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Books

Basic Information

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Year.

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Book by one author:

Adler, Jo Anne. Just Chill Out!. Springfield: Enslow Publishers, 1997.

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Two or more books by same author:

Gay, Kathlyn. Communes and Cults. New York: Twenty-first Century Books, 1997.

---. I Am Who I Am: Speaking Out About Multiracial Identity. New York: Franklin Watts, 1995 .

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Book by two or more authors:

Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen. The Global Village Companion: An A to Z Guide to Understanding Current World

Affairs. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1996.

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If there are more than three authors: you may list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (the abbreviation for the Latin phrase "and others") in place of the other authors' names, or you may list all the authors in the order in which their names appear on the title page.

Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman, 1985.

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Book or article with no author named:

The Videomaker Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Making Video. Boston: Focal Press, 1996.

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Book with an editor, no author:

Wolf, Rachel, ed. Splash 2: Watercolor Breakthroughs. Cincinnati: North Light, 1993.

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Book in a series:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Series’ Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Year.

Zaloga, Steven. Bagration 1944: The Destruction of Army Group Center. Grolier Library of Modern Military Campaigns.

Danbury: Grolier Educational, 1997.

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Article in a Reference Book (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries)

Basic Information

Do not cite the editor of a reference work. If arranged alphabetically, you may omit volume & page numbers.

Article author’s last name, First name.“Title of Encyclopedia Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Edition. Year of publication.

Hutchins, Ross E. “Bee.” Encyclopedia Americana.1999.

Unsigned Reference Article:

“Samuel Gompers.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd ed. 1998.

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Periodicals (magazines, newspapers or journals)

Magazine

Basic Information

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Magazine Article.” Title of Magazine the complete date (beginning with the day and abbreviating the month) followed by a colon and the page numbers.

Klulger, J. “Saving the Salmon.” Time 29 Mar. 1999: 60-61.

Unsigned article:

“A Kurdish Peace Plea.” Maclean’s 14 June 1999: 41.

Newspaper

Basic Information

Author’s last name, First Name. “Title of Newspaper Article.” Name of Newspaper Date of article, Edition followed by a colon and the page numbers.

Blumenthal, Eileen. “That Power-Mad Couple Seems So Familiar.” New York Times 1 Mar. 1998, late ed.: sec 2:5+.

Unsigned article:

“Mob Injures 5 U.N. Police in Bosnia After Killing.” New York Times 11 Jan. 1999, late ed.:A6.

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Electronic Sources – Internet

Since electronic texts are not as stable or fixed as print resources, more bibliographic information must be provided. If all the requested information is not given, cite the information that is available.

Basic Information:

Author’s name. “Title of the document.” Title of site Date of publication or latest update. Name of sponsoring institution or organization. date of access .

Kolasky, Bob. “The End of Disease?” IntellectualCapitol.com. Jul 16 1998. 03 Sept.2000

<http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/98/0716/...

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Subscription Databases on the Internet

Author. “Article title.” Publication information for printed source. Title of the Database used. Name of the Service. Library where database was accessed, location of library. Date of access .

Dobrow, Larry. “How old is old enough?” Advertising Age 4 Feb. 2002:4. MasterFile Premier. EbscoHost. Hillsborough High

School Media Center, Hillsborough, NJ. 14 Feb. 2002 http://web.ebscohost.com./

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E-Mail

Basic Information:

Name of writer. “Title from subject line.” Description of the message that includes recipient. Date of message.

Swanzer, Connie. “MLA Formatting.” E-mail to Judith Everitt. 31 Jan. 2006.

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Pamphlet

Basic Information:

Treat a pamphlet as you would a book.

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Miscellaneous Print and Nonprint Sources

Film-Basic Information:

Usually begins with title, and includes the director, the distributor, and the year of release. You may include other data that is pertinent – such as names of the writer, performers and producer between the title and the distributor.

Title. Director. Distributor. Year of release.

Videotape, DVD, Laser Disc-Basic Information:

Cite as a film but include original release date if relevant and the medium before the name of the distributor.

Personal Interview-Basic information:

Interviewee’s last name, First name. Personal Interview. Date.

Swanzer, Connie. Personal Interview. 10 Feb. 2006.

Everitt, Judith. Telephone Interview. 10 Feb. 2006

Personal Letter-Basic information:

Writer’s Last name. First Name. Letter to the author. Date.

Davis, John. Letter to the author. 10 Feb. 2006.

I know you said websites don't help you, but try this one. It's pretty easy to understand. http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citml...

If you need more help, you can e-mail me. I tried opening the link, but it was signed out. I go to a school that uses the same library search engine. If you can give me the name of the article and author in my e-mail I'll show you how it should be done. My school uses APA format, but I had to use MLA in high school.

http://ollie.dcccd.edu/library/Module4/M4-V/exampl...

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