Wyandotte High School Library
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Last updated July 23, 2004
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The citation guidelines that follow are just that: guidelines. The generic bibliography form is detailed for the most common sources, followed by a few examples. This is enough information to get you started, but you are likely to find many sources that do not quite fit with what is given (for example, two authors or no author). In those cases, you might need to ask the library staff or your teacher for help or refer to a citation handbook like the ones in the references section at the bottom of this page. The guidelines given on all examples are consistent with the MLA form for bibliographic citations. In officially typing these for a paper, you should indent every line of each entry after the first line.
Author's Name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Reagan, Michael D. Curing the Crisis: Options for America's Health Care. Boulder: Westview Press, 1992.
Wilson, Frank R. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. New York: Pantheon, 1998.
Creator's Name (if given). Web Page Title. Institution or Organization Responsible for the Web Site (if any). Date of Access <URL Network Address>.
Dawe, James. Jane Austin Page. 15 Sept. 1998 <http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~dawe/austen.html>.
Dinosaurs in Hawaii! Honolulu Community College. 6 Nov. 2000 <http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/dinow.1.html>.
Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1 May 2001 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/>.
Follow the form for a magazine, newspaper, reference book, or whatever the original source was (plus:). Name of the Database. Name of the Service Accessing the Database. The Institution Subscribing to the Service, Location of that Institution. Date of Access <URL of the Database>.
Banda, P. Solomon. "Columbine Marks Second Anniversary." Denver Post 20 Apr. 2001. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Wyandotte High School Library, Kansas City, KS. 3 May 2001 <http://www.sirs.com>.
Cloud, John. "The Legacy of Columbine." Time 19 Mar. 2001: 32-35. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Wyandotte High School Library, Kansas City, KS. 30 Mar. 2001 <http://www.sirs.com>.
"Malaysia." Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 9th ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 1998. Student Resource Center. Gale Group. Wyandotte High School Library, Kansas City, KS. 5 Dec. 1999 <http://www.galenet.com>.
(A Note: Sometimes the database service will not provide you with all of the information you are supposed to have, like the original page numbers or publication information. In those cases, you just have to do without it and include everything that you do have.)
Author of Article (if given) "Article Title." Title of Book. Edition. Year.
Faron, Louis C. "Inca." Encyclopedia Americana. International Ed. 1999.
"Sharks." World Book Encyclopedia. 1997 ed.
Author of Article (if given). "Article Title." Title of Book. Editor. Edition. Number of Volumes. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Allen, Anita L. "Privacy in Health Care." Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T. Reich. Rev. ed. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan-Simon, 1995.
"Refrigeration." The New illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia. Ed. Donald Clarke. 28 vols. Westport: H. S. Stuttmann, 1989.
Author of Article. "Article Title." Magazine Title Volume.Issue (only for a journal) Date: Page(s) Number of Article.
Conde, Carlos. "Lawsuit Mania." Hispanic Dec. 1998: 34-37.
Kantrowitz, Barbara, and Pat Wingert. "Learning at Home: Does It Pass the Test?" Newsweek 5 Oct. 1998: 64-70.
Kelly, Barlow M., Donald M. Taylor, and Wallace E. Lambert. "Ethnicity in America and Feeling 'American.'" The Journal of Psychology 134.6 (2000): 581-589.
Ordovensky, Pat. "Financial Aid Made Easy: Step-by-Step Through the FAFSA." Careers and Colleges Nov.-Dec. 1998: 18-21.
Author of Article. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date, Edition: Page(s) Number of Article.
Allen, Tracy. "Leaders Speak Out on District Troubles." The Call 27 Apr.-3 May 2001: 1+.
Chase, Bob. "The Empty Promise of Vouchers." Dos Mundos 4-17 Jan. 2001: 4.
Montgomery, Dave. "Death is Daily Part of Life in Grozny." The Kansas City Star 8 Apr. 2001, Metropolitan ed.: A23.
Amato, Carol J. The World's Easiest Guide to Using the MLA: A User-Friendly Manual for Formatting Research Papers According to the Modern Language Association Style Guide. Westminster, CA: Stargazer Publishing, 1999.
Frequently Asked Questions About the MLA Style. Modern Language Association of America. 8 May, 2001 <http://www.mla.org/>.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
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