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Citation Methods

Anthology	Artwork	Book by single author	Book by two authors	Book by more than three authors	Book with no author given	CD, LP, cassette
Chapter without author	Editor, but not single author	Encyclopedia or other alph. ref. book	Essay without an author	Film	Less familiar ref. book	Book with Corporate Author
Musical Composition	Opposing Viewpoints arcticle	Periodical (monthly or bimonthly)	Periodical (weekly or biweekly)	SIRS - article	TCLC, NCLC, or CLC	TV program

Electronic Resources

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· Citation Methods -

“Whatever style you choose, accuracy, clarity, and consistency are important factors when citing information sources. Guidelines for citing electronic sources are not yet standardized. Because information sources are constantly changing, citation formats are adapting to meet these changes” (MLA Style of Citation).

· Citing A Book by a Single Author

Last name of author, First name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Name of

Publisher, Copyright date.

Example:

Taylor, David. The Ultimate Dog Book. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.

· Citing a Book by Two Authors

Last Name, First Name of First Listed Author , and First and Last Name of Second

Author. Title. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.

Example:

Taylor, David and James Williams. The Ultimate Dog Book. New York: Simon and

Schuster, 1990.

· Citing a Book by More Than Three Authors

Last Name, First name of First listed Author, et.al. Title of Book. City of Publication:

Name of Publisher, Copyright date.

Example:

Quirk, Randolph, et.al. A Comprehensive Grammar of English Language. London:

Longman, 1985.

· Citing an Editor, but not single author

Editor’s last name, First name. Title of book. City of Publication: Publisher,

Copyright.

Examples:

Nabokov, Peter, ed. Native American Testimony: a Chronicle of Indian-White

Relations From Prophecy to the Present, 1492-1992. New York: Viking

Penguin,1992.

Brown, Ashley, ed. The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol.

10. New York: 1990. 20 vols.

· Citing a Book with No Author Given

Title. Edition. Place of Publication: Copyright.

Example:

Literary Market Place. The Directory of the American Book Publishing Industry. 1992.

Ed. New York: Bowker, 1991.

Citing a Book with Corporate Authorship

Corporation Author. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright.

Example:

Hunter's College Women's Studies Collective. Women's Choices.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Citing a Chapter in a Book

Author. "Title of Chapter." Title of Book. Place of Publication:

Publisher, Copyright.

Example:

Larsen, Andrea. "Computerized Topography." Today's Geography.

New York: Penguin, 1994.

Citing an Introduction, Preface, Foreward, or Afterword in a

Book

Author (of introduction, preface, etc.). Afterword. Title. By Author of

Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright.*

(Include page numbers if using Afterword.)

Example:

Jameson, Howard. Afterword. Poems of Love, 1950-1980. By John

Jameson. New York: Delta-Dell, 1987. 234-42.

· Citing an Encyclopedia or other alphabetically organized reference work

Signed article-

Author. “ Title of article.” Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Work. edition.

Example:

Tobias, Richard. “Thurber, James.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1980 ed.

· Unsigned article-

‘Title of article.” Title of Encyclopedia or Reference Work. edition.

Example:

“Thurber, James.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1980 ed.

· Citing an Article from a Less Familiar Reference Book

Last name, First name of author. “Title of article.” Title of Book. Ed.of Book.

No. of vols. in set. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Copyright date.

Example:

Trainen, Issac N., et.al. “Religious Directives in Medical Ethics.” Encyclopedia

Of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T. Reich. 4 vols. New York: Norton, 1978.

· Citing A Work in an Anthology

Last name, First name of author. “Title of work.” Title of anthology. Ed.

Place of publication: Publisher, Copyright. Page number (s).

Example:

Tyler, Anne. “Still Just Writing.” The Writer on Her Work. Ed. Janet Sterberg.

New York: Norton, 1980. 3-16.

· Citing an Article from a Monthly or Bimonthly Periodical

Last name, First name of author. “Title of article.” Title of magazine Month

Year: Page numbers.

Example:

Jacobs, Jane. “The Dynamic of Decline.” Atlantic April 1984: 98-114.

· Citing an Article from a Weekly or Biweekly Periodical

Last name, First name of author. “Title of article.” Title of Periodical Day Month

Year: page numbers.

Example:

Arlen, Michael J. “Onward and Upward with the Arts: Thirty Seconds.” The New

Yorker 15 Oct. 1979: 145- 146.

· Citing an Article from Opposing Viewpoints

Last name, First name of author. “Title of Chapter.” Title of Book. Editors o f book. Place of

Publication: Publisher, Copyright. Pages.

Example:

Glantz, Leonard H. “A Nation of Suspects: Drug Testing and the Fourth Amendment.”

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Drugs and Society.

Ed. Raymond Goldberg. Guilford, Conn.: Dushkin, 1996. 40-44.

· Chapter without an author

“Title of Chapter.” Title of Book. Editors of book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright.

Pages.

Example:

“Do Drug Tests Invade Your Privacy?” Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial

Issues in Drugs and Society. Ed. Raymond Goldberg. Guilford, Conn: Dushkin,

1996. 52-55.

· Citing an Article from the SIRS series

Last name, First name of author. “Title of article.” Title of Volume,

Volume number, SIRS, Art. No.

Example:

Moore, Curtis, A. “Poisons in the air.” Pollution, vol. 6, SIRS, art. No. 19.

· Citing an Essay from TCLC, NCLC, CLC, etc. or a reprinted article or essay

Last name of author, first name of author. "Title of Reprinted Essay." Work in

which Essay First Appeared. Date of Publication: Page number. Rpt in

Title of Work. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Date. Vol.

Number: Page numbers.

Example:

Updike, John. "No Use Talking." The New Republic. 13 August 1962: 23.4

Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit: Gale, 1982.

1: 7-12.

· Essay Without an Author

"Title of Essay." Title of Book. Editor. Place of Publication: Publisher,

Example

“D.H. Lawrence.” Short Story Criticism. Ed. Joseph Parry. Detroit:

Gale, 1990. 194-5.

· Citing a film

Title of film. Screenplay by (name). Director (name). Actors/Actresses.

Motion Picture Co., Copyright date.

Example:

The Grapes of Wrath. Screenplay by Nunelly Johnson. Dir. John Ford. Perf.

John Carradine, Jane Darwell, and Henry Fonda. Twentieth Century

Fox, 1940.

· Citing a Work of Art

Artist. Title of work. Place work is displayed.

Example:

Catlin, George. Four Bears, Second Chief, in Full Dress. National Museum of Art,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington.

· Citing a Television Program

“Episode name.” Author of episode. Series or program name. Director. Network.

Local station. City. Date program aired.

Example:

“A Desert Blooming.” Writ. Marshall Rigan. Living Wild. Dir. Harry L.

Gordon. PBS. WTTW. Chicago. 20 April 1984.

· Citing a Musical Composition

Composer. Title.

Example:

Chopin, Frederic. Waltz in A-flat major, op. 42.

· Citing a recording (compact disc, LP or audiocassette)

Composer. “Title of song.” Title of album. Type of recording. Company, copyright.

Example:

Guthrie, Woody. “Do-Re-Me.” Dust Bowl Ballads. Compact disc. Rounder, 1988.

Citing from a Map or Chart

Title of Item. Format. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright.

Example:

A Map History of Modern China. Map. London: Heinemann

Educational, 1976.

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MLA Documentation: Electronic Resources

The following examples are taken from McDougall Littell’s The Language of Literature (1292).

“Works Cited entries for Internet sources include the same kind of information as those for print sources. They also include the date you accessed the information and the electronic address of the source. Some of the information about the source may be unavailable. Include as much as you can.”

· Home Page

Crisler, Vern. “The Comedy of Mark Twain.” Home page. 12 Aug. 1998.

<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6208/comedy.html.>