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Works Cited MLA Format
Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban
Legends & Their Meanings. New York: Norton, 1981. Print.
Example:
Creed, Patrick and Rick Newman. Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the
Pentagon on 9/11. New York: Ballantine, 2008. Print.
Example:
Moschovitis, Christos J. P., et al. History of the Internet: A Chronology,
1843 to the Present. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999. Print.
Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Worek, Michael, ed. Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners. Buffalo: Firefly,
2008. Print.
Example:
Stephens, Gene. "A Variety of Factors Put Teens at Risk." Teens at Risk:
Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven,
2003. 19-27. Print.
Example:
Hart, James D. "Taylor, Edward." The Oxford Companion to American
Literature. 6th ed. 1995. Print.
Example:
Wilde, Ann. "Scottsboro Incident." Encyclopedia of African American
History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the
Twenty-First Century. Ed. Paul Finkelman. Vol. 4. New York: Oxford
UP, 2009. Print.
Last name, First name. Title of Pamphlet. City of Publication: Publisher,
Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Skin Cancer Foundation. A Guide to Skin Cancer and Precancers. New
York: Skin Cancer Foundation, 2002. Print.
Examples:
United States. Social Security Admin. Idenity Theft and Your Social
Security Number. Washington: GPO, 2006. Print.
Example:
Gems, Gerald. "Monuments to Memory." Chicago History. 36.1 (2008):
4-25. Print.
Examples:
Johnson, George. "Plugging into the Sun." National Geographic. Sept.
2009: 28-53. Print.
Thomas, Evan. "What Teddy Can Teach Us." Newsweek. 7 Sept. 2009:
30-33. Print.
Example:
Richter, Jean Paul. "Renaissance man: text from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci." Muse. 12. 6
Jul.-Aug. 2008: 24(4). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Elmhurst Public Library. 21 Oct.
2009 <http://proxy.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org:2103/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-
Documents&&tabID=T003&prodId=SRC-1&docId=A185822186&source=
gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elmhstpl_main&version=1.0>.
Example:
Andrusyk, Brian. "Web Site Evaluation." Library Media Center. Web.
21 Oct. 2009 <http://www.ichsknights.org/academics5.aspx#library>
Examples:
Enstein, Frank. Personal interview. 31 Oct. 2009.
Bell, Alexander G. Telephone interview. 17 Oct. 2008.
Source: Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.
- Book with one author
Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban
Legends & Their Meanings. New York: Norton, 1981. Print.
- Book with two or three authors
Example:
Creed, Patrick and Rick Newman. Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the
Pentagon on 9/11. New York: Ballantine, 2008. Print.
- Book with more than three authors
Example:
Moschovitis, Christos J. P., et al. History of the Internet: A Chronology,
1843 to the Present. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999. Print.
- Edited book
Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Worek, Michael, ed. Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners. Buffalo: Firefly,
2008. Print.
- Essay or article in a book
Example:
Stephens, Gene. "A Variety of Factors Put Teens at Risk." Teens at Risk:
Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven,
2003. 19-27. Print.
- One volume reference work
Example:
Hart, James D. "Taylor, Edward." The Oxford Companion to American
Literature. 6th ed. 1995. Print.
- Multi-volume reference work
Example:
Wilde, Ann. "Scottsboro Incident." Encyclopedia of African American
History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the
Twenty-First Century. Ed. Paul Finkelman. Vol. 4. New York: Oxford
UP, 2009. Print.
- Pamphlet or Brochure
Last name, First name. Title of Pamphlet. City of Publication: Publisher,
Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Skin Cancer Foundation. A Guide to Skin Cancer and Precancers. New
York: Skin Cancer Foundation, 2002. Print.
- Government Publication
Examples:
United States. Social Security Admin. Idenity Theft and Your Social
Security Number. Washington: GPO, 2006. Print.
- Scholarly journal article
Example:
Gems, Gerald. "Monuments to Memory." Chicago History. 36.1 (2008):
4-25. Print.
- Magazine article with author
Examples:
Johnson, George. "Plugging into the Sun." National Geographic. Sept.
2009: 28-53. Print.
Thomas, Evan. "What Teddy Can Teach Us." Newsweek. 7 Sept. 2009:
30-33. Print.
- Magazine article without author
- Magazine article with author from an online source
Example:
Richter, Jean Paul. "Renaissance man: text from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci." Muse. 12. 6
Jul.-Aug. 2008: 24(4). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Elmhurst Public Library. 21 Oct.
2009 <http://proxy.elmhurstpubliclibrary.org:2103/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-
Documents&&tabID=T003&prodId=SRC-1&docId=A185822186&source=
gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elmhstpl_main&version=1.0>.
- Web Page
Example:
Andrusyk, Brian. "Web Site Evaluation." Library Media Center. Web.
21 Oct. 2009 <http://www.ichsknights.org/academics5.aspx#library>
- Personal Interview
Examples:
Enstein, Frank. Personal interview. 31 Oct. 2009.
Bell, Alexander G. Telephone interview. 17 Oct. 2008.
Source: Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.
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