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A book by a single author:
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A book by two or three authors:
- A book by four or more authors:
- A book with an editor:
- A book in volumes:
- An article in a reference book: (encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries)
- An article in a newspaper:
- An article in a journal:
- A weekly, biweekly, or monthly magazine:
- An anonymous article:
- An interview that you conducted:
- E-mail:
- Personal Sites (Home Pages):
- Electronic Texts (of any literary work):
- Information from a CD-ROM:
- Article in an Online Reference Database:
- Online Newspaper Articles:
- Online Dicussion Posting:
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Gee,
do I have to go through a whole book to get MLA style right?
Sorry to disappoint those of you who were looking for a shortcut.
The best way to make certain your paper is in the proper format,
is to go to the latest edition of the MLA Handbook. However, there's
no reason you should be totally in the dark until you crack that
book, so here are some examples.
MLA Style as recommended by: The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (4th edition) for the Works Cited page. * alphabetize listings by author's last name. (Alphabetize according to the title when the work is anonymous). * Entries are to be double-spaced. *The second line is always indented 5 spaces (usually 1 tab space). *The order is generally author’s name, title of work, publication information. * Pay close attention to the punctuation as it appears below. Remember these general ‘punctuation and spacing’ rules: There is no space between the last letter of the word and the period. There is only one space between the period and the start of the next word. Only one space follows a comma. Two spaces always follow a colon while only one space follows a semicolon. *
Some books have several authors, editors, editions, volumes, and
translatiors. It’s important to know how to
cite each type properly.
Holt,
Richard. Anatomy of Age: Philosophy of Life.
Princeton: Princeton UP, 1957.
Greets,
Tildon, and Frances L. Modern Art: Reflections in
Culture. New York: Macmillan, 1960.
*Some
journals have page numbers that continue into the next issue,
such as the one above. It’s
quite all right to have page numbers appearing in the
hundreds - even if the journals itself
is only 25 pages per issue. Go by the page
numbers that appear on the page. Do not try to count the pages
and *From
e-mail to e-texts, MLA has a way to cite it. For the latest
in Web Citations in
print, check out the MLA Style Manual (2nd edition).
The MLA Handbook also offers listings
of what’s required for each citation.
/home/home.html>. disk1/www/documents/utel/fiction/johnsons_rass/rass_titlepage.html> *
remember that titles of poems appear within quotation
marks. (Princeton: Princeton UP, 1995). *To properly note this kind of info., you need a few things. According to the MLA Handbook, 4th edition, order, you need to have: “[name
of the author (if given), name of the work (either underlined
or quoted), name of the product, edition,
release, or version, CD-ROM, city of publications, name of publisher,
year of publication]” (4.8.3). Check
the Handbook for listings of what you need for all other types
of electronic citation.
Britannica. 13 Feb. 1998 <http:// www.eb.com:122>. length. Medium. Information supplier. Database Name. File identifier or number. Accession number. Access date. *Newspaper,
magazine, and journal articles can also be found online. This
online site has a chart form guide to citation -very helpful!
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