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Citing Sources in MLA

Communication 1110

(Revised Jan. 31, 2018 according to MLA 7th Edition)

 

         In your bibliography, list all the sources you used for your speech. That is, cite sources that you actually pulled information out of and used in your speech. Start every new citation left flush with following lines indented five spaces or half an inch. Double space between lines, within and between citations. Read the following examples carefully so that you place elements in the right order and that you use the correct punctuation.

        

Book, Single Author

Morales, Ed. Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America.

         Los Angeles: LA Weekly Books, 2002. Print.

Author’s name, last name first.

Book’s name, italicized.

City of publisher. If several cities are listed on the title page, use the first one in your citation.

Publisher’s name.

Copyright year.

Medium of publication.

 

Two or Three Authors

Schofield, Janet Ward, and Ann Locke Davidson. Bringing the Internet to School: Lessons

         from an Urban District. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. Print.

First author’s name, last name first, and then the subsequent one or two authors, first name first.

The rest of the citation is same as Book, Single Author.

 

More than Three Authors

Belenky, Mary Field, et al. Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice,

         and Mind. New York: Basic, 1986. Print

First author’s name, last name first and then et al. (Latin for “and others”).

The rest of the citation is same as Book, Single Author.

 

Anthology or Compilation

Tompkins, Jane P., ed. Reader-Response Criticism: From Formalism to Post-

         Structuralism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1980. Print.

Name of the editor, last name first, followed by “ed.”

The rest of the citation is same as Book, Single Author.

Medium of publication.

 

A Work in an Anthology or Compilation

Lucas, Stephen E. "Public Speaking." Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Ed. Thomas O. Sloane.

         New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 640-47. Print.

Name of the author.

Name of the chapter in quotation marks.

Name of the book, italicized.

Name of the editor, starting with “Ed.” First name first.

City of publication.

Publisher.

Copyright year.

Page range of the chapter.

Medium of publication.

 

 

 

Weekly Magazine Article

Morse, Jodie. "Women on a Binge." Time 1 Apr. 2002: 56-61. Print.

Author’s name.

Name of article and period in quotation marks.

Name of publication Italicized, no period.

Date of issue, day first, then month, then year. Abbreviate all months except May, June and July. Follow MLA guidelines.

Page range. If the article is on discontinuous pages (i.e. 25, 27, 29 and 40) use the following convention, 25+.

Medium of publication.

 

Monthly Magazine Article

Richardson, John H. “Mother from Another Planet.” Premiere May 1992: 62+. Print.

 

Unsigned Magazine Article

"Too Many Convicts." Economist 10 Aug. 2002: 9. Print.

 

Signed Newspaper Article

Willing, Richard. "DNA Testing Fails to Live Up to Potential." USA Today 7 Oct. 2002:

         A1-A2. Print.

This citation is alike in appearance to a signed popular weekly magazine article, except that the page numbers indicate the section of the newspaper.

Medium of publication.

 

Unsigned Newspaper Article

"Blow to Asylum Seekers: Speed Trumps Justice." Editorial. Miami Herald 1 Sept. 2002,

         final ed.: L10. Print.

This citation is similar to a signed newspaper, but it is identified as an editorial right after the name of the article. If this were an interview, the word Interview would take the place of Editorial. The word Review would be used if the article were a review.

Final ed. is included in the citation to indicate which edition of the paper the article appeared in.

 

Scholarly Journals

         You may at times be confused by a source because it not only has a date like Aug. 10, 2002, but it will also have an issue number or a volume and issue number included. Many popular magazines like Time, People, Maxim and Cosmopolitan will have both types of notation, so which do you use and how do you know when to use a date over a volume and issue number?

         Scholarly journals typically are published quarterly, or once every three months. Popular magazines typically are published weekly or monthly. (See examples above.)

 

Scholarly Journal Article Identified by Issue Numbers Only

Downing, Joe, and Cecile Garmon. "Teaching Students in the Basic Course How to Use

         Presentation Software." Communication Education 50 (2001): 218-29. Print.

Author or authors.                                                                             

Name of the article.

Name of the journal.

Issue number and year in parentheses.

Page range of article.

Medium of publication.

 

Scholarly Journal Article Identified by Volume and Issue Numbers

Weaver, Alicia A. "Determinants of Environmental Attitudes: A Five-Country

         Comparison." International Journal of Sociology 32.1 (2002): 77-108. Print.

 

Signed Article in an Encyclopedia or Reference Work

Harmon, William. “T.S. Eliot.” The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book,

         1992. Print.

Author’s name, last name first.

Name of the article.

Name of the reference work, such as an encyclopedia, almanac or dictionary.

Editors, if any.

Edition, if any.

City and state of publisher.

Publisher.

Copyright year.

Medium.

 

Unsigned Article in an Encyclopedia or Reference Work

"Dove, Rita Frances." Who's Who Among African Americans. 15th ed. New York:

         Gale Research, 2002. Print.

Name of the article.

Name of the reference work, such as an encyclopedia, almanac or dictionary.

Editors, if any.

Edition, if any.

City and state of publisher.

Publisher.

Copyright year.

Medium

 

Personal Interview

Rivera, Diego. Personal interview. 21 Mar. 2003.

 

Documents Accessed from GALILEO

 

Newspaper example:

Johnston, David, and Neil A. Lewis. “Defending Spy Program, Administration Cites

         Law.” The New York Times 22 Dec. 2005: A20. Lexis Nexis. Web. 3 Jan.

         2006.

 

Newswire example:

Riechmann, Deb. “Bush Calls Domestic Spying Program Essential; Senators Support

         Hearings on Secret Order.” Associated Press Worldstream 2 Jan. 2006: n. pag.

         Lexis Nexis. Web. 3 Jan. 2006.

 

Magazine example:

Jackson, James O., and Tamala M. Edwards. “Silencing the Guns.” Time 16 Oct. 1995:

         84+. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Dec. 2004.

 

Journal example:

Weaver, Alicia A. "Determinants of Environmental Attitudes: A Five-Country

         Comparison." International Journal of Sociology 32.1 (2002): 77-108. Academic

         Search Complete. Web. 13 Dec. 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

Article in the Encyclopedia Britannica:

"Mosul." Britannica Academic, 2006. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Web.

         5 Mar. 2016.

 

Article in the Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia:

"Venice." Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, 2015. Ebsco. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.

 

Article in the Salem Press Encyclopedia:

Auerbach, Michael. "Aerospace Engineer." Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2013. Research

         Starters. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

 

An Online Fact Sheet or Brochure:

2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011. Consumer Health Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

 

Film example:

Violence and Television: George Gerbner. New York: Films Media Group, 2008. Media

         Researchers Series, with Cindy Lont and Susan Kehoe. EBSCOhost. Web. 30 Mar.

         2017.

 

 

Electronic Books Accessed through GALILEO

 

Ebooks from ebrary Academic Complete (Proquest):

 

Lankford, George E. Native American Legends of the Southeast: Tales From the Natchez,

         Caddo, Biloxi, Chickasaw, and Other Nations. 5th ed. Tuscaloosa: University of

         Alabama Press, 2011. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.

 

Ebooks from eBooks on EBSCHOhost:

 

Dorsey, George A. The Mythology of the Wichita. Norman: University of Oklahoma

         Press, 1995. eBook Collection. Web. 11 Feb. 2016.

 

 

Documents Accessed from the Gale Virtual Reference Library

"The Day the Music Died." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 6:

         1950-1959. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 37. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 24 Aug.

         2015.

 

 

 

 

 

Documents Accessed from the New Georgia Encyclopedia

 

Roady, Jennifer. "Julian Bond (1940-2015)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 17 Aug.

         2015. Web. 23 Aug. 2015.

 

 

Documents Accessed from Newsbank/Access World News

 

" Ice Crisis a Drug Plague of Horrific Proportions." The Courier Mail (Brisbane,

         Australia) 24 Aug. 2015: News 20. NewsBank. Web. 24 Aug. 2015.

 

 

Documents Accessed from Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers

 

"Democratic Ideas of Free Suffrage." Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC) 24 May

         1828: n.p. 19th Century U.S. Newspapers. Web. 24 Aug. 2015.

 

 

Documents Accessed from Digital Commons Network

 

Titus, Jill Ogline. "A Half Century Later, We Need the Voting Rights Act More Than

         Ever." PennLive: The Patriot News 18 Aug. 2015. Digital Commons Network. Web.

         24 Aug. 2015.

 

 

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