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Correct Forms for Selected Bibliography or Works Cited A book by one author: Lobdell, Jare. England and Always: Tolkien's World of the Rings. Grand Rapids: Erdmans, 1981. A book by two or more authors: Give the names in the order they appear on the title page. Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Music Since World War II. Athens: U of Georgia P, 1986. An article from an encyclopedia such as European Authors: Mowry, George E. "The Progressive Party, 1912 and 1924." History of U.S. Political Parties. Gen. ed. Arthur M. Schlesinger. Vol. 3. New York: Chelsea, 1973, 2541-669. 4 vols. Check to see if your book is an edition or translation since they require special forms as well. An article from a magazine: Prince, Dinah. "Marriage in the '80s." New York 1 June 1987: 30-38. (note to students: New York is the name of a magazine) An article from a scholarly journal: Cope, Jackson I. "Bernini and Roman Commedie Ridicolose. PMLA 102 (1987): 177- 86. Internet You should provide the following information: Name of author Title of document Publication date (if available) URL (in angle brackets) or path followed to locate the site; slashes separate menu choices Date of access (in parentheses)
A World Wide Web Site "Bertha Advances toward Bahamas." CNN World News. 9 July 1996. <http://cnn.com/WORLD/9607/09/bertha.update>(9 July 1996). If the web site includes an author, the author comes first (last name, first name) just as in the example from the magazine.
If no author is given for a web page or electronic source, start with and alphabetize by the title of the piece and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical citations. A web site Author(s). Name of Page. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site. Date of Access <electronic address>. It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available at one date may no longer be available later. Be sure to include the complete address for the site. Also, note the use of angled brackets around the electronic address; MLA requires them for clarity. Web site examples Felluga, Dino. Undergraduate Guide to Literary Theory. 17 Dec. 1999. Purdue University. 15 Nov. 2000 <http://omni.cc.purdue.edu%7Efelluga/theory2.html>. Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 10 Feb. 2003 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu>. An article on a web site It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available at one date may no longer be available later. Be sure to include the complete address for the site. Also, note the use of angled brackets around the electronic address; MLA requires them for clarity. Author(s)."Article Title." Name of web site. Date of posting/revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with site. Date of access <electronic address>. Article on a web site Poland, Dave. "The Hot Button." Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television. 28 Oct. 1998 "Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format." Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 6 Feb. 2003 http://owl.english.purdue.eduhandouts/research/r_mla.html>. (the two lines above should be indented 5 spaces to the right, but the web page would not do it.) An article in an online journal or magazine Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): Pages/Paragraphs. Date of Access <electronic address>.
The above information on bibliography was taken from the following source: Gibaldi, Joseph, and Walter S. Achtert. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 3rd ed. New York: MLA Association of America, 1989. "Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format." Purdue Online Writing Lab. 2003. Purdue University. 6 Feb. 2003 <http://owl.english.purdue.eduhandouts/research/r_mla.html>. |