Documentation

MLA Format Entries

 

            A BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR

Author last name, Author first name.  Title in italics. City of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. 

Monmonier, Mark. Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1999.

 

A BOOK BY TWO OR MORE AUTHORS

Author last name, Author first name, and Author first name author last name. Title in italics. City of publication: Publisher, Date of publication.

Kegley, Charles W., and Gregory A. Raymond. How Nations Make Peace. New York: St. Martin’s, 1999.

                        **For books with four or more authors use “et al” (meaning “and others” in the place of “and Author first name author last name”.

 

            AN ARTICLE IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OR OTHER REFERENCE WORK

Author last name, Author first name. “Article Title.” Title of publication in italics. Ed. Name of editor. Number of edition ed. City of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Page numbers if not arranged alphabetically.

Abrams, Richard M. “Theodore Roosevelt.” The Presidents: A Reference History. Ed. Henry F. Graff. 2nd ed. New York: Scribner’s, 1996. 325-46.

 

AN ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA OR REFERENCE SOURCE

Author last name, Author first name. “Article Title.” Title of publication in italics. Date of posting. Date you accessed the site <URL>.

Coney, Peter. “Plate Tectonics.” Encarta Online Encyclopedia. 2000. 2 Feb. 2002 <http://encarta.msn.com/find/consise.asp?mod=1&ti=761554623>.

 

AN ONLINE SCHOLARLY PROJECT OR INFORMATION DATABASE

Title of project or database in italics. ed. or comp. Name of editor or complier respectively if applicable. Date of posting. Name of sponsoring organization. Date you accessed the site <URL>.

ProQuest. 2001. Bell and Howell. 16 Jan. 2002 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb/>.

 

A PROFESSIONAL WEB SITE

Name of author or host or editor if applicable. Title of site in italics. Date of posting or update. Name of organization. Date you accessed the site <URL>.

ABA Law Student Division. 5 Jan. 2002. American Bar Association. 11 Jan. 2002 <http://www.unicef.org/>.

 

 

***** Be sure to double space and sort by alphabetical order. 

Acknowledgments

Perrin, Robert.  Beacon Handbook and Desk Reference.   ed. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin, 200.

Perrin, Robert.  Handbook for College Research.  2nd ed. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Infromation on this page used from above books permission granted from author. 

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