MLA Style Guide: Olson Library. The Modern Language Association updated it's style over the summer.
This guide describes the 7th edition of the style; the new style is the 8th. We're in the process of updating this page, but, in the meantime, if you need advice on citations using the 8th edition, try going to the MLA Formatting and Style Guide produced by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University. New York: Smithsonian, 1. One Author. Taylor, Gary. Reinventing Shakespeare: A Cultural History from the Restoration to the Present. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1.
Herman Melville: Reassessments. Print. Two or three authors Gross, Samuel R., and Robert Mauro. Death and Discrimination: Racial. Disparities in Capital Sentencing.
Boston: Northeastern UP, 1. Print. Anthony, William, Walter E. Envisionary Management: A Guide for Human Resource Professionals in Management Training and Development. New York: Quorum, 1. Print. More than three authors. Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.
Print. Two or more books by the same author Johnson, Carol M., and Paul V. Boston. Houghton Mifflin, 1. A World Far, Far Away. New York: Norton, 1. Print. Corporate author.
American Medical Association. Genetic Engineering: A Case for Caution. New. York: Random, 1. Basic Pharmacology for Nurses. Print. Clinton, Barb S.
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Politics and the Religious Right. Print. Multi- volume work (citing entire set)Creighton, James S., ed. Jameson’s Encyclopedia of American Literature. The History of the USSR. Moscow: Harizonika, 1. In these instances, page numbers are not renumbered for each issue, but continue consecutively across issues (e. Issue #1 may have page numbers 1- 2.
Issue #2 2. 35- 3. For such journals, include only the volume number in the reference list citation. Print. Prichitka, David S., and Conrad R. Print. Articles in Popular Magazines In the reference list, give the date of the magazine, but do not provide volume and issue numbers even if they are listed. Print. If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, include only the first page number followed by a plus sign in the reference list: Jacobs, Paul V., and Mary K. News and World Report 1. May 1. 99. 9: 7. 8+.
Print. Newspaper Articles. Take note of the following when citing newspapers: Omit the initial article of a newspaper title (e. A, An, The) even if it is present. If the newspaper is not a nationally recognized paper (USA Today, Wall Street Journal, etc.), include the city name of the newspaper in square brackets . Abbreviate all months according to the section 7.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed., except for May, June and July. If an edition is listed on the paper, include this after the date. If each section of the paper has separate page numbers, include the section number or letter with the page numbers.
If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first page number followed by a + sign. Print. Works in anthologies or collections.
Marshall, Denise. Challenging the Myths: 1. National Report Series. ERIC Document Reproduction Service. Print. Government Publications.
Before citing government documents in a reference list you may want to consult section 5. MLA Handbook for special instructions. Note, most federal publications, regardless of the branch of government issuing them, are published by the Government Publishing Office (GPO) in Washington, D.
C. Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on. Environment and Public Works. Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Cong., 1st sess. Washington: GPO, 1. Low Cost Housing: Urban Problemor Blessing? Print. Benjamin, Steve R. Gypsy Moth Management in the United States : A Cooperative.
Approach. Washington: GPO, 1. Lifelines for Children: Child Mortality in Michigan. Print. Proceedings of Conferences and Meetings. If you wish to cite the entire conference proceedings, use the following format. Eds. Place of publication: Group responsible for publication, date of publication.
Medium of publication. If all or part of the publication information is missing, use N. If there is no date of publication, use n. Wright, Will and Steven Kaplan, eds. The Image of Violence in. Literature, the Media, and Society: Selected papers from the 1.
Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery. Print. To cite one presentation in a conference proceedings: Muhlestein, Daniel K. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan. Pueblo: Colorado, 1. Print. Doctoral Dissertations. The following example is for a dissertation obtained from the granting institution: Mc. Donough, Kevin M.
Print. The following example is for a dissertation obtained on microfilm from UMI (Note, in this context the dissertation is considered published and the title is italicized. You can add the order number as additional information at the end of the citation as in this example): Marshall, Daniel P. Claiming the Land: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to British Columbia.
U of British Columbia, 2. Print. Electronic Sources. Web Sites or Individual Pages (including blogs) Entire Web Site. Use the following format when citing an entire Web site. Version or edition you're citing. Name of organization or institution sponsoring or associated with site (if not available, use N.
Medium of publication (Web). Date of access (day, month, and year). Victoria Research Web. Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and Indiana University DIgital Library Program. July 2. 00. 9. The following site did not have a title and instead was given the brief description of . Northern Michigan University, 2. Apr. 1. 99. 9. Individual Web Page Use the following format when citing a page within a site.
If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. Author, editor, or name of person creating site (if given and relevant). Date of publication, posting date, or latest update (if known). Medium of publication (Web). Date of access(day, month, and year). Sparling, Donald W., and Peter T. In some cases, it might be helpful to your reader to have the print information for an item you accessed electronically.
If so, begin your citation as you would as if it were a print resource, excluding the medium of publication, of course, Then add the Title of the Database or Web SIte. Medium of publication (Web). Gender, Nature, and Nurture. EBSCO e. Book Collection. July 2. 00. 9. Article. Tosenberger, Catherine. July 2. 00. 9. Scholarly Articles.
From the Publisher's Site. When citing articles on a scholarly journal's Web site, use the following format: Author’s name. Medium of publication (Web).
Date of access (day, month, and year). June 1. 99. 9. From an Online Database (e. Per. Abs, JSTOR, etc.)When citing journal articles from an online database use the following format: Author’s name. Volume number. issue number. Date of publication): range of pages (if there are no page numbers, use n. Medium of publication (Web).
Date of access (day, month, and year). Wink, Walter, and Samuel Smith. Date of access (day, month, and year). From an Online Database (e. General One. File, etc.)When citing magazine articles from an online database use the following format: Author’s name (if given). Date of access (day, month, and year). General Reference.
Center Gold. 2. 00. Ebooks. Use the following format in a reference list when citing an entire online book. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Title of database or web site.
Medium of publication (Web). Date of access. Lamb, Charles. On The Tragedies Of Shakespeare. Hoboken: Biblio. Bytes, 1. October 2. 00. 8. When citing a part of an online book, place the title of the part between the author's name and the title of the book.
If the cited part is a poem or essay, place it in quotation marks; if it is a standard division within the book, e. Introduction, do not place it in quotation marks. Horowitz, Daniel. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina Press, 1. EBSCO e. Book Collection. October 2. 00. 8.
Government Publications. To cite an online government publication, begin with the same information given for a printed government document and add relevant electronic information: name of the Web site (if the item is part of a larger site), medium of the work (Web), date you accessed the site, and network address (URL). For more information, see section 5. MLA Handbook. How to Identify Common. Nitidulid Beetles Associated with Oak Wilt Mats in Minnesota. August 2. 00. 9. Newspaper Articles. Take note of the following when citing newspapers: Omit the initial article of a newspaper title (e.
A, An, The) even if it is present. If the newspaper is not a nationally recognized paper (USA Today, Wall Street Journal, etc.), include the city name of the newspaper in square brackets . Abbreviate all months according to the handbook (put exact citation in when handbook arrives) except for May, June and July. If an edition is listed on the paper, include this after the date. If each section of the paper has separate page numbers, include the section number or letter with the page numbers. If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first page number followed by a + sign.
From the Publisher's Site. When citing newspaper articles from Web pages, other than those in online databases, use the following format: Author’s name (if given). From an Online Database.
When citing newspaper articles from an online database, use the following format: Author’s name (if given). Day month. (abbreviated except May, June, or July) year: range of pages (if there are no page numbers, use n. Date of access. Lee, Elizabeth. Info. Trac Custom 1. Full Text Newspapers. Posting to a Discussion List. In a discussion list, include the medium designation- -online posting- -at the end of the entry.
Include the online address of the list's Internet site, or if not available, the e- mail address of the list's moderator. STS- L: Science and Technology Section, ACRL. DVDWhen citing a DVD, use the following format: Title of movie. Director (abbreviated as Dir.).
Distributor, year of release.