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HOW TO CITE: PRINT SOURCES WEB SITES ARTICLES FROM ONLINE DATABASES OTHER
These changes go into effect April 2009 with the release of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th edition):
General Guidelines From the MLA Handbook for Writers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009 MLA web site http://www.mla.org
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BOOK, ONE AUTHOR MLA 4.6.1
Kaku, Michio. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps and the Enth
Dimension. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. Print.
BOOK, TWO OR THREE AUTHORS MLA 4.6.4
Maddock, Richard C. , and Richard L. Fulton. Marketing to the Mind: Right Brain Strategies for
Advertising and Marketing. Westport, CT: Quorum, 1996. Print.
BOOK, MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS MLA 4.6.4
Gilman, Sandra, et al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. Print.
BOOK, EDITOR MLA 4.6.2
Logate, Philip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: an Anthology from the Classical Era to the
Present. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 1994. Print.
BOOK, CORPORATE AUTHOR MLA 4.6.6
Public Agenda Foundation. The Health Care Crisis: Containing Costs, Expanding Coverage. New York:
McGraw, 1992. Print.
BOOK, AN EDITOR & AUTHOR MLA 4.6.12
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F. W. Robinson. Boston: Houghton, 1957. Print.
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY ARTICLE REPRINTED IN A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS MLA 4.6.7
Frye, Northrop . "Literary and Linguistic Scholarship in a Postliterate Age." PMLA 99 (1984):990-95.
Rpt. in Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays, 1974-88. Ed. Robert D. Denhom. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1990. 18-27. Print.
EXCERPTED SOURCES FROM MULTIVOLUME CRITICAL ANTHOLOGIES (like CLC, TCLC, LC) MLA 4.6.7
Daches, David. "W. H. Auden: The Search for a Public". Poetry 54 (1939): 148-56 Poetry Criticism.
Ed. Robyn V. Young. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 332-33. Print.
BOOK IN A SERIES (like Opposing Viewpoints, Taking Sides) MLA 4.6.16
Dupler, Doug. Energy: Shortage, Glut, or Enough.
Information Plus Reference Series. Detroit, Gale, 2001. Print.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE MLA 4.6.8
Gates, David M. "Astronomy." Encyclopedia Americana. 1996 ed. Print.
ARTICLE FROM A MAGAZINE MLA 4.7.6
Simons, John. "Improbable Dreams." U. S. News and World Report 22 Mar. 1997: 4-7. Print.
ARTICLE FROM A WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE MLA 4.7.6
Jost, Kenneth. "Independent Counsels Re-examined." CQ Researcher 7 May 1999: 377-84. Print.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MLA 4.7.5
Feder, Barnaby J. "For Job Seekers, a Toll-Free Gift of Expert Advice." New York Times 22 Mar. 1994,
late ed.: A1+. Print.
ARTICLE IN A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
Hallin, Daniel C. "Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988." Journal of
Communications 42.2 (1992): 5-24. Print.
Contents
NO AUTHOR MLA 4.9.2
Learn to Be Assertive - in a Positive Way. Counseling and Mental Health Center, U of Texas Austin,
27 Oct. 1999. Web. 29 Sept. 2009.
AUTHOR MLA 4.9.2
Dawe, James. The Jane Austen Page. 27 Oct. 1999. Web. 29 Sept. 2009.
A PAGE ON A WEBSITE
"How to Make Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2009.
ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE DATABASE e.g. Proquest,
PsycArticles MLA
4.9.7
Cite articles from online databases
just as you would print sources. In addition to this information, provide the
name of the database italicized, the medium of publication, and the date of
access.
Faircloth, Anne, and Ed Brown. "The Best Cities for Business." Fortune 23 Nov. 1998: 142-45+. Proquest. Web. 28 Sept. 2009.
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ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE PERIODICAL
OR SCHOLARLY JOURNAL THAT ALSO APPEARS IN PRINT
Cite articles as you would a magazine or scholarly journal including the page
range. Provide the medium of publication that you used (Web.) and the date of
access.
Hebel, Sara. "Appeals Court Says Colleges May Consider Applicant's Race in Striving for Diversity."
Chronicle of Higher Education 6 Dec. 2000. Web. 29 Sept. 2009.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
These interviews are ones you conduct yourself. List by the name
of the interviewee and add the descriptor "Personal interview".
Parsons, Jim. Personal interview. 29 Sept. 2009.
PUBLISHED INTERVIEW
(Print or Broadcast)
List by the name of the interviewee. If the name of the interview is part of a
larger work like a television show, place the title of the interview in
quotation marks. Determine the medium and fill in the rest of the entry with the
info required by that medium, i.e. if the medium is a book, include the author,
title, etc.If the interview does not have a title, add the descriptor Interview
after the interviewee's name.
Timberlake, Justin. Interview with Glenn Beck. Glenn Beck. Fox News. 29 Sept. 2009. Television.
NOW-PLAYING FILMS OR MOVIES
List films in the theater and not yet released on
DVD by their title. Include the name of the director, the studio or distributor
and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director's
name. use the abbreviation "perf." to start the list. End with the appropriate
medium: Film.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Dir. Chris Weitz. Perf. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison. Summit Entertainment, 2009. Film.
RECORDED FILMS OR MOVIES
List films by their title. Include the name of the
director, the distributor and the release year. If relevant, list performer
names after the director's name. use the abbreviation "perf." to start the list.
End with the appropriate medium.
Observe and Report. Dir. Jody Hill. Perf. Seth Rogen and Anna Faris. Warner Home Video, 2009. DVD.
BROADCAST TELEVISION OR RADIO PROGRAM
Begin with the title of the episode in quotes.
Provide the name of the series in italics. Include network name, call letters
and station followed by date of broadcast and the medium.
"Pilot." The Big Bang Theory. CBS. WYOU, Scranton. 27 Sept. 2007. Television.
RECORDED TELEVISION PROGRAM (e.g. DVD)
Cite like the broadcast version above. Provide the
collection title. Give the distributor name followed by the date of
distribution. End with the medium.
"Pilot." The Big Bang Theory: The Complete First Season. Warner Home Video, 2008. DVD.
DIGITAL FILES (PDFs, MP3s, JPEGs)
End the entry with the name of the digital format.
Black Eyed Peas. "Boom Boom Pow." Interscope, 2009. MP3.
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