| Citing MLA Style
Source:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
(http://www.mla.org/store/CID24/PID363)
7th ed. New York: Modern
Language
Association, 2009.
The
examples listed below were created by VVC librarians based
on the 7th ed. of the MLA Handbook and are not official.
If questions arise, please refer to copies of the handbooks
located in the library stacks (LB 2369 G53 2009) and on the
dictionary stands.
Note: All
citations should be double-spaced and indented five
spaces after the first line.
***Be
careful to distinguish italicized sections
in citations.*** |
PRINT SOURCES
A
book by one authors [MLA
5.5.2] |
Bracewell,
Michael. Re-make, Remodel: Becoming Roxy Music. Cambridge:
Da Capo,
2008.
Print
| A
book by two authors [MLA
5.5.4] |
Haugen,
David M., and Susan Musser. Media Violence. Detroit:
Greenhaven,
2009.
Print.
A
book by an organization or corporate author [MLA
5.5.5] |
American
Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders:
DSM-IV-TR.
4th ed., text rev. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association,
2000.
Print.
Article
in a reference book [MLA
5.5.7] |
Bains,
David R. "Contemporary Worship: Trends and Patterns
in Christian America." Faith in
America.
Ed. Charles H. Lippy. Vol. 3. Westport: Praeger, 2006.
1-23. Print.
Book
with an editor [MLA
5.6.2] |
Beiser,
Frederick K., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Hegel
and Nineteenth
Century
Philosophy.
Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2008. Print.
Work
in an anthology [MLA
5.5.6] |
Park,
Ruth. “Playing Beatie Bow.” Norton Anthology
of Children’s Literature. Eds.
Jack
Zipes, et al. New
York: Norton, 2005. 699-794. Print.
Article
from a magazine [MLA
5.4.6] |
Isaacson,
Walter. "How to Raise the Standard in America’s
Schools." Time 27 Apr. 2009:
Article
from a scholarly journal [MLA
5.4.2] |
Bossen,
Ann L., Janet K. Pringle Specht, and Sharon E. McKenzie. "Needs
of People With
Early-Stage
Alzheimer’s Disease." Journal of Gerontological
Nursing 35.3 (2009):
8-15.
Print.
Article
from the "Taking Sides" series [MLA
5.5.6] |
Abhat,
Divya, et al. "Cities of the Future: Today’s “Mega
Cities” Are Overcrowded and
Environmentally
Stressed." Taking Sides: Clashing Views on
Global Issues.
Eds.
James E. Harf and Mark Owens Lombardi. Boston: McGraw-Hill,
2009.
66-75.
Print.
Article
from the "Gale Literary" series [MLA
5.5.6] |
Hedrick,
Joan D. "Journeying Across the Ghostly Wastes
of a Dead World." Solitary Comrade:
Jack
London and His Work.
Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P., 1982. Rpt.
in Short
Story
Criticism. Ed. Justin Karr. Vol. 49. Farmington Hills:
Gale, 2002. 340-3. Print.
Newspaper
article [MLA
5.4.5] |
Edwards,
Brooke. "Dozens Show Support for Apple Valley Fire." Daily
Press [Victorville] 30
ONLINE SOURCES
Periodicals
found in an Online Database [ MLA 5.6.4 ] |
Magazine
article from an online database - Expanded Academic
ASAP |
Von
Drehle, David. "Death Penalty Walking." Time 14
Jan. 2008: 38. Expanded Academic
ASAP.
Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
Journal
article from an online database - Expanded Academic
ASAP |
Wintemute,
Garen J. "The Future of Firearm Violence Prevention:
Building on Success."
JAMA:
Journal of the American Medical Association 282.5
(1999): 475+. Expanded
Academic
ASAP.
Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
Newspaper
article online database - NewsBank and LexisNexis |
Said,
Carolyn. "Defaults Hit Record in Region." San
Francisco Chronicle 23 Apr. 2009: A1.
NewsBank
Access World News. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
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Markon,
Jerry. “Crackdown on Child Pornography: Federal
Action, Focused on Internet, Sets
Off
a Debate.” Washington Post 15 Dec.
2007: A1. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 23
Apr.
2009.
Article
from an online database - CQ Researcher
and Opposing Viewpoints |
Soloway,
Colin. "DC Voting Rights: Should Washington Citizens
Have a Vote in Congress?"
CQ
Researcher 11 Apr. 2008. CQ Researcher Online.
Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
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Byrd,
Robert C. “Undocumented Workers Should Not Receive
Legal Status.”
Opposing
Viewpoints: Legal System.
Ed. Clare Hanrahan. Detroit:
Greenhaven,
2008.Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web.
23
Apr. 2009.
General
and Non-periodicals Web publications [ MLA
5.6.1 & 5.6.2 ] |
Article
from an online encyclopedia
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
Strawson,
Galen. “Free Will.” Routledge Encyclopedia
of Philosophy Online. Routledge, 29
Feb.
2004. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
Internet
source - Special collection or scholarly project |
Inventory
of the 300th Hospital Unit Collection Number 1.
Special Collections Eskind
Biomedical
Lib. Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Sept. 2003.
Web. 30 Apr.
2009.
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“Women
and the Civil War.” Sallie Bingham Center for
Women’s History and Culture. Duke
University
Libraries, 5 Dec. 2008. Web. 8 June 2009.
Internet
source - Document from professional site or information
database |
“Cancer
Alternative Therapies.” MedlinePlus.
United States National Library of Medicine, National
Institutes
of Health, 13 Apr. 2009. Web. 28 May 2009.
Internet
source - Personal page *Include
URL for obscure Web sites or when required by
instructor. |
Bidstrup,
Scott. “Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives”. Bidstrup.com.
N.p., 2004.
Web.
30 Apr. 2009. <http://www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm>.
Internet
source - Article from a news service |
Twin,
Alexandra. “Stocks Cut Losses.” CNNMoney.com.
Cable News Network, 8 June 2009.
Web.
8 June 2009.
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