Modern
Language Association-
MLA Format
Print Resources
Electronic Resources
CQ
Researcher
EBSCOhost
Gale "For
Students" series Gale
Literature Resource Center
A literary criticism from a collection of
criticisms
New York
Times Proquest
(Gales' Twentieth Century Literary Criticism,
Opposing Viewpoints
Resource Center
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century
SIRS
Researcher (Social Issue Resource Series)
Literary Criticism, etc.)
Infotrac (NOVEL)*
Opposing Viewpoints
Books
Internet
Website maintained by a University
Book with one author
or professional organization
Book with two authors
Article from an online magazine, newspaper or journal
Book with more
than two authors
Web Page with an
editor listed
Book with no author,
one editor Web
Page with an author's name listed
Book
with no author, two or three editors Online
Government Publication
Book with a corporate
author
Personal Web Page
Anonymous book
Coin Career
Library
Work in an
anthology or collection **Infotrac
(NOVEL) includes:
Encyclopedia
Health & Wellness Reference Center
&
HWRC Academic
Introduction, preface, foreword or afterword
Business Resource Center
Translation
Business and Company ASAP
Government publication
Twayne
Author Series
Article in a newspaper
Custom
Newspapers, New York State Newspapers
Article in a magazine
National Newspaper Index
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Formatting the Works Cited page
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The top margin for the Works Cited page should be set at 2".
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Left, right and bottom margins should be 1".
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Type the title, Works Cited, with the first letter of each word capitalized.
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Center the title on the page and triple space after the title.
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Begin each Works Cited entry at the left margin.
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If the entry takes up more than one line, indent the next line(s) 5 spaces.
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Alphabetize works cited entries by the first letter of the first word of each entry,
whether it is an author's last name, editor's last name, or the title (excluding "a", "an", or "the").
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Double space entries that take up two or more lines and double space between each reference.
Books
CQ Researcher
Jost, Kenneth.
"Rethinking the Death Penalty." The CQ Researcher 16 Nov.
2001: 945-68.
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Gale "For
Students" series (Novels
for Students, Short Stories for Students,
Drama for Students,
Poetry for Students)
Citing text
in NfS that is not attributed to a particular author
(i.e., the Themes, Style, Historical Context sections, etc.).:
"The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Novels for Students. Ed.
Diane Telgen.
Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 8-9.
Quoting the
specially commissioned essay in NfS, usually found
under the "Criticism" subhead:
James, Pearl. Essay on "The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Novels
for Students. Ed. Diane Telgen. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale,
1997. 8-9.
Quoting a journal or
newspaper essay that is reprinted in a NfS volume:
Butler, Robert J. "The Quest
for Pure Motion in Richard Wright's
Black Boy." MELUS 10, No. 3 (Fall, 1983), 5-17;
excerpted and reprinted
in
Novels for Students, Vol. 1, ed. Diane Telgen (Detroit: Gale,
1997), pp. 61-64.
Quoting material reprinted
from a book that appears in a NfS volume:
Adams, Timothy Dow. "Richard
Wright: 'Wearing the Mask,' " in Telling Lies in
Modern
American Autobiography (University of North Carolina Press,
1990),
69-83;
excerpted and reprinted in Novels for Students, Vol. 1, ed.
Diane
Telgen
(Detroit: Gale, 1997), pp. 59-61.
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A literary criticism from a collection of criticisms (Gale's
Twentieth Century
Literary Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth
Century Literary
Criticism, etc.)
Roberts, Shelia. "A Confined
World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World Literature
Written in English. 24(1984): 232-38. Rpt. in Twentieth
Century Literary
Criticism. Ed. David Pope. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988.
399-402.
Opposing Viewpoints Books
Paglia, Camille. "Madonna Has
Liberated American Women."
Excerpted from "Madonna II: Venus of the Radio Waves."
The
Independent on Sunday Review. (July 21, 1991).
Rpt. in
Opposing Viewpoints: Women's Rights. Ed.
Fred Whitehead.
San Diego: Greenhaven, 1994. 18-28.
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Book with one author
Ambrose, Stephen E.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas
Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. Chicago:
MacMillan,
1988.
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Book with two authors
Moore, Harold G. and Joseph L.
Galloway. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young.
New York:
Random House, 1992.
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Book with more than two
authors (et al means "and others" in Latin)
Ottoman, James, et. al. Exploring Architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Bantam, 1997.
Book with no author and
one editor
Wigginton, Eliot, ed. Foxfire 5. New York: Doubleday, 1979.
Book with no
author, two or three editors
Tyson, James and Tom L. Gray,
eds. African-American Poetry. New York:
MacMillan,
1995. 345-58.
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Book with a corporate author
Public Agenda Foundation.
The Health Care Crisis: Containing Costs,
Expanding Coverage. New York: McGraw, 1992.
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Anonymous book
Primary Reference Books.
1995 ed. New York Bowker, 1995.
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Work in an anthology or
collection
A novel or a play from a book that is a collection of several novels or plays
Serling, Rod. Requiem for a Heavyweight. Modern American Plays. Ed. Robert
J. Corbinet and Mariam Balf. New York: Scribner's, 1973. 57-89.
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A Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a book that is a collection of several authors' works
Welty, Eudora. "At the Corner Store." American Poets. Ed. Gerald Levin. New
York: Harcourt, 1995. 20-23.
A Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a collection of works by one author
Anson, Margaret. "My Mama." Poems. New York: Doubleday, 1989. 11-12.
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Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia article (with no author)
"Fire Fighting." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.
An encyclopedia article (with an author)
Bates, William. "Angelou, Maya." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.
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Introduction,
preface, foreword or afterword
Brewer, Robert. Preface. The Works of James Joyce. By Jacob Lewis.
New York: Baker & Taylor, 1992. 1-7.
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Translation
Montoya, Isabella. "Stories for Retelling." Trans. Jonathan Wilde. Spanish
Folklore. San Francisco: Harcourt, 1988. 99-102.
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Government publication
United States. Department of
Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Handbook of
Labor Statistics. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1996.
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Periodicals
Article in a print newspaper
(not Internet)
James, Noah. "The Book Everyone Loves to Hate." New York Times. 22 Jan
1998, sec C: 12.
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Article in a print magazine (not
Internet)
Cain, William. "Big Business of the Nineties." Business Week. 16 Aug 1998.
19-21.
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Electronic
Resources
EBSCOhost
Leonard, Tom. "Men Reject Call for New Controls on TV Violence." The
Daily Telegraph. Oct. 14, 1998: 10. Ebscohost 12 Mar 1999.
<http://search.epnet.com>.
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Gale Literature Resource Center
Eisinger, Chester E. "Herzog: Overview." Reference Guide to American Literature.
3rd ed. 1994. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group Databases. New City
Library. 10 Mar. 2002 <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
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New York Times ProQuest
Angier, Natalie. "Chemists Learn Why Vegetables are Good for You." New York Times.
13 Apr. 1993, late ed.: C1. New York Times Ondisc. CD-ROM. UMI-Proquest.
Oct. 1993.
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Opposing Viewpoints
Resource Center
Wachbroit, Robert. "Why Not
Clone Humans?" Cloning. 2000. Contemporary Issues
Companion Series. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale
Group
Databases. Clarkstown High School South Lib., New City. 10 May 2002
<http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
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SIRS Researcher (Social Issue
Resource Series)
Full-Text
Articles from SIRS Researcher
Author's name. "Title of the Article." Original Source of
Article Date of original source:
page numbers. Name of the Database Used. Name of the
Service. Name of Library or Library System,
City, State Abbreviation. Date of access <URL of service's
homepage>.
Frick, Robert.
"Investing in Medical Miracles." Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Feb. 1999: 80-87.
SIRS Researcher. ProQuest Information and Learning.
North Library, Anytown, TX. 25
Feb. 2004 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Government
Documents from SIRS Researcher
Name of government.
Name of Department. Name of agency. Article title.
Author. Date. <URL retrieved from>.
Name of the Database Used. Name of the Service.
Name of Library or Library System, City, State Abbreviation.
Date of access <URL of service's homepage>.
United States. U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S.
Geological Survey.
Mercury in Stream Ecosystems-New Studies Initiated by the
U.S. Geological Survey.
By Mark E. Brigham, David P. Krabbenhoft, and Pixie A.
Hamilton. March 2003.
<http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/fs-016-03/pdf/fs-016-03.pdf>.
SIRS Government Reporter.
ProQuest Information and Learning. North Library, Anytown,
TX. 25 Feb. 2004 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Graphics &
Media from SIRS Researcher
"Title of graphic."
Graphic Type. Copyright Holder. Name of site providing
graphic.
Date of access <URL of service's homepage>.
Afghanistan." Map.
Magellan Geographix. SIRS Knowledge Source. 25 Feb. 2004
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Internet Sites
from SIRS Researcher
Title of
Internet Site. Name of the editor,
compiler, or translator (if available).
Date of most recent electronic publication if known). Sponsoring
organization or institution. Date of access
.
The Victorian Web: An Overview. Ed. George Landow. June
2000. Brown University. 25 Feb. 2004
<http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html>.
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Infotrac & GaleNet via NOVEL
(New York Online
Virtual Electronic Library)
The citation
elements to be included for work from a subscription service (InfoTrac
and GaleNet)
are in the following order:
Author
Article Title
Publication name
Publication Date
Page
Number/Range (when given)
Database Name
Service Name
Name of the library where service was accessed
Name of the
town/city where service was accessed
Date of Access
URL of
the Service
Henney, Jane E. "FDA
Oncology Tools on Internet. (From the Food and Drug "
Administration). JAMA,The Journal of the American Medical
Association.
13
Sept. 2000. Online. Health& Wellness Resource Center.
Gale Group
Databases. Clarkstown High School School South Lib., New City.
26 Mar
2001
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC>.
Stokell, Ian. "Newsbytes." Internet Week in Review. 17
Jan 2000. Business
and Company Resource Center. Gale Group Databases. Clarkstown
High
School South Lib.,
New City. 3 Oct. 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BCRC>.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Stroke:
Hope
Through Research. Pamphlet. May 1999. Health Reference
Center Academic.
Gale Group Databases.
Clarkstown High School School South Lib., New
City. 13 Jun 2004.<http://wwww.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
Paananen, Victor. N. William Blake. In Twayne's
English Authors Series
Online. NewYork:
G.K. Hall & Co., 1998. Previously published in print
in 1996 by Twayne
Publishers. Gale Group Databases. Clarkstown High School
South Lib., New City. 3
Oct. 2001 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/Twayne>.
Mauch II. Thomas H. "Researchers Identify Alzheimer's Enzyme
Inhibitor."
Los Angeles Times. 13 Apr. 2000: B2. Infotrac Custom
Newspapers. Gale
GroupDatabases. Clarkstown HighSchool South Lib., New City. 24 Jan
2004. <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
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Internet Web Site maintained by a university or professional organization
"Einstein: Image and Impact." Aip.org. Aug. 1998. American Institute of
Physics. 13 Mar 1999. <http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/>.
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Article from an online magazine, newspaper, or journal
Sklaroff, Sara. "E-mail Nation." U.S. News and World Report. 2 Mar 1999: 15-19. U.S. News Online. 13 Mar 1999.
<http://www2.USNews.com/usnews/issue/990322/22emai.htm>.
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Web Page with an editor listed
Rogers, Jay, ed. "What is the Wiccan Religion?" The Forerunner.com. 20 Jan 1998. The Forerunner International.
25 Feb 2001. <http://www.forerunner.com/champion/>.
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Web Page with an author's name listed
Carroll, Robert Todd. The Skeptic's Dictionary: Witches and Sorcerers.
21 Feb 1998.22 March 2001. <http://dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/witches.html>.
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Online Government publication
United States. Center for Disease Control. National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Diabetes Public Health
Resource: FAQ About Diabetes. 29 Jun 2000. 25 Feb 2001.
<http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faqs.htm>.
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Personal Web page
Lawson, Anne. Home page. 1 Mar 1998. <http://www.target.net:8080/~alaw/index.html>.
Coin Career Library
College Profile
FORMAT
"Title
of College (College Profile)."
Coin Career Library.
http://www.coin3.com
(Date Content Viewed: Day/Month Abbreviation/Year).
EXAMPLE
"San
Diego State University (College Profile)."
Coin Career Library.
http://www.coin3.com (9
Oct. 2001).
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