Books
and Reference Books
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Book
with one author
Clifford, Mary
Louise. The Land and People of Afghanistan. New York: Lippincott,
1989.
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Book
with two authors
Davidson, James
West, and John E. Batchelor. The American Nation. New Jersey:
Prentice
Hall, 1991.
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Book
with three authors
Allen, Dinsmore,
Clarence H. Cleminshaw and John G. Phillips. Pictorial
Astronomy.
3rd rev. ed. New York: Crowell, 1969.
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Book
with more than three authors
Allee, W. C.,
et. al. Principles of Animal Ecology. Philadelphia: W. B.
Saunders,
1949.
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Books
with a corporate author
American Cancer
Society. Facts on Hodkins Disease. Baltimore: American Cancer
Society,
1972.
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Books
without an author listed
The World
Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: Newspaper Enterprises
Association,
1994.
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When
only part of the work (book, etc.) is used, include pages used
Eschmeyer, William
N. and Earl S. Herald. Pacific Coast Fishes. Boston:
Houghton
Mifflin, 1983. 114-116.
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A
signed article in an encyclopedia
Eaton, John
W. "Ethnic Group." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1993 ed.
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An
unsigned article in an encyclopedia
"Latin America."
The World Book Encyclopedia. 1994 ed.
"Ginsburg, Ruth
Bader." Who's Who in America. 48th ed. 1994.
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Reference
book
Martel, Hazel
Mary. "The Aegean Civilizations." The Kingfisher Book of the
Ancient
World.
New York: Kingfisher, 1995.
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Government
documents
United States.
Department of State. "Mexico." Background Notes. Washington:
GPO,
1994.
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Articles
Reprinted in Another Publication, e.g. Social Issues Resources Series
(SIRS)
Ritche, Mark.
"Not by Bread or Rice Alone." Worldpaper. Apr. 1992. Food.
Ed.
by Eleanor Goldstein. Vol. 5. Boca Raton: SIRS, 1992. Art. 10.
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Magazines
and Newspapers
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A
signed magazine article from a monthly magazine (4.7.1)(4.7.6)
Allen, T. B.
"Turkey Struggles for Balance." National Geographic. May
1994: 34-35.
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A
signed magazine article from a weekly magazine (4.7.1)(4.7.6)
Armstrong, Larry.
"The Learning Revolution: Technology is Reshaping Education - at
Home
and at School." Business Week. 28 Feb. 1994: 80-88.
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An
unsigned magazine article (Anonymous) (4.7.7)
"Education at
Home: A Showdown in Texas." Newsweek. 25 March 1985: 87.
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A
signed article from a daily newspaper (4.7.5)
Taylor, Stuart.
"Senate Passes Tough Anti-Crime Measure." The Denver Post.
3 Feb.
1984: B17.
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An
unsigned article from a daily newspaper (4.7.5)
"Culture Shock:
Williamsburg and Disney World, Back to Back." New York Times.
21
Sep. 1975: sec. 10.1.
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Premium
Databases
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WorldBook
Encyclopedia Online
[Note that this format is more consistant
with MLA than the example at WorldBook ]
Author Last
Name, First Name and Middle Initial (if given). "Title of Article."
Name
of Database. Date of Access. < URL >
Leonard H. Lesko,
"Egypt, Ancient," World Book Online, 3 March 2000.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar175060.htm
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Encarta
Online Deluxe
No author was cited for this article.
"Phoenicia."
Encarta Online Deluxe. 3 March 2000. <http://encarta.msn.com/encarta
>
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Grolier
Online
Grolier has three different databases
available. In their sample citation, they put the date of access
after the URL.
Pasquier, Roger
F., "Owl." Encyclopedia Americana Online." 1999. 8 Feb 1999.
<http://go.grolier.com>
Twohig, Dorothy.
"George Washington." Academic American Encyclopedia. 2000.
Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia Online. 2 January 2000. <http://go.grolier.com>.
"Dogs." The
New Book of Knowledge Online." 2000. 8 Feb 1999. <http://go.grolier.com>
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Premium
Databases/Magazines
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Online
Databases - ProQuest / Magazines @ Mt. Baker
Example:
Gardner, Toni.
"Day care for dogs." Country Living. Mar 2000; 64, 130.
Proquest
3 March 2000.<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
Rule:
Author's Last
Name, First Name, and Initial (if given). "Title of Article."
Title
of Magazine. Day Month Year : Page Range (if known).
Name of
Database (if known). Day Month Year of Access
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
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Online
Databases - ProQuest / Newspapers @ Mt. Baker
Example:
Fram, Alan.
"Congress votes pay raises for president - and itself." Seattle
P-I.
17
Sep 1999, FINAL Edition : A3. Washington Newsstand.
Auburn. 2 Mar 2000.
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
Rule:
Author's Last
Name, First Name, and Initial (if given). "Title of Article."
Title
of Newspaper. Day Month Year, Edition : Page number(s) or First
Page
Number and
Plus Sign(if known). Name of Database (if known). ProQuest.
Library Name,
Name of City. Day Month Year of Access
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
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| Online
databases - InfoTrac (4.9.1)
Example:
Satchell, Michael.
"At War in an Ancient Forest (Tongass National Forest, Alaska)."
U.S.
News and World Report. 25 Sep. 1996. InfoTrac. 20 Nov.
1998.
< www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/baker_midsch
>
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Internet
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Internet:
World Wide Web,
material with no printed source specified
Example 1:
"China." 1997
World Factbook. 23 Nov. 1998.
< http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/country-frame.html
>
Example 2:
"Mount St. Helens."
Volcano World. 10 May 1999.
< http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/msh/msh.html
>
Rule:
[Name of
the Author (if given)] [Title of the material accessed (in
quotation marks)]
[Date
of the material (if given)] [Title of the database
(underlined)]
[Date
of access] < URL >
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CD-ROM's
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CD-ROMs.
Unsigned (4.8.1 (4.8.2
"Salmon." Worldbook
Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Worldbook, 1999.
"Ken Griffey,
Jr." Current Biography, 1940-1997. CD-ROM. H.W. Wilson, 1998.
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Non-Print
Resources
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Interview
Lamm, Dorothy.
Personal interview. Denver, Colorado. 10 Apr. 1994.
Poussaint, Alvin,
F. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 1990.
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TV
or Radio Program (4.10.1)
"Frederick Douglas."
Civil War Journal. Narr. Danny Glover. Dir. Craig Haffner.
Arts
and Entertainment Network. 6 Apr. 1993.
Into the
Woods. By Stephen Sondheim. Dir. James Lapine. Perf. Bernadette
Peters
and
Johanna Gleson. American Playhouse. PBS. WNET, New York.
3 Mar. 1991
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Video
Recording (4.10.3)
It's a Wonderful
Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed,
Lionel
Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946.
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Sound
Recording (4.10.2)
Marasalis, Branford.
Romances for Saxophone. English Chamber Orch. Cond.
Andrew
Litton. Audiocassette. CBS, 1986.
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