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MLA FORMAT: Books | Book Reviews | Pamphlets | Periodicals | Encyclopedias
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Nonprint (Audiovisual) Materials | Other | Internet Citations | Periodical/Book Articles from Library Database
Accessed From the Internet | MLA Works Cited Format Example
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Based
on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Fifth
Edition (R 808.02 G437m5), James Lester’s Writing Research
Papers. Tenth Edition (R808.02 L642w10), and Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association. Fifth
Edition (R 808.02 P976x5). Copies of these books are available
at the ECC Library Reference Desk and in the Library’s
Reference Collection.
Remember,
the final authority for the format of your paper is your instructor.
Please use this resource as a guideline.
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MLA FORMAT
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| BOOKS |
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One author
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George,
Nelson. Hip Hop America. New York:
Viking,
1998.
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Two or three
authors,
Edition
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Lester,
James D. and James Lester Jr. Writing
Research
Papers: A Complete Guide. 10th ed.
New York:
Longman,
2002.
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More than
three authors
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Roxborough,
Ian, et al.
Chile: the State and
the
Revolution. New York: Holmes and
Meier,
1977.
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Book without
author
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The
Adams Cover Letter Almanac. Holbrook, Mass:
Adams, 1995.
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Editor
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Jacoby,
Barbara, ed. Involving Commuter Students
in
Learning. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass, 2000.
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Author and
Editor
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Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark. Ed. Tucker Brooke and
Jack Randall Crawford. New Haven: Yale Univ.
Press, 1947.
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Several
Volumes
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Leach,
Maria, ed. Dictionary of Folklore. 2 vols.
New York:
Funk, 1950.
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One volume
of a set
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Hitchcock, H. Wiley and Stanley Sadie, eds. The
New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Vol.
2.
New York: Grove Dictionaries of Music, 1986.
4 vols.
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Two or more
books by the
same person
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Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak! New York: Soho
Press, 1995.
----.
The Farming of Bones: A Novel. New York:
Soho Press,
1998.
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Essay or
article in
collection
Scholarly article
reprinted in
collection
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Spaulding,
Steve. "Natural Gas Vehicles Can Reduce Greenhouse
Gases."
Energy Alternatives: Opposing Viewpoints.
Ed. Helen
Cothran. San Diego, Calif: Greenhaven
Press,
2002. 184-191.
Garrett,
Jeffrey. "Missing Eco: On Reading The Name
of the
Rose as Library Criticism." Library Quarterly
61(1991): 373-88. Rpt. In Contemporary Literary
Criticism, Vol. 142. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter.
Detroit:
Gale Group, 2001. 74-81.
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Book review
in magazine
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Freeman,
Jay. Rev. of History as Mystery, by
Michael
Parenti. Booklist 1 Sep. 1999: 66.
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Book review in
article in multi-
volume set
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Keymer,
David. Rev. of A Time to Kill, by John
Grisham.
"John Grisham 1955(?) -."
Contemporarv
Literary Criticism. Vol. 84.
Ed. Jarnes
P. Draper. Detroit: Gale, 1995.
190.
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PAMPHLETS (treat a
pamphlet as you would a book).
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Pamphlets with
author
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Kilgus,
Robert. Color Scripsit Program Manual.
Fort
Worth: Tandy, 1981.
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Pamphlets –
no author
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2002
Voter’s Self-Defense Manual. Philipsburg,
Mont:
Project
Vote Smart, 2002.
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PERIODICALS
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Journal
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Case,
Donald O. "The Ethics of Caller Identification
Services."
Journal of Information Ethics 7.1
(1998):24-35.
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CQ Researcher
Cite as a
Magazine.
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Glazer,
Sarah. "Cell Phone Safety." CQ
Researcher
16 Mar.
2001: 201-224.
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Magazine –
Monthly
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McDonough, John. "Flying Home: A Tribute to Lionel
Hampton, 1908-2002." Down
Beat Nov.
2002:
26-29.
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Magazine –
weekly & biweekly
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Breslau,
Karen. "The Virtual Aisle Tries Again Online."
Newsweek 11 Nov. 2002: E2-E8.
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Magazine –
no author
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"Cyberactivism 101." Futurist Jul.-Aug. 2001:
15.
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Newspaper –
with author,
Edition
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Goldberg, Carey. "Single Dads Wage Revolution One
Bedtime Story at a Time."
New York Times 17
June 2001,
late ed., sec. 1: 1.
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Newspaper –
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Watts,
Jonathan. "Japan’s Newest Star: A Chemist."
The
Christian
Science Monitor 4 Nov. 2002. 6.
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Newspaper with
section
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Barnard,
Ellsworth. "Good Grammer Ain't Good
Usage."
New York Times 16 Feb. 1991, late
ed., sec. 4: 8.
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
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Signed
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Weston,
Burns H. "Human Rights." The
New Encyclopaedia
Britannica:
Macropaedia. 15th ed., 1995.
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Unsigned
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"Doukhobors." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Mankind. 1990.
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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS (in general,
if the writer of the document is not known, cite the
government first, followed by
the name of the agency).
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United
States. Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Statistics.
Occupational
Outlook Handbook. 2002-03 ed.
Washington: GPO, 2002.
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United
States. Dept. of Housing and Urban
Development.
A Vision for Change: The Story
of
HUD’s Transformation. Washington, DC:
GPO, 2000.
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NONPRINT (AUDIO
VISUAL) MATERIALS
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Phonograph record
or audiotape or
CD (titles of music
identified by
number, key, or
form are neither
underlined nor put
in quotation
marks). (Formats
indicated for audio
except for CD’s).
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Franck,
Cesar. Symphony in D Minor. Audiocassette.
Cond. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic.
Columbia, ML – 5391, 1959.
Santana,
Carlos. "Love of My Life." Supernatural.
Arista,
1999.
West,
Cornel. Race Matters. Audiocassette. Auburn,
CA: Audio Partners Pub. Corp., 1994.
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Videocassette
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Like
Water for Chocolate [Como agua para chocolate].
Screenplay by Laura Esquivel. Dir. Alfonso
Arau. Perf. Lumi Cavazos, Marco Lombardi,
and Regina Torne. DVD. Miramax, 1993.
Touchstone Home Video, 2000.
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OTHER
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Live Performances
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Kushner,
Tony. Angels in America: Millenium Approaches.
Marines Memorial Theatre, San Francisco.
13 Oct. 1994.
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Shirley,
Michael. Personal interview. 31
Oct. 2002.
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INTERNET CITATIONS
Whereas most instructors
permit and many encourage using Internet sources, few consider
a search of the World Wide Web alone adequate research for
a paper; most require that other materials, including print
publications, be sought. Similarly, e-mail discussion lists
and online "chat rooms" are helpful for sharing ideas but,
except for rare occasions, are not deemed acceptable resources
for research papers
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1. Name of the author, editor, compiler, or translator
of the source (if available and relevant).
2. Title of the document. If a poem, short story,
article or other short work, put in quotes. If
title of a book, underline or italicize.
3. Title of the scholarly project, database, periodical,
or professional or personal site (underline or
italicize); or, for a professional or personal
site with no title, a description such as Homepage.
Note: if from a Library subscription
database such as Ebsco, please look below at
Periodical/Book Database Accessed from the Internet.
4. Name of the editor, compiler, or translator
of the scholarly project or database, preceded
by the appropriate abbreviation, such as Ed.
5. Date of electronic publication or last update.
6. Name of the institution or organization sponsoring
or associated with the site.
7. Date when you accessed the source.
8. Internet address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator),
<in angle brackets>. If you must divide
the URL at the end of a line, break it only after
a slash.
NOTE: If you cannot find some of this
information, cite what is available.
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EXAMPLES:
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Gutierrez-Jones, Carl. "A History of Affirmative Action
in the U.S."
AAD Project. 21 Jul. 2002. U. of Calif, Santa
Barbara.
4 Nov 2002. <http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/docs/
history-aa.html>.
Gilder Lehrman History Online. 29 Oct 2002.The
Gilder Lehrman
Institute of American History, U. of Houston. 4 Nov
2002.
<http://www.gliah.uh.edu/historyonline/ethnic_am.cfm>.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet.
16 Aug. 2001.
Lib of Congress, Washington. 21 Aug. 2001
<http://thomas.loc.gov/>.
Beckham, Steven Dow and Florence K. Lentz. John Day
Fossil Beds
National Monument: Rocks and Hard Places, Historic
Resources Study. National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the
Interior: Seattle, WA, 2000. The Online Book Page
Ed. John Mark Ockerbloom.1993-2002. U of Penn.
30 Oct 2002. <http://www.nps.gov/joda/hrs/hrs.htm>.
Miller, Laura. "Early American Horror Show." Salon.com
29 Oct 2002.
30 Oct 2002. <http://salon.com/books/feature/
2002/10/29/salem>.
Sotonoff, Jamie. "A Grandfather’s Quest to Keep
His Granddaughter."
Daily Herald 20 Oct 2002. 5 Nov 2002.
<http://www.dailyherald.com/
main_story.asp?intid=3755871>.
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PERIODICAL/BOOK DATABASE
ACCESSED FROM THE INTERNET:
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1. Author, if available, last name first.
2. Title of article, in quotes.
3. Name of magazine, joumal, newspaper, book. Underline
or italicize.
4. Volume number, if a journal. Editor(s) place of publication,
and publisher if a book.
5. Date of publication.
6. Page(s) of article.
7. Name of electronic subscription database underlined
or italicized, if known (e.g. Academic Search Elite),
name of the service (e.g. EBSCOhost) followed by Library
name and Library’s city and state abbreviation.
8. Date of access and internet address (URL) of the
service's main page if known (NOT THE URL FOR THE
ARTICLE).
NOTE: If you cannot find some of this information,
cite what is available.
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URL’s FOR ECC LIBRARY'S
SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES
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Database Name
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Main Page’s URL
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| Chicago Tribune |
http://proquest.umi.com |
| CQ Researcher |
http://library.cqpress.com |
| EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost Business Source Elite |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost PsycINFO |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost HealthSource: Nursing/Academic Edition |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost HealthSource: Consumer Edition |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost MagillOnAuthors |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost MagillOnLiterature |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| EBSCOhost Professional Development Collection |
http://search.epnet.com/ |
| Ethnic NewsWatch |
http://proquest.umi.com |
| HarpWeek |
http://app.harpweek.com |
| History
Study Center |
http://www.historystudycenter.com/hsc |
| InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP |
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/ |
| InfoTrac Business and Company ASAP |
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/ |
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Lexis-Nexis Academic
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http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/
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Lexis-Nexis Congressional
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http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/
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| OCLC FirstSearch Periodical Abstracts |
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/ |
| OCLC FirstSearch WilsonSelect |
http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/ |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
http://dictionary.oed.com |
| PDR Electronic Library |
http://www.thomsonhc.com |
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ProQuest General Reference
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http://proquest.umi.com
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ProQuest Career and Technical Education
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http://proquest.umi.com |
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Proquest New York Times
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http://proquest.umi.com
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Begley, Sharon. "The Stereotype Trap." Newsweek
6 Nov 2002. 66+.
Business Source Elite. EBSCOHost. Elgin
Community
College Lib., Elgin, IL. 28 Oct 2002.
<http://search.epnet.com>.
O Malley, Thomas F. "A Ride Down Mango Street."
English Journal
86.8 (Dec 1997): 35-37. Periodical Abstracts. OCLC
FirstSearch. Elgin Community College Lib., Elgin,
IL.
28 Oct 2002. <http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org>.
Mitchell, Annah. "Back to School Initiative to
Ensure Children's
Safety." Chicago Defender 10 Aug 2000. 4. Ethnic
NewsWatch. Softline. Elgin Community College
Lib., Elgin, IL.
28 Oct 2002. <http://enw.softlineweb.com>.
West, Woody. "Revisionist Historians Have Political
Agenda."
Column. Insight on the News 23 Sep 1996: 48.
Expanded Academic ASAP. InfoTrac. Elgin Community
College Lib., Elgin, IL. 28 Oct 2002.
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.
Crosby, Faye J. and Allison M. Konrad. "Affirmative
Action in
Employment." Diversity Factor Winter 2002: 5-9. General
Reference.
ProQuest. Elgin Community College Lib., Elgin,
IL.
29 Oct 2002. <http://proquest.umi.com>.
Krosley, Carol Meres. "Outfitting Today's Bakers."
Food Services
Equipment and Supplies. Oct
2001: 61. Career and
Technical
Education. ProQuest. Elgin Community College
Lib.,
Elgin, IL. 30 Oct 2002. <http://proquest.umi.com>.
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EXAMPLE
MLA WORKS CITED FORMAT
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A works cited page must be in ALPHABETICAL
order by the first word of the citation.
Ignore A,An, or
The if it's the first word of the
citation and alphabetize by the second word.
The list of works cited appears at the end of your
paper. Begin the list on a new page and number
each page, continuing the page numbers of the
text. For example, if the text of your research
paper ends on page 10, the works cited list
begins on page 11. The page number appears in
the upper right-hand corner, half an inch from
the top and flush with the right margin. Center
the title, Works Cited, an inch from the top
of the page. Double-space between the title
and the first entry. Begin each entry flush
with the left margin; if an entry runs more
than one line, indent the subsequent line or
lines one-half inch (or five spaces if you are
using a typewriter) from the left margin. Double-space
the entire list. Continue the list on as many
pages as necessary.
Works
Cited
Beier, Ernst G. "Body Language." Encyclopedia
Americana. 1989 ed.
Coates, Steve. "Et Tu, Cybernetica Machina User?"
New York Times
28
Oct. 1996, late ed.: D4. ProQuest.Elgin Community
College Lib.,
Elgin, IL, 7 Nov. 2002. <http://proquest.umi.com>.
Johnson, Brian. "Body Language." Maclean's
Nov 30, 1998: 88+.
Molcho, Sarny. Body Speech. New York: St.
Martin's Press, 1985.
Sandberg, N.P. "Nonverbal Behavior." Encyclopedia
of Psychology.
Ed. Raymond J. Corsini. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Chichester,
1994.
Wolfgang, Aaron. Everybody's Guide to People
Watching. Yarmouth,
Me: Intercultural Press, 1995.
A World of Gestures: Culture and Nonverbal Communication.
Videocassette. Prod. Dane Archer. University of
California
Extension Media Center, 1981.
Zimmerman, Eileen. "Leading Indicators (Reading
a Woman's Body
Language).'' Men's Health. Dec. 1993: 34+.
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Works Cited Format for Research Papers from Chabot College, Hayward, CA. We thank the librarians
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