Documenting Sources According To the

MLA Handbook for Writers for Research Papers, 6th ed.

A. BOOKS

A1. Author's name in inverted order.

-Take name from the title page exactly as it appears.

-For multiple authors, see examples in A6

-Omit titles such at Mr., Mrs., Dr., Sr., etc.

A2. Full Title. (underlined)

-Give title exactly as given on title page. Include subtitles.

A3. Place of publication:

-Use only first city if several are given. Use two-letter postal abbreviations for state names if city is not widely known.

A4. Publisher name,

- Shorten to one word

-Give the part of the name that would be used to look up the publisher's address (Harcourt Brace, Inc. -- Harcourt)

A5. Copyright.

-Usually the date of the first edition. Editions other than the first need to be identified--8th ed. (See example A8)

A6. Book Example :

Berlage, Gai Ingham. Women in Baseball: The Forgotten History.

.....Westport: Greenwood, 2004.

Tartar, Maria, and Tony Smith. Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the

.....Culture of Childhood. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2002.

Marquart, James W., Sheldon Olson, and Jonathon R. Sorenson. The Rope.

.....Austin: U of Texas P, 2004.

Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English

.....Language. London: Longman, 1999.

A7. Book with an editor:

Craig, Gordon, ed. The Diplomats. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2003.

A8. Book with an edition other than the first:

Bailey, Thomas A. A Diplomatic History of the American People. 10th ed.

.....Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice, 2000.

B. PERIODICALS:
MAGAZINES NOT ACCESSED THROUGH THE INTERNET
OR A DATABASE

B1. Author's name in inverted order.

-If no author listed, begin with article title.
-Take name from the title page exactly as it appears.
-For multiple authors, see examples in A6
-Omit titles such at Mr., Mrs., Dr., Sr., etc.

B2. "Title of article."

B3. Title of Magazine (underlined)

B4. Date in military order:

- Day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between--18 Oct. 2000

B5. Page number(s).

- No "p." or "pp." or "pg."
- Write 45-48 if article is on consecutive pages
- If the article skips around, write 45+
- If no page numbers are listed, write n.pag.

B6. example:

Anderson, Kurt. "Miami's New Days of Rage." Time 10 Jan. 2003: 20-21.

C. NEWSPAPERS

C1. Author's name in inverted order.

-If no author is listed, begin with article title.
-Take name from the title page exactly as it appears.
-For multiple authors, see examples in A6
-Omit titles such at Mr., Mrs., Dr., Sr., etc.

C2. "Title of Article."

-If the article is an editorial, write-- Editorial. --between the article title and newspaper name.
(see example C8)

C3. Name of newspaper as it appears on the masthead but omit any introductory article (a, an, the)

- If the city of publication is not included in a locally published
newspaper, add it in square brackets, not underlined, after the name ( Star-Ledger [Newark] ). For nationally published newspapers-- USA Today--omit the city of publication.

C4. Date in military order,

- Day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between --18 Oct. 1998

C5. Edition of paper:

- Late ed., natl. ed., sunrise ed., etc.
- Omit if not given (see example C7)

C6. Section of paper, if noted, and page number(s).

- No "p." or "pp." or "pg."
- Write 45-48 if article is on consecutive pages
- If the article skips around, write 45+
- If no page numbers are listed, write n.pag.

C7. example:

Hall, Trish. “I.Q. Scores Are Up, and Psychologists Wonder Why.” New York .....Times 24 Feb. 2005, late ed.: F1+.

C8. editorial example:

Evans, Harold. "Free Speech and Free Air." Editorial. Christian Science Monitor .....11 May 2004: A82.

E. INTERVIEWS

E1. Name of the person interviewed in inverted order.

E2. The kind of interview.

- Personal
- Telephone
- E-mail (may include a subject heading of conversation, in quotations, following name)

E3. The date of the interview--in military order.

- Day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between --18 Oct. 2000

E4.example:

Sakic, Joe. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 2004.

Roy, Patrick. “Success: A Mindset.” E-mail to Andrew Bayne. 13 Sep. 2005.

F. INTERNET:

PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL SITES

To document an online professional or personal site :

F1. Begin the entry with the name of the person who created it

- Invert the author’s name and follow with a period.

F2. Title of the site. (underlined)

- If there is no title, continue with a description such as Home Page (neither underlined nor in quotation marks)

F3. The name of any institution or organization associated with the site.

F4. Date in which you accessed the data--in military order

- Day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between --18 Oct. 2000

F5. <The network address>.

- Enclose URLs in angle brackets.
- If a URL must be divided between two lines, break it only after a slash; do not introduce a hyphen at the break or allow your word-processing program to do so.
- Remove hyperlinks so URL is not activated.

F6. example:

Rumsfeld: No World War III in Iraq . CNN.com. 15 Nov. 2000

.....<http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/11/15/rumsiraq.reut/index.html>.

“Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto.” Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. 19 Nov. 2002

.....<http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/ RefArticle.apsx?refid=761564829>.

INTERNET:

ONLINE PERIODICALS

To document an article in an online periodical (text only appears in online print version of a magazine, or there is no print version of the magazine :

F7. Author’s name in inverted order.

-If no author is listed, begin with article title.
-Take name from the title page exactly as it appears.
-For multiple authors, see examples in A6
-Omit titles such at Mr., Mrs., Dr., Sr., etc.

F8. “Title of the work or material” (if any; a review or letter to the editor may be untitled), in quotation marks

F9. Name of the periodical (underlined)

F10. Date of publication.

- Day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between --18 Oct. 2004

F11. Date of access

- Day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between --18 Oct. 2004

F12. <The network address>.

Enclose URLs in angle brackets.

- If a URL must be divided between two lines, break it only after a slash; do not introduce a hyphen at the break or allow your word-processing program to do so.
- Remove hyperlinks so URL is not activated.

F13. example:

Parr, Jan. “Vegan Victory on Campus.” Vegetarian Times Apr. 2004. 18 Nov. 2004

.....<http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0820/n212/16845824/pl/article:jhtml?term=vegan>.

G. A DOCUMENT WITHIN A SCHOLARLY PROJECT OR INFORMATION DATABASE

G1. Author’s name in inverted order.

-If no author is listed, begin with article title.
-Take name from the title page exactly as it appears.
-For multiple authors, see examples in A6
-Omit titles such at Mr., Mrs., Dr., Sr., etc.

G2. “Title of article.”

G3. Title of Original Source (underlined)

G4. Volume number if applicable. USE THIS WITH ONLY JOURNALS; SEE TEACHER IF UNSURE

G5. Date in military order:

- day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year- no commas between: 18 Oct. 2004

G6. Page number(s).

-no "p." or "pp." or "pg."
-write 45-48 if article is on consecutive pages
-if the article skips around, write 45+
-if no page numbers are listed, write n.pag.

G7. Title of the Database.

G8. The library through which you accessed this database.

G9. The name of the town/city and state where service was accessed.

G10. Date in which you accessed the data--in military order

-day month (abbreviate all months except May, June, and July) year; no commas between --18 Oct. 2004

G11. <The network address>.

- enclose URLs in angle brackets.
- if a URL must be divided between two lines, break it only after a slash; do not introduce a hyphen at the break or allow your word-processing program to do so.
- remove hyperlinks so URL is not activated.

SIRS Knowledge Source

G13. magazine example:

Deacon, James, and Malcom Gray. “The Goal That Changed Hockey.” .....McLeans 29 Sep. 2004: 61-67. SIRS Researcher. Millard North High .....School Lib., Omaha, NE. 7 Oct. 2004 <http://researcher.sirs.com/>.

G14. newspaper example:

Alm, Richard. “Weak Currency, Small Markets Leave Canadian Hockey Teams .....on Thin Ice.” The Dallas Morning News 27 May 2003: n.pag. SIRS .....Researcher. Millard North High School Lib., Omaha, NE. 7 Oct.2004 .....<http://researcher.sirs.com/>.

G15. journal example:

Fienberg, Rosa Castro, and Consuelo Conde Morencia. “Bilingual Education: .....An Overview.” Social Education 35 (2001): 427-431. SIRS Researcher. .....Millard North High School Lib., Omaha, NE. 7 Oct. 2003 .....<http://researcher.sirs.com/>.

G16. government publication example:

“Nicaragua Human Rights Practices.” Country Reports on Human Rights for .....2000 Mar.2000: n. pag. SIRS Researcher. Millard North High School Lib., .....Omaha, NE. 7 Oct. 2003 <http://researcher.sirs.com/>.

Gale Group Databases

G17. magazine example:

Smith, Leigh. “Lady Diana is still Queen in our Eyes.” People Weekly 22 Aug. .....2003: 32. Gale Group Databases. Millard North High School Lib., Omaha, .....NE. 19 Apr. 2003 <http://:www.galenet.com/>.

G18. newspaper example:

Davis, Robert. “Hands-on Parents can keep Kids off Drugs.” USA Today 22 .....Feb. 2001: 4. Gale Group Databases. Millard North High School Lib., .....Omaha, NE. 19 Apr. 2003 <http://:www.galenet.com/>.

G19. reference book example:*

“Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.” UXL Biographies 2000: n. pag. Gale Group .....Databases. Millard North High School Lib., Omaha, NE. 19 Apr. 2002 .....<http://:www.galenet.com/>.

*Gale reference books often list information to complete the MLA citation at the end of the print-out.

G20. Opposing Viewpoints*

Lindorfer, Chris. “Capital Punishment Can Deter Juvenile Violence.” Opposing .....Viewpoints Resource Center 2003:. n.pag. Gale Group Databases Millard .....North High School Lib., Omaha, NE. 19 Apr. 2004 .....<http://:www.galenet.com/>.

*Gale reference books often list information to complete the MLA citation at the end of the print-out.

H.W. Wilson Database

H1. current biography

“Bacon, Kevin.” Current Biography. 2003 ed. H.W. Wilson Databases. Millard .....North High School Lib., Omaha, NE. 7 Nov. 2004 .....<http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/>.

H2. omnifile

Gordon, David George. “10 Cool Things You Didn’t Know About Great White .....Sharks.” National Geographic World June 2002: 16-19. H.W. Wilson .....Databases. Millard North High School Lib., Omaha, NE. 7 Nov. 2002 .....<http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/>.