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Guide for Citing Resources -- MLA Style |
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| This guide is based upon the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | |||
| 6th edition (Modern Language Association 2003). | |||
| To document sources that have been used in the research process, sources | |||
| should be acknowledged parenthetically in the body of the research paper, and | |||
| listed alphabetically on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. | |||
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Book (one author) |
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| Works Cited: Edwards, Griffith. Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug. | |||
| New York: Dunne-St. Martin's Press, 2000. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Edwards 107) | |||
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Book (two to three authors) |
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| Works Cited: Gay, Kathlyn and Whittington, Christine. Body Marks: | |||
| Tattooing, Piercing, and Scarification. Brookfield: | |||
| Twenty-First Century, 2002. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Gay and Whittington 10) | |||
| (Gay et al. 10) if more than 3 authors | |||
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Anthology |
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| Works Cited: Haley, James, ed. Performance Enhancing Drugs. Farmington | |||
| Hills, MI: Greenhaven-Gale, 2003. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Haley 8) | |||
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Work in an Anthology |
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| Works Cited: Myers, Walter Dean. "Enemies." 911: The Book of Help. Ed. | |||
| Michael Cart with Marc Aronson and Marianne Carus. | |||
| Chicago: Marcato-Cricket, 2002. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Myers 155) | |||
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Article from a Reference Source, Signed (Print) |
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| Works Cited: Lindgren, James. "Blackmail and Extortion." Encyclopedia of | |||
| Crime and Justice. Ed. Joshua Dressler. 2nd ed. 4 vols. | |||
| New York: Thomson-Gale, 2002. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Lindgren 103) | |||
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Article from a Reference Source, Unsigned (Print) |
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Works Cited: "Leukemia." Human Diseases and Conditions. Ed. Neil |
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| Izenberg. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's Sons-Gale, | |||
| 2000. | |||
| Parenthetical: ("Leukemia") | |||
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Journal Article (Print) |
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| Works Cited: Mahoney, Jim. "What Matters: A Classroom Odyssey." | |||
| Phi Delta Kappan 85 (2003) : 235-238. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Mahoney 237) | |||
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Magazine Article (Print) |
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| Works Cited: Kalb, Claudia. "Faith and Healing." Newsweek. 10 Nov. | |||
| 2003: 44-56. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Kalb 47) | |||
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Newspaper Article (Print) |
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| Works Cited: Snyder, Carmel Perez. "E-mail Scammers Find Internet Fertile | |||
| Ground to Pursue Fraud." Oklahoman [Oklahoma City] | |||
| 10 Nov. 2003: 1A+. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Snyder 14A) | |||
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WWW Home Page |
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| Works Cited: Center for Narcolepsy Research. 22 Apr. 2003. University | |||
| of IL at Chicago. 10 Nov. 2003 <http://www.uic.edu/ | |||
| depts/cnr/>. | |||
| Parenthetical: (CNR) | |||
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Document from a WWW Site |
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| Works Cited: Bierce, Ambrose. "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge." | |||
| Ed. Andrew Gray. 10 Nov. 2003 <http:// | |||
| www.geocities.com/Athens/8109/owlcreek.html>. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Bierce) | |||
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Citing Information from SIRS Discoverer |
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| Works Cited: Melton, Kimberly. "Homeless Teens Share Experiences." | |||
| Akron Beacon Journal 28 Aug. 2003: n.p. SIRS | |||
| Discoverer. SIRS Discoverer on the Web. Kingfisher High | |||
| School Library, Kingfisher, OK. 10 Nov. 2003 | |||
| <http://www.sirs.com>. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Melton) | |||
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Citing Information from EBSCOHost |
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| Works Cited: Brennan, Christine. "Does Steroid-Baseball Link Surprise | |||
| Anyone?" USA Today 23 Oct. 2003. MAS Ultra - School | |||
| Edition. EBSCOHost. Kingfisher High School Library, | |||
| Kingfisher, OK. 10 Nov. 2003. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Brennan) | |||
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Citing Information from CQ Researcher |
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| Works Cited: Glazer, Sarah. "Serial Killers." The CQ Researcher. 31 Oct. | |||
| 2003: 917-940. Online. Available at | |||
| http://library.cqpress.com [2003, Nov 10]. | |||
| Parenthetical: (Glazer) | |||
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