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Citation Style: MLA

(Modern Language Association)

Books

Basic Entry
Authors Name. Title of the Book. City: Publishers Name, date.

Example:
Smith, Michael W. Reading Dont Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of
Young Men. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.

Anthology or Edited Collection
Example:
McClintock, Anne, Aamir Mufti, and Ella Shohat, eds. Dangerous Liaisons:
Gender, Nation, and Postcolonial Perspectives. Minneapolis: U of
Minnesota P, 1997.

Chapter in an Anthology or Edited Collection
Example:
George, Diana H. Lynching Women: A Feminist Reading of Twin Peaks.
Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks. Ed. David Lavery.
Detroit: Wayne State UP, 1995. 109-19.

Online Book
Example:
Austin, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Edinburgh: J. Grant, 1906. U of Virginia
     Library Electronic Text Center. Ed. Jayme Schwartzberg. July 2002.
     Indiana U. 28 Apr. 2003
      <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/AusPrid.html>.

Articles

Basic Entry Scholarly Journal
Authors Name. Title of the Article. Journal Name Volume.Issue (Year
of Publication): Page Numbers.

Example:
Hanson, Ralph E. The Smell of Distance: Wallace Stegners Definition of
Western Non-Fiction. Social Science Journal 38.4 (2001): 557-66.

Magazine Every Week or Two Weeks
Example:
Thompson, Mark. The Wounded Come Home. Time 10 Nov. 2003: 32-39.

Newspaper
Example:
Sullivan, Eileen. New Face on Campus: Dean of University Libraries Sets
His Technological Goals Into Motion. Ball State Daily News [Muncie,
IN] 18 Nov. 2002: A1+.

Full Text Article from an Online Database
Example:
Schaub, Diana. Debating the Human Future. First Things: A Journal of
Religion and Public Life Jan. 2003. Academic Search Premier.
EBSCO. Ball State University Libraries. 7 Jan. 2003 <http://www.epnet.com/>.

Full Text Article from a Publishers Web Site
Example:
Rudner, Lawrence M. How Many People Search the ERIC Database Each
Day? D-Lib 9.4 (2003). 28 Apr. 2003
<http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april03/rudner/04rudner.html>.

World Wide Web Sites

Basic Entry World Wide Web Pages
Authors Name (if available). Title of the Page. Title of the Site. Date. Name
of Organization or Publisher. Day Month Year of Access <URL>.

Example:
Way, Tom. Environmental Impact of Dihydrogen Monoxide. DHMO.org. 2003.
Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division. 28 Apr. 2003
<http://www.dhmo.org/environment.html>.

Entire Internet Site
Example:
CNN.com. 2002. Cable News Network. 15 June 2003. <http://www.cnn.com/>.

For more information, see:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.), available in Bracken Library at the Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 2003
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