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Citation & Bibliography
 Students at The Meadows School are required to use Modern Language Association (MLA) style for identifying research sources.
This guide provides writers with the basic conventions of MLA citation style. In MLA style, writers briefly credit sources in the text of the document and then include a more complete description of the sources at the end of the paper in a "Works Cited" page.
The Works Cited page should be prepared first, so that the writer will know how to prepare the parenthetical references in the actual document.
For further information: www.mla.org
Format:
- Begin on a new page and continue the page numbers of the text.
- Center the title, Works Cited, an inch from the top of the page.
- Alphabetize entries by the author's last name.
- If the author's name is unknown, alphabetize by title.
- Begin the first line of each entry at the left margin and indent additional lines of information 5 spaces or ½ inch. (hanging indent)
- Double space the entire Works Cited page.
The following examples are based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., by Joseph Gibaldi. The numbers in parentheses refer to the corresponding chapters in the manual.
Citing Books, Periodicals and Non-print Resources
Book by a Single Author (5.6.1)
Katz, Samuel M. At Any Cost: National Liberation Terrorism. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2004.
Book by Two or More Authors (5.6.4)
Guernsey, Alfred H., and Alden, Henry M. Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War. New York: Fairfax Press, 1866.
An Anthology or a Compilation (5.6.2)
Gesner, George, ed. Anthology of American Poetry. New York: Gramercy Books, 1983.
Two or More Books by a Single Author (5.6.3)
Macauley, David. Castle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Building Big. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
A Work in an Anthology (5.6.7)
Nash, Ogden. "Old Men." Anthology of American Poetry. Ed. George Gesner. New York: Gramercy Books, 1983.
Article in a Reference Book (5.6.8)
Oetinger, David F. "Nematode." World Book Encyclopedia. 2003 ed.
"Terebinth." Random House Webster's College Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1997.
Article in a Scholarly Journal (5.7.1)
Mason, Diana S. "Preparing the Professional Chemist." Journal of Chemical Education. 80 (2003): 593.
Article in a Newspaper (5.7.5)
Bumiller, Elisabeth. "Budget Director Girds for Angry Congress." New York Times 2 February 2004, national ed.: A14.
Article in a Magazine (5.7.6)
Kalb, Claudia. "Brave New Babies." Newsweek 26 January 2004: 45-53.
A Film or Video Recording (5.8.3)
Fahrenheit 451. By Ray Bradbury. Dir. Francois Truffaut. Perf. Julie Christie and Oskar Werner. 1966. Videocassette. MCA Home Video, Inc., 1992.
A Document from an Internet Site (5.9.1)
Goodman, Oscar B. "Mayor's Message: A Message from Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman." City of Las Vegas. 10 February 2004
http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/centennial/default.htm
A Work From a Library Subscription Service (5.9.7)
Rupley, Sebastian. "Ghostly Keys." PC Magazine. 3 February 2004: 21. MAS Ultra. EBSCO. 10 February 2004
http//www.epnet.com/
Citing Sources in the Text (6.1)
A parenthetical reference tells the reader that words, facts or ideas have been borrowed from a source listed on the Works Cited page. Usually an author's last name and a page reference are enough to identify the source of the borrowed material. If the author is identified in the text, only the page number is required in the parentheses.
Author's Name in Text
Thomas makes this point (159-69).
Author's Name in Reference
This point has been made (Thomas 159-60).
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