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Citing Sources in MLA Style

 
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1. Print periodical article from a popular magazine
Form:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Article." Title of the Magazine FullDate: PageNumbers.

Example: Kaminer, Wendy. "The Last Taboo." New Republic 14 Oct. 1996: 24-5.

2. Print periodical article from a scholarly journal
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Article." Title of the Journal volume number.issue number (year or date): page numbers.

Example: Barthelme, Frederick. "Architecture of Renown." Kansas Quarterly 13.4 (1981): 77-80.

3. Periodical article from a scholarly journal available in full text in a database
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Article." Title of the Periodical volume number. issue number (date of issue): page numbers. FullNameof the Database. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN [or where you accessed it]. DateYouAccessedIt. <URL of database>

Example: "For the Food and Nutrition Professional: A Chocolate Update." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 100.2 (February 2000): 269. Expanded Academic, Gale Group InfoTrac. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 29 January 2001. <http://www.galegroup.com>

4. Chapter from a printed book
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Chapter." Title of the Book. Ed. EditorFirstName EditorLastName. CityofPublication: PublisherName, Year. page numbers.

Example: Mitchell, Susan. "Spending." Generation X: The Young Adult Market. Ithaca, NY: New Strategist Publications, 1997. 183-237.

5. Book chapter available in full-text in a database
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Chapter." Title of the Book. Ed. EditorFirstName EditorLastName. CityOfPublication: PublisherName, Year. page numbers. FullNameofDatabase. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN [where you accessed it]. DateYouAccessedIt. <URL of database>

Example: Rampersad, Arnold. "Langston Hughes and Approaches to Modernism in the Harlem Renaissance." The Harlem Renaissance: Reevaluations. Ed. Amritjt Singh. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989. 49-72. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Group InfoTrac. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 25 October 2000. <http://www.galegroup.com> 

6. Printed book
Form: Author#1LastName, Author#1FirstName, and Author#2FirstName Author#2LastName. Title of the Book. CityOfPublication: Publisher, year.

Example: Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. Analysing Casual Conversation. London: Cassell, 1997.

7. Electronic book
Form:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. Title of the Book. Ed. EditorFirstName EditorLastName. [if any] YearOfOnlinePublication [if any]. SponsoringOrganization [if any]. DateYouAccessedIt. <http://URL of the book>.

Examples: Davis, Amanda. Extraterrestials: Is There Life in Outer Space? New York, 1997. 13 March 2001. <http://netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=19641>

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Shakespeare; or the Poet. Boston, 1904. Bartleby.com Great Books Online. 31 January 2001. <http://www.bartleby.com/90/0405.html>

8. Web site
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Name of Page." NameOfProjectORGroup. DateOfCreationOfPage. NameOfSponsoringGroup. DateYouAccessedIt <http://URL for the page>.

Examples: "This Day in History: January 29." The History Channel Online. 2000. 29 January 2001 <http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.html>.

Burt, Sharon. "Maya Angelou." Voices from the Gap, Women Writers of Color. University of Minnesota. 31 January 2001. < http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/MayaAngelou.html>

9. CLC Biographical Sketch
Form: "First Name LastName." DateOfThePage. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Group InfoTrac. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. DateYouAccessedIt. <http://www.galegroup.com>

Example: "Ralph Ellison." 2001. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Group InfoTrac. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. 14 February 2001. http://www.galegroup.com>

Table of Contents
  1. Print periodical article from a popular magazine
  2. Print periodical article from a scholarly journal
  3. Periodical article from a scholarly journal available in full text in a database
  4. Chapter from a printed book
  5. Book chapter available in full-text in a database
  6. Printed book
  7. Electronic book
  8. Web site
  9. CLC Biographical Sketch

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