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MLA Format for Research Papers* * thanks to Ms. Mahlmann for sharing Bibliography Format Entry for a BOOK (author's last name, first name. title of book. place of publication: publisher, year of publication) Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
Entry for a BOOK with and EDITOR or EDITORS Rosser, Sue V., ed. Teaching Science and Health From a Feminine Perspective. New York: Pergamon, 1986. NOTICE: If you must move to a second line in your typing, you must indent 5 spaces Ayers, Edward L, Lewis
Gould, David M. Oshinsky and Jean R. Soderlund, eds.
American Passages: A History of
Entry for a SCHOLARLY JOURNAL or MAGAZINE Miller, Sandra. "Columbus' Fourth Voyage." American Historical Review Vol. 54 (200): 10-15. Marcoux, Carl. "Final Conflict on Okinawa." WW II History May 2004: 34-41.
Entries from INTERNET SOURCES: Scholarly projects, professional sites, personal sites, books on the web, article in a reference data bank, article in a journal, article in a magazine, work from a subscription service, etc. SCHOLARLY PROJECT Victorian Women
Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willett. Apr. 1997.
Indiana University. 26 Apr. PROFESSIONAL SITE Portuguese Language Page. University of Chicago. 1 May 1997 <http://humanities.uchicago.edu.edu/romance/port/> PERSONAL SITE Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1 May 1997 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/lian/index.html>. BOOK ON THE WEB Nesbit, Edith.
Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. London, 1908.
Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry ARTICLE in a REFERENCE DATABANK "Fresco".
Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar. 1997.
Encyclopedia Britannica 29 Mar. 1997 ARTICLE in a JOURNAL Flannagan, Roy.
"Reflections on Milton and Ariosto." Early Modern Literary
Studies. 2.3 (1996): 16 pars. ARTICLE in a MAGAZINE Koretz, Gene.
"Economic Trends: Uh-Oh Warm Water." Business Week
21 July 1997: 22. Electric Library. Sam
MLA IN-TEXT CITATION For every little bit of information you use in your paper that is not considered common knowledge*, you must cite the source from which you got that information. Whether you have quoted directly or paraphrased the idea, information, description, ect., it MUST be referenced or it is PLAGIARISM. The format is simple: author's last name and page numbers(s). Below is a sample using both paraphrased and quoted material: Sample 1: The unfortunate Cubans who refused to participate in this replusive act were whipped by Weyler himself (Tebbel 16). This and other stories contributed to America's outrage about the Spanish occupation in Cuba. Sample 2: ...depicting him as "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd, besides being a would-be politician who tries to leave a door open behind himself while keeping on good terms with the jingoes of his party." (Musicant 12)
*Common knowledge is information that is widely known by a lot of people and can be found in numerous places. It can easily be found in general reference sources. For example: Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. That is common knowledge and would not need to be cited. Not everyone knows that his father's name was Augustine Washington and his mother was Mary Ball Washington. Furthermore, he was the couple's eldest child and he had little or no formal schooling. This sort of in-depth information would require a citation. Since these facts came from the History Channel webpage the citation would be: History.Com. "American Presidents." <http://www.history.com/presidents/washington/biography>.
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