combination of a list of works cited (see below) and parenthetical notation . Whenever you refer to or use another's words, facts or ideas in your paper, you are required to cite the source. Generally, brief parenthetical notations consisting of the author's last name and a page reference are sufficient. For example: (Drucker 30) .
Note: If you mention the author in your sentence, then you need only cite the page number . And if you cite more than one work by the same author , include the title of the work in your notation. For example: (Drucker, Management Cases 30) .
1. ONE AUTHOR
The character Folly denies satirizing Christianity when she says, "it is no part of my present plan to rummage through the lives of popes and priests," yet she spends much of her encomium doing just that (Erasmus 115).
2. TWO OR MORE AUTHORS
Max Weber purported that value systems could be studied "without the social scientist's own values distorting such studies" (Keat and Urry 196).
According to Russell Keat and John Urry in Social Science as Theory, Max Weber believed that value systems could be studied "without the social scientist's own values distorting such studies" (196).
Max Weber believed that individuals can objectively study values without their own values interfering with their judgment (Keat and Urry 196).
3. CORPORATE AUTHOR
Children of Central and Eastern Europe have not escaped the nutritional ramifications of iron deficiency, a worldwide problem (UNICEF 44).
4. NO AUTHOR
Marketers of health services and products will find the National Center for Health Statistics' site useful, particularly its statistics on mortality rates. Discovering a population's leading causes of death "tells the researcher a lot about its underlying health problems" ("Information to Die For" 40).
5. WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY
Cite the author of the essay or story and not the editor of the anthology unless they are the same.
Although some critics disliked Mel Brook's 1993 parody of Robin Hood, it is actually "in the mainstream of the Robin Hood tradition" (Knight 461).
6. INDIRECT QUOTATION
Chief Joseph concluded his surrender by stating eloquently: "[.. .] I will fight no more forever" (qtd. in Safire 108).
7. ONLINE RESOURCE
If the work is not paginated, include the name of the author or editor within the context of your sentence (for example, from a discussion list).
Posting on the VICTORIA listserv, Karen O'Connell mentioned a relevant novel by Wilkie Collins that deals with the 19th-century use of arsenic as a complexion improver.
If the work is paginated, cite it as you would a print resource.
Imagine that the sentences above could somehow be synthesized and used in a single paper. The works cited page would look like this:
WORKS CITED
Erasmus, Desiderius. The Praise of Folly. Trans. Clarence H. Miller. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1979. Print.
"Information to Die For." Marketing Health Services 22.1 (2002): 40-42. ABI/Inform.
Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
Keat, Russell, and John Urry. Social Theory as Science. 2nd ed. London: Routledge
and K. Paul, 1982. Print.
Knight, Stephen. "Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Fitting the Tradition Snugly."
Robin Hood: An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism. Ed. Stephen
Knight. Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 1999. 461-467. Print.
O'Connell, Karen. "Re: Poisoning." VICTORIA. Indiana U. 3 Nov. 2000. Web.
14 Aug. 2009.
Safire, William. Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History. New York: W. W.
Norton and Company, 1992. Print.
UNICEF. Generation in Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Union. Ed. Alexander Zouev. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1999.
Print.
PREPARING THE LIST OF WORKS CITED
As demonstrated above, a works cited page consists of an alphabetical listing of the books, articles and other sources that you parenthetically noted in your paper. The works cited page occurs at the end of your paper; however, it is useful to create a draft of it before you begin writing. Following are typical examples of the types of references you will use in your research.
Include some or all of the following elements in your book citation:
- Author or editor
- Title (italicized)
- Translator or compiler
- Volume(s) used
- Name of series
- Place of publication, publisher, and date of publication
- Page numbers
- Name of vendor, database, or provider (italicized)
- Medium of publication consulted (e.g., Print)
- Date of access (Web only; day, month, year)
- Supplementary information and annotation
1. ONE AUTHOR OR EDITOR
Cather, Willa. The Professor's House. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1925. Print.
UNICEF. Generation in Jeopardy: Children in Central and Eastern Europe
and the Former Soviet Union. Ed. Alexander Zouev. Armonk: M. E.
Sharpe, 1999. Print.
Hudson, Valerie N., ed. Culture and Foreign Policy. Boulder: L. Rienner
Publishers, 1997. Print.
2. TWO OR MORE AUTHORS OR EDITORS
Names should be given in the order in which they appear on the title page.
Keat, Russell, and John Urry. Social Theory as Science. 2nd ed. London: Routledge
and K. Paul, 1982. Print.
Kennedy, Mary, Kathy Lubelska, and Val Walsh, eds. Making Connections: Women's
Studies, Women's Movements, Women's Lives. London: Taylor and Francis,
1993. Print.
3. ELECTRONIC BOOK
Include the vendor, database, or provider's name (italicized) and date of access (day, month, year) .
Turam, Berna. Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement. Stanford,
CA: Stanford UP, 2007. NetLibrary. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
If the book is accessed from a SCHOLARLY PROJECT , also include the project name, place of publication, and the date of the electronic publication if available.
Child, Lydia Maria. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans.
Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1833. Women Writers Online. Brown U. Web. 14
Aug. 2009.
4. ANTHOLOGY
Knight, Stephen. "Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Fitting the Tradition Snugly."
Robin Hood: An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism. Ed. Stephen
Barrick, Richard, John Sullivan, and Alexander White. "The American Bloody Register."
Pillars of Salt: An Anthology of Early American Criminal Narratives. Comp.
Daniel E. Williams. Madison: Madison House, 1993. 233-258. Print.
5. INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, FOREWORD, OR AFTERWORD
Ritterson, Michael. Introduction. The Odin Field: A Story. By Wilhem Raabe.
Trans. Michael Ritterson. Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture.
Rochester: Camden House, 2001. xi-xxvii. Print.
6. MULTIVOLUME WORK
Tomkins, Silvan S. Affect, Imagery, Consciousness. 4 vols. New York: Springer,
1962-1992. Print.
Anthony, Robert N., and James S. Reece. Accounting Principles. 7th ed. Chicago:
Irwin, 1995. Print.
8. TRANSLATION
Erasmus, Desiderius. The Praise of Folly. Trans. Clarence H. Miller. New Haven:
Yale, 1979. Print.
9. ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK
"Audubon, John James." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Micropaedia. 15th
ed. 2002. Print.
"Audubon, John James." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia
Britannica, 2009. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
Ebeling, Richard, ed. Global Free Trade: Rhetoric or Reality? Hillsdale, MI: Hillsdale
College Press, 1993. Print. Champions of Freedom 20.
B. Articles in Periodicals
Include some or all of the following in your article citation:
- Article title (usually in quotation marks)
- Periodical title (italicized)
- Series/Issue number or name
- Volume number
- Issue number (if available)
- Publication date (year for scholarly journals; day, month, year for others, as available)
- Medium of publication
- Name of database (italicized and placed before medium of publication) (Web only)
- Date of access (day, month, year) (Web only)
1. SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
Freedman, L. "The Changing Forms of Military Conflict." Survival 40.4 (1998): 39-56.
Print.
Kirby, John T. "Aristotle on Metaphor." American Journal of Philology 118.4
(1997): 517-554. Print.
Online Journal -- Use n. pag. to indicate the absence of inclusive page numbers.
Ketabgian, Tamara. Rev. of The Body Economic: Life, Death, and Sensation in
Political Economy and the Victorian Novel, by Catherine Gallagher. Bryn Mawr
Review of Comparative Literature 6.2 (2007): n. pag. Web. 19 Aug. 2009.
Chan, Winnie. "Curry on the Divide in Rudyard Kipling's Kim and Gurinder Chadha's
Bend it Like Beckham." ARIEL: A Review of International English
Literature 36.3-4 (2005): 1-23. Web. 14. Aug. 2009.
Full text of an article from a Database -- Include the name of the database, the name of the database provider and the date of access. Use n. pag. to indicate the absence of inclusive page numbers.
Freedman, Lawrence. "The Changing Forms of Military Conflict." Survival 40.4 (1998):
39-56. ProQuest Research Library. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
Kirby, John T. "Aristotle on Metaphor." American Journal of Philology 118.4 (1997):
517-554. JSTOR. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
2. MAGAZINE
Monthly or Bimonthly
Goldberger, Paul. "Machines for Living: Architectonic Allure of the Automobile."
Architectural Digest Oct. 1996: 82.
Weekly
Levy, Steven, and Brad Stone. "Silicon Valley Reboots." Newsweek 25 Mar.
2002: 42-50. Print.
2002: 42-50. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
3. ANONYMOUS ARTICLE
"Information to Die For." Marketing Health Services 22.1 (2002): 40-42. Print.
"Information to Die For." Marketing Health Services 22.1 (2002): 40-42. ABI/Inform. 14 Aug. 2009.
4. NEWSPAPER
Pianin, Eric. "Use of Arsenic in Wood Products to End." The Washington Post 13
Feb. 2002, final ed.: A2. Print.
Pianin, Eric. "Use of Arsenic in Wood Products to End." The Washington Post 13 Feb.
2002, final ed.: A2. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
Nash, Alanna. "Hit 'em with a lizard!" Rev. of Basket Case, by Carl Hiaasen. New
York Times 3 Feb. 2002, late ed., sec. 7: 24. Print.
York Times 3 Feb. 2002, late ed., sec. 7: 24. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 14
C. Web Sites
Following are elements to include when citing entire Web sites. Keep in mind that
if you cannot find all of the elements, you should include whatever is available on the site . The URL is no longer required unless locating the site requires it or your professor requires it.
- Title of Web site (italicized)
- Site publisher/sponsor
- Date of site's publication (if none, use n.d. )
- Date of access (day, month, year)
1. SCHOLARLY PROJECT
Crane, Gregory, ed. Perseus Digital Library. Dept. of the Classics, Tufts U.
n.d. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
2. PROFESSIONAL SITE
Financial Accounting Standards Board . Feb. 2002. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
3. PERSONAL SITE
Lewis, Paul. The Wilkie Collins Pages. n.d. Web. 14 Aug. 2009.
<http://www.paullewis.co.uk/>.
See also Electronic Book and Periodicals above.
D. Online Postings
To cite a posting from a discussion list, include the following elements if available:
- Author of posting
- Title of posting (from subject line of posting, in quotes)
- Name of discussion list
- Date of posting
- 5. Medium of publication
- Date of access
O'Connell, Karen. "Re: Poisoning." VICTORIA. Indiana U. 3 Nov. 2000. Web.
A BRIEF NOTE ON FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES
Long explanatory footnotes or endnotes can distract the reader. Nevertheless, you may occasionally need to clarify a citation with a bibliographic note . Or you may wish to incorporate information that might interest your reader but which would seem tangential if included within the text of your paper. In this case, you would use a content note. Notes are indicated with consecutive superscript numbers within the text of your paper. The actual note is indented and can occur either as a footnote at the bottom of the page or as an endnote at the end of the paper.
1. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE
Nineteenth-century critics of cheap, mass-produced fiction feared that the gory subject matter of stories like Sweeney Todd would lead a generation of youth into depravity. 1
1 For a selection of penny fiction as well as 19th-century criticism of it, see
Haining's The Penny Dreadful .
2. CONTENT NOTE
Charles Knight did not rely solely on the cheaply printed word in publications like the Penny Magazine to educate people; he also mass-produced images to diffuse knowledge visually. 2
2 Patricia Anderson's The Printed Image and the Transformation of Popular Culture, 1790-1860 provides examples of Penny Magazine images, such as depictions of flamingos, reproduced portraits of people like Benjamin Franklin, and engravings of famous artworks like "The Dying Gladiator" and "Laocoon" (50-83).
FOR MORE HELP
Following are links to sites that have additional information and further examples:
- RefWorks : Once you have created an account, go to Tools/Preview Output Style to see examples of MLA style.
- Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) : Excellent source for research, writing and citation tips.
- Citing Sources : Duke University's guide to citing sources. The site offers comparison citation tables with examples from APA , Chicago , MLA and Turabian for both print and electronic works.
- Citing Electronic Primary Sources : From the Library of Congress. Provides MLA and Turabian examples of citing formats such as films, photographs, maps and recorded sound that are accessed electronically.
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MLA is the standard citation style guide for the humanities, especially languages and literature, is the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers , 7th edition, 2009. The American Modern Language Association (MLA) publishes the manual. It is commonly referred to it as the "MLA Manual".
MLA is most often used in the Humanities disciplines including, but not limited to:
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Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA’s unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements—facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date—that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. With this focus on source evaluation as the cornerstone of citation, MLA style promotes the skills of information and digital literacy so crucial today.
The many new and updated chapters make this edition the comprehensive, go-to resource for writers of research papers, and anyone citing sources, from business writers, technical writers, and freelance writers and editors to student writers and the teachers and librarians working with them. Intended for a variety of classroom contexts—middle school, high school, and college courses in composition, communication, literature, language arts, film, media studies, digital humanities, and related fields—the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook offers
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- Publishing and Editing
Preface (xvii)
Acknowledgments (xix)
Introduction (xxi)
1. Formatting Your Research Project ( 1)
[1.1] Margins (1)
[1.2] Text Formatting (1)
[1.3] Title (2)
[1.4] Running Head and Page Numbers (4)
[1.5] Internal Headings and Subheadings (4)
[1.6] Placement of the List of Works Cited (5)
[1.7] Tables and Illustrations (6)
[1.8] Lists (9)
[1.9] Integrated into Your Prose (9)
[1.10] Set Vertically (10)
[1.11] Lists introduced with a complete sentence (10)
[1.12] Lists that continue the sentence introducing them (12)
[1.13] Paper and Printing (13)
[1.14] Proofreading and Spellcheckers (13)
[1.15] Binding a Printed Paper (13)
[1.16] Electronic Submission (14)
2. Mechanics of Prose (15)
[2.1] Spelling (15)
[2.2] Dictionaries (15)
[2.3] Plurals (15)
[2.4] Punctuation (16)
[2.5] Commas (16)
[2.6] When a comma is necessary (17)
[2.7] Before a coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses (17)
[2.8] Between coordinate adjectives (17)
[2.9] To set off parenthetical comments (18)
[2.10] After long introductory phrases and clauses (18)
[2.11] With contrasting phrases (18)
[2.12] In series (19)
[2.13] With dates and locations (19)
[2.14] With nonrestrictive modifiers (20)
[2.15] When a comma is incorrect (22)
[2.16] Subject and verb (22)
[2.17] Verb and object (22)
[2.18] Parts of a compound subject (22)
[2.19] Parts of a compound object (23)
[2.20] Two verbs that share a subject (23)
[2.21] Two subordinate elements that are parallel (23)
[2.22] When a comma is optional (23)
[2.23] With short introductory phrases and clauses (23)
[2.24] Around specific words (24)
[2.25] Before some coordinating conjunctions (24)
[2.26] Semicolons (24)
[2.27] Colons (25)
[2.28] Dashes and Parentheses (26)
[2.29] To enclose an interruption (27)
[2.30] To prevent misreading (27)
[2.31] To introduce an elaboration or an example (27)
[2.32] To introduce a list (27)
[2.33] Hyphens (28)
[2.34] When to hyphenate compound adjectives before a noun (28)
[2.35] Adverbs (28)
[2.36] Number-noun combinations (28)
[2.37] Prepositional phrases (29)
[2.38] Clarity (29)
[2.39] When not to hyphenate compound adjectives before a noun (29)
[2.40] Adverbs (29)
[2.41] Comparatives and superlatives (30)
[2.42] Familiar compound terms (30)
[2.43] Foreign language terms (30)
[2.44] Proper nouns (31)
[2.45] Hyphens before suppressed words (31)
[2.46] Hyphens with prefixes (31)
[2.47] Hyphens in fractions (32)
[2.48] Hyphens versus en dashes (32)
[2.49] Apostrophes (33)
[2.50] Singular and plural nouns (33)
[2.51] Proper nouns (33)
[2.52] Nouns expressing shared possession (34)
[2.53] Letters (34)
[2.54] Plural abbreviations and numbers (34)
[2.55] Quotation Marks (34)
[2.56] To flag provisional meaning (35)
[2.57] To mark translations of words or phrases (35)
[2.58] Slashes (35)
[2.59] Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points (36)
[2.60] Italics in Prose (36)
[2.61] Words and Phrases Referred to as Words (36)
[2.62] Letters Referred to as Letters (37)
[2.63] Foreign Words in an English-Language Text (37)
[2.64] Capitalization of Terms (37)
[2.65] English (37)
[2.66] French (38)
[2.67] German (39)
[2.68] Italian (39)
[2.69] Spanish (40)
[2.70] Latin (40)
[2.71] Names of Persons in Your Prose (41)
[2.72] First Uses of Personal Names (41)
[2.73] Surnames Used Alone (43)
[2.74] English (43)
[2.75] French (44)
[2.76] German (45)
[2.77] Italian (45)
[2.78] Spanish (46)
[2.79] Latin (47)
[2.80] Asian languages (47)
[2.81] Premodern names (48)
[2.82] Transliterated Names (48)
[2.83] Titles with Personal Names (49)
[2.84] Suffixes with Personal Names (50)
[2.85] Given Names and Personal Initials (50)
[2.86] Names of Fictional Characters (51)
[2.87] Names of Organizations and Groups (51)
[2.88] Names of Literary Periods and Cultural Movements (52)
[2.89] Titles of Works in Your Prose (53)
[2.90] Capitalizing Titles in English (54)
[2.91] Capitalizing Titles in Languages Other Than English (56)
[2.92] French (56)
[2.93] German (57)
[2.94] Italian (57)
[2.95] Spanish (57)
[2.96] Latin (58)
[2.97] Other languages in the Latin alphabet (58)
[2.98] Languages in non-Latin alphabets (58)
[2.99] Punctuation of Titles (59)
[2.100] Serial comma (59)
[2.101] Subtitles (61)
[2.102] Alternative titles (62)
[2.103] Dates appended to titles (64)
[2.104] Multivolume works (64)
[2.105] Punctuation around Titles (65)
[2.106] Styling Titles (66)
[2.107] Italicized titles (66)
[2.108] Italicized titles of works contained in a larger work (69)
[2.109] Titles in quotation marks (70)
[2.110] Titles with no formatting (71)
[2.111] Titles within Titles (73)
[2.112] Surrounding title in quotation marks (73)
[2.113] Surrounding title in italics (75)
[2.114] Surrounding title with no formatting (76)
[2.115] Quotations within Titles (77)
[2.116] Foreign Language Terms and Titles within Titles (77)
[2.117] Styling (77)
[2.118] Capitalization (78)
[2.119] Titles within titles (79)
[2.120] Shortened Titles in Your Prose (79)
[2.121] Subtitles (79)
[2.122] Conventional forms of titles (80)
[2.123] Very long titles (80)
[2.124] Punctuating shortened titles (80)
[2.125] Translating Titles in Languages Other Than English (81)
[2.126] Numbers (82)
[2.127] Use of Numerals or Words (82)
[2.128] Number-heavy contexts (82)
[2.129] Street addresses (83)
[2.130] Decimal fractions (83)
[2.131] Percentages and amounts of money (83)
[2.132] Items in numbered series (84)
[2.133] Large numbers (84)
[2.134] Plural forms (84)
[2.135] At the start of a sentence (84)
[2.136] In titles (85)
[2.137] Commas in Numbers (86)
[2.138] Dates and Times (86)
[2.139] Number Ranges (87)
3. Principles of Inclusive Language (89)
4. Documenting Sources: An Overview (95)
[4.1] Why Plagiarism Is a Serious Matter (96)
[4.2] Avoiding Plagiarism (97)
[4.3] Careful Research (97)
[4.4] Giving Credit (98)
[4.5] Paraphrasing (98)
[4.6] When to paraphrase (98)
[4.7] How to paraphrase (99)
[4.8] How to paraphrase and give credit (99)
[4.9] Quoting (100)
[4.10] When to quote (100)
[4.11] How to quote and give credit (100)
[4.12] When Documentation Is Not Needed (101)
[4.13] Common Knowledge (101)
[4.14] Passing Mentions (102)
[4.15] Allusions (102)
[4.16] Epigraphs (102)
5. The List of Works Cited (105)
[5.1] Creating and Formatting Entries: An Overview (105)
[5.2] The MLA Core Elements (107)
[5.3] Author: What It Is (107)
[5.4] Author: Where to Find It (108)
[5.5] Author: How to Style It (111)
[5.6] One author (111)
[5.7] Two authors (111)
[5.8] Three or more authors (112)
[5.9] Names not reversed (113)
[5.10] Languages that order surname first (113)
[5.11] Lack of surname (114)
[5.12] Variant forms of a personal name (115)
[5.13] Different spellings (115)
[5.14] Pseudonyms and name changes (115)
[5.15] When not to supply information, cross-reference, or use the published form of a name (117)
[5.16] Online handles (118)
[5.17] Organizations, groups, and government authors (119)
[5.18] Listing by name (119)
[5.19] Avoiding redundancy (119)
[5.20] Government authors (120)
[5.21] Standardizing and supplying information (120)
[5.22] Consolidating entries (120)
[5.23] Title of Source: What It Is (121)
[5.24] Title of Source: Where to Find It (125)
[5.25] Title of Source: How to Style It (130)
[5.26] Shortened titles (130)
[5.27] Sections of a work labeled generically (130)
[5.28] Description in place of a title (132)
[5.29] Quoted text in place of a title (132)
[5.30] Translations of titles (133)
[5.31] Title of Container: What It Is (134)
[5.32] Works that are self-contained (135)
[5.33] Works with more than one container (135)
[5.34] Determining when a website is a container (136)
[5.35] Apps and databases (138)
[5.36] Title of Container: Where to Find It (140)
[5.37] Title of Container: How to Style It (145)
[5.38] Contributor: What It Is (145)
[5.39] Key contributors (146)
[5.40] Key contributors in the Author element (147)
[5.41] Other types of contributors (148)
[5.42] Contributor: Where to Find It (149)
[5.43] Contributor: How to Style It (151)
[5.44] Labels describing the contributor’s role (151)
[5.45] Capitalization of labels (153)
[5.46] Multiple contributors in the same role (153)
[5.47] Repeated personal names in an entry (153)
[5.48] Version: What It Is (154)
[5.49] Version: Where to Find It (155)
[5.50] Version: How to Style It (157)
[5.51] Number: What It Is (158)
[5.52] Number: Where to Find It (159)
[5.53] Number: How to Style It (164)
[5.54] Publisher: What It Is (164)
[5.55] Publisher: Where to Find It (166)
[5.56] Books (166)
[5.57] Websites (167)
[5.58] Audio and visual media (168)
[5.59] Publisher: How to Style It (169)
[5.60] Capitalization (169)
[5.61] Copublishers (170)
[5.62] Divisions of nongovernment organizations as publishers (170)
[5.63] Government agencies as publishers (171)
[5.64] Terms omitted from publishers’ names (172)
[5.65] Common abbreviations in publishers’ names (172)
[5.66] Ampersands and plus signs in publishers’ names (172)
[5.67] City of publication (172)
[5.68] Publication Date: What It Is (173)
[5.69] Publication Date: Where to Find It (174)
[5.70] Books (174)
[5.71] E-books (176)
[5.72] News articles (177)
[5.73] Journal articles (178)
[5.74] Music (180)
[5.75] Government documents (182)
[5.76] Television episodes (184)
[5.77] Publication Date: How to Style It (185)
[5.78] Year (185)
[5.79] Season (185)
[5.80] Time (185)
[5.81] Date range (186)
[5.82] Approximate date given in source (186)
[5.83] Uncertain date given in source (186)
[5.84] Location: What It Is (187)
[5.85] Location: Where to Find It (189)
[5.86] Page numbers (189)
[5.87] Online works (189)
[5.88] Location: How to Style It (189)
[5.89] Inclusive pages (189)
[5.90] Descriptive label before page numbers (193)
[5.91] Numerals for page numbers (193)
[5.92] Plus sign with page number (193)
[5.93] DOIs (194)
[5.94] Permalinks (195)
[5.95] URLs (195)
[5.96] Truncating (195)
[5.97] Breaking (196)
[5.98] Including terminal slash (196)
[5.99] Physical locations and events (197)
[5.100] The Three Most Common Types of Entries (197)
[5.101] Works in One Container (198)
[5.102] Works in Two Containers (200)
[5.103] Works That Are Self-Contained (204)
[5.104] One Work Cited Different Ways (207)
[5.105] Supplemental Elements (208)
[5.106] Placement after Title of Source (208)
[5.107] Contributor (208)
[5.108] Original publication date (209)
[5.109] Section of a work labeled generically (210)
[5.110] Placement at End of Entry (210)
[5.111] Date of access (211)
[5.112] Medium of publication (211)
[5.113] Dissertations and theses (214)
[5.114] Publication history (214)
[5.115] Book series (214)
[5.116] Columns, sections, and other recurring titled features (215)
[5.117] Multivolume works (215)
[5.118] Government documents (216)
[5.119] Placement between Containers (217)
[5.120] Punctuation of Entries (217)
[5.121] More Than One Item in an Element (217)
[5.122] Supplied Publication Information (218)
[5.123] Ordering the List of Works Cited (219)
[5.124] Alphabetizing: An Overview (219)
[5.125] Alphabetizing by Author (221)
[5.126] Multiple works by one author (221)
[5.127] Multiple works by two authors (222)
[5.128] Multiple works by more than two authors (222)
[5.129] Multiple works by a single author and coauthors (223)
[5.130] Alphabetizing by Title (224)
[5.131] Cross-References (225)
[5.132] Annotated Bibliographies (226)
6. Citing Sources in the Text (227)
[6.1] In-Text Citations (227)
[6.2] Overview (227)
[6.3] What to Include and How to Style It (230)
[6.4] Citing a work listed by author (230)
[6.5] Coauthors (232)
[6.6] Corporate authors (233)
[6.7] Two authors with the same surname (234)
[6.8] Two or more works by the same author or authors (235)
[6.9] Citing a work listed by title (237)
[6.10] Shortening titles of works (237)
[6.11] Titles in quotation marks that start with a title in quotation marks (238)
[6.12] Titles in quotation marks that start with a quotation (239)
[6.13] Using abbreviations for titles of works (240)
[6.14] Shortening descriptions used in place of titles (240)
[6.15] When author and title are not enough (241)
[6.16] Page numbers and other divisions of works (242)
[6.17] One-page works (242)
[6.18] Quotations spanning two or more pages of a work (242)
[6.19] Quotations from a nonconsecutively paginated work (243)
[6.20] Numbered paragraphs, sections, and lines (244)
[6.21] Commonly cited works (244)
[6.22] Verse works (245)
[6.23] Prose works (246)
[6.24] Ancient and medieval works (247)
[6.25] Scripture (247)
[6.26] Works without numbered pages or divisions (248)
[6.27] Volume numbers for multivolume nonperiodical works (249)
[6.28] Time stamps (250)
[6.29] Numbered notes in your source (250)
[6.30] Punctuation in the parenthetical citation (250)
[6.31] Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources (252)
[6.32] Integrating Quotations into Prose (253)
[6.33] Prose works (253)
[6.34] Short quotations (253)
[6.35] Long quotations (block quotations) (254)
[6.36] Poetry (255)
[6.37] Short quotations (255)
[6.38] Long quotations (block quotations) (256)
[6.39] Dialogue (258)
[6.40] Drama (258)
[6.41] Prose (259)
[6.42] Poetry (260)
[6.43] Placement of Parenthetical Citations (260)
[6.44] Consolidating citations (261)
[6.45] References to a single source (262)
[6.46] References to multiple works citing the same idea (262)
[6.47] Omitting Citations for Repeated Quotations and Terms (263)
[6.48] Punctuation with Quotations (264)
[6.49] Introducing quotations (264)
[6.50] Quotations within quotations (265)
[6.51] Marking the end of a quotation (266)
[6.52] Periods and commas (266)
[6.53] Other punctuation marks (267)
[6.54] Capitalization with Quotations (268)
[6.55] When to capitalize (268)
[6.56] When to lowercase (270)
[6.57] When to follow the case of your source (271)
[6.58] Using an Ellipsis to Mark Material Omitted from Quotations (272)
[6.59] Omission within a sentence (272)
[6.60] Omission in a quotation of one or more sentences (273)
[6.61] Omission in a quotation of poetry (274)
[6.62] An ellipsis in the source (275)
[6.63] Other Permissible Alterations of Quotations (276)
[6.64] Emphasis (276)
[6.65] Errors in the source (276)
[6.66] Clarification (277)
[6.67] Syntax (278)
[6.68] What Not to Reproduce from Your Source (279)
[6.69] Languages Other Than Modern English (280)
[6.70] Accents (280)
[6.71] Umlauts (280)
[6.72] Ligatures (280)
[6.73] Letters in older languages (281)
[6.74] Orthography (spelling) (281)
[6.75] Translations of quotations (bilingual quotations) (281)
[6.76] Quotations from languages in non-Latin alphabets (283)
[6.77] Indirect Sources (284)
[6.78] Citations in Forms Other Than Print (285)
[6.79] Slides (285)
[6.80] Videos (285)
[6.81] Web Projects (286)
[6.82] Oral Presentations (286)
7. Notes (287)
[7.1] Bibliographic Notes (287)
[7.2] Content Notes (288)
[7.3] Styling of Notes (290)
[7.4] Placement of Notes in the Text (291)
Appendix 1: Abbreviations ( 293)
Punctuation (293)
Common Academic Abbreviations (294)
Months (295)
Titles of Works (295)
Appendix 2: Works-Cited-List Entries by Publication Format (303)
Appendix Contents (303)
Work-Cited-List Entries (313)
Index (347)
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Personal Authors
List author names as they appear in the document or text. Reverse only the name of the first author followed by a comma. Give the other names in normal form (as they appear). Use the word "and", not an ampersand "&", before the last author's name. End with a period.
1 author : Reverse the first and last name.
Jones, Bryan R .
Morgan, Joseph R., ed.
de Wollen, Stacy
2 or 3 authors : Reverse only the first author's name. Use the word "and" before the last author's name.
Smith, Jerome R., and Ellen Siegfried.
Miller, J. R., Edward A. Brown, and Joseph C. Williams.
4 or more authors : You have two choices for 4 or more authors.
Give only the first author's name followed by et al.
Carrey, Jane M., et al.
List all names in order as they appear on the title page (reversing the first entry).
Carrey, Jane M., Patricia Riley, Kenneth K. James, Katherine Edgerton, Rodney Smith, Thomas A. Rowland, and James D. Henry.
Organizational Authors
Organizations, corporations, or groups as author : Omit any initial articles in the name.
Central Intelligence Agency.
Modern Language Association.
Government documents: List the name of the government (nation or state) first followed by the department name and then the title of the publication (italicized). Use common abbreviations (7.4). See section 5.5.20 for two or more works by the same government or government agency.
United States. Dept. of Labor. Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement Planning . . .
Florida. Dept. of Health.
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The Modern Language Association (MLA) was founded in 1883, and their mission is to promote "the study, teaching, and understanding of languages, literatures, and culture." They champion their values of Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy in the service of the humanities.
The MLA Style is the primary style used across the humanities, especially English and literature studies, though other academic disciplines often use it as well.
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The MLA provides a robust online resource known as the MLA Style Center , which includes free resources on research, writing, and documentation within the MLA style. There is also the opportunity to subscribe to an online version of the MLA Handbook, but there's no need to spend money if you don't want to. The library also has several copies of the current edition of the MLA Handbook available for referencing for free.
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"The purpose of a research paper is to synthesize previous research and scholarship with your ideas on the subject. Therefore, you should feel free to use other persons' words, facts, and thoughts in your research paper, but the material you borrow must not be presented as if it were your own creation."
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers . 7th Edition. New York: MLA. 55. Print.
There are quite a few different ways to cite resources in your paper. The citation style usually depends on the academic discipline involved. For example:
- MLA style is typically used by the Humanities
- APA style is often used by Education, Psychology, and Business.
- Chicago/Turabian is generally used by History and some of the Fine Arts
Check with your professor to make sure you use the required style. And whatever style you choose, BE CONSISTENT!
Bibliography vs Reference List
A reference list (or works cited page) requires that all references cited in the text of a paper must be listed alphabetically by first author's last name in the list of references and that all references listed must be cited within the text.
A bibliography, however, typically includes resources in addition to those cited in the text and may include annotated descriptions of the items listed.
Capitalization in Foreign Language Titles
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For German, capitalize the first word and all nouns.
For French, capitalize THROUGH the first noun in the title.
For Italian and other languages, capitalize just the first word.
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MLA Guide (7th edition) The examples provided in this guide are meant to introduce you to the basics of citing sources using the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (seventh edition). For types of resources not included in this guide (e.g., government documents, manuscript collections, video recordings) and for further information about ...
Students found the MLA Handbook a very useful tool when forced to write without internet access, and a wonderful grammatical `reminder' as well. ' For advanced students, I would prefer to use the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition and selected books/works than textbooks!
MLA HANDBOOK, 7th edition (your professor may prefer different formatting -please follow his/her guidelines) 1 . Overview of changes in the . MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7. th. edition, effective April 2009: • MLA no longer requires underlining. Titles, such as book and periodical titles, are now italicized rather than ...
ISBN: 9781603290241. Publication Date: 2009-01-01. The MLA Handbook gives step-by-step advice on every aspect of writing research papers, from selecting a topic to submitting the completed paper. It provides an authoritative update of MLA documentation style for use in student writing, including simplified guidelines for citing works published ...
History. MLA Handbook grew out of the initial MLA Style Sheet of 1951 (revised in 1970), a 28-page "more or less official" standard. The first five editions, published between 1977 and 1999 were titled MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.The 2003 sixth edition changed the title to MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
What's New in the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook (Spring 2021). Published in April 2021, the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook works as both a textbook and a reference guide.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2009. Print. READY REFERENCE LB2369 .G53 2009. Please note: other editions of the MLA Handbook may format some citations differently. Confirm your instructor's expectations before completing your research paper.
MLA Style Manuals. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th edition by Joseph Gibaldi; Modern Language Association of America Staff. Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2009. Publication Date: 2009. The library has two copies available for checkout and a in-library copy in the Reference section. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing by ...
The standard citation style guide for the humanities, especially languages and literature, is the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition, 2010. The American Modern Language Association (MLA) publishes the manual. It is commonly referred to it as the "MLA Manual". The English departments at IRSC recommend MLA format for papers ...
MLA is the standard citation style guide for the humanities, especially languages and literature, is the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition, 2009. The American Modern Language Association (MLA) publishes the manual. It is commonly referred to it as the "MLA Manual". MLA is most often used in the Humanities disciplines ...
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Call Number: LB2369.G53 2009 Reference. ISBN: 9781603290241. Examples in this guide are based on the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook. Check with your professors to see which version of MLA style you should use as a new edition was recently published.
An MLA research paper does not need a title page, but your instructor may require one. If no instructions are given, follow the MLA guidelines below: Type the following one inch from the top of the first page, flush with the left margin (double spacing throughout). Your Name. Your Instructor's Name. Course Number. Date. Center the title on the ...
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Therefore, you should feel free to use other persons' words, facts, and thoughts in your research paper, but the material you borrow must not be presented as if it were your own creation." MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th Edition. New York: MLA. 55. Print.
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