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Examples of different typles of Bibliographic Citation (MLA)

Books

Book with one author
Book with two authors
Book with three authors

Book with three+ authors
Books with a corporate author
Books without an author listed
When only part of the work is used
A signed article in an encyclopedia
An unsigned article in an encyclopedia
Reference book
Government documents
Articles Reprinted in Another Publication

Magazines & Newspapers

A signed article from a magazine (Monthly)
A signed article from a magazine (weekly)
An unsigned magazine article
A signed article from a daily newspaper
An unsigned article from a daily newspaper

Non-Print Sources
Interview
TV or Radio Program
Video Recording
Sound Recording

Premium Databases

WorldBook Encyclopedia Online
Grolier Online
Encarta Online Deluxe

ProQuest Magazines
ProQuest / Newspapers
InfoTrac

Internet
Internet

CD-ROM's
CD-ROM

 

 

Books and Reference Books

Book with one author

Clifford, Mary Louise. The Land and People of Afghanistan. New York: Lippincott,

1989.

 

Book with two authors

Davidson, James West, and John E. Batchelor. The American Nation. New Jersey:

Prentice Hall, 1991.

 

Book with three authors

Allen, Dinsmore, Clarence H. Cleminshaw and John G. Phillips. Pictorial

Astronomy. 3rd rev. ed. New York: Crowell, 1969.

 

Book with more than three authors

Allee, W. C., et. al. Principles of Animal Ecology. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders,

1949.

 

Books with a corporate author

American Cancer Society. Facts on Hodkins Disease. Baltimore: American Cancer

Society, 1972.

 

Books without an author listed

The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: Newspaper Enterprises

Association, 1994.

 

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.

 

A signed article in an encyclopedia

Eaton, John W. "Ethnic Group." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1993 ed.

 

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.

 

Reference book

Martel, Hazel Mary. "The Aegean Civilizations." The Kingfisher Book of the Ancient

World. New York: Kingfisher, 1995.

 

Government documents

United States. Department of State. "Mexico." Background Notes. Washington:

GPO, 1994.

 

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.

 

 

Magazines and Newspapers

 

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.

 

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.

 

An unsigned magazine article (Anonymous) (4.7.7)

"Education at Home: A Showdown in Texas." Newsweek. 25 March 1985: 87.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

Premium Databases

 

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

Encarta Online Deluxe
No author was cited for this article.

"Phoenicia." Encarta Online Deluxe. 3 March 2000. <http://encarta.msn.com/encarta >

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>

 

Premium Databases/Magazines

 

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>.

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>.

 

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 >

 

Internet

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 >

 

CD-ROM's

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.

 

 

Non-Print Resources

Interview

Lamm, Dorothy. Personal interview. Denver, Colorado. 10 Apr. 1994.

Poussaint, Alvin, F. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 1990.

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

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.

Sound Recording (4.10.2)

Marasalis, Branford. Romances for Saxophone. English Chamber Orch. Cond.

Andrew Litton. Audiocassette. CBS, 1986.

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