CITING SOURCES, MLA STYLE (short version)
Books | Articles | Web Sites
Citations for a few common types of sources are listed in this guide. For explanations and examples of how to cite other types of sources, please refer to the refer to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.) (Ref LB 2369 .G53 2003) or ask your instructor.
Note: Due to space constraints, the citations in this handout are not double-spaced. MLA style requires that the text of the paper and the references list must be double-spaced, and all lines after the first one should be indented.
Books [top]
Author's Name. Title of the Book. City: Publishers Name, date.
Smith, Michael W. Reading Dont Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2002.
Anthology or Edited Collection
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
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
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 [top]
Basic Entry: Scholarly Journal
Author's Name. "Title of the Article." Journal Name Volume.Issue (Year
of Publication): Page Numbers.
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
Thompson, Mark. "The Wounded Come Home." Time 10 Nov. 2003: 32-39.
Newspaper
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
Schaub, Diana. "Debating the Human Future." First Things: A Journal of R eligion and Public Life Jan. 2003. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore. 7 Jan. 2005 <http://www.ebscohost.com/>.
Full Text Article from a Publisher's Web Site
Rudner, Lawrence M. "How Many People Search the ERIC Database Each Day?" D-Lib 9.4 (2003). 28 Apr. 2005 <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april03/rudner/04rudner.html>.
Web Sites [top]
Author's Name (if available). Title of the Page. Title of the Site. Date. Name of Organization or Publisher. Day Month Year of Access <URL>.
Way, Tom. "Environmental Impact of Dihydrogen Monoxide." DHMO.org. 2003. Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division. 28 Apr. 2005. <http://www.dhmo.org/environment.html>.
Entire Internet Site
CNN.com. 2002. Cable News Network. 15 June 2005 <http://www.cnn.com/>.
Citaton examples are taken, with permission, from:
Ball State University Libraries. Citation Style: MLA. 2003. Ball State University. 21 May 2006 <http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/viewpage.aspx?SRC=./electronicresources/referenceshelf/mla.html>
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