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MLA STYLE. What is MLA style?. MLA is a citation style which is used for citing sources of a research paper or term paper. MLA style is the citation style found in the book MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6 th Edition). When citing sources for a paper, you need to provide:.

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  1. MLA STYLE

  2. What is MLA style? • MLA is a citation style which is used for citing sources of a research paper or term paper. • MLA style is the citation style found in the book MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th Edition)

  3. When citing sources for a paper, you need to provide: • In-text citations • Works cited list citations

  4. What Are In-Text Citations? Citations which are to be found within the paper. These are usually enclosed in parentheses. Use the author/page number method for in-text citations.

  5. Basic Example of an In-Text Citation (Townsend 10) Note: “Townsend” is the author’s last name and the number “10” is the page number.

  6. Citing an Entire Work When citing an entire work, it is preferable to cite the author within a sentence instead of in a parenthetical citation (p. 242, MLA Handbook)

  7. Citing an Entire Work (continued) Fukuyama’s Our Posthuman Future includes many examples of this trend.

  8. Citing Part of a Work (Jakobson and Waugh 304) [2 authors] (Rabkin, Greenberg, and Olander vii) [3 authors] Note: You can include authors’ names in the sentences and have only the page numbers in the parenthetical citation.

  9. Citing Part of a Work (continued) Note: When citing four or more authors, you may list all authors or list only the first author and the abbreviation et al., which means “and others.” (Lauter et al. 2425-33)

  10. Citing Volume and Page Numbers of a Multivolume Work (1:2530-38) Note: The number “1” represents the volume number.

  11. A Work, No Author Given (Cite by Title) (Report) [an entire work] (“Mandarin”) [a part of a work, no page number given]

  12. Works Cited List Citations

  13. What Are Works Cited List Citations? Citations which appear in the List of Works Cited at the end of the paper.

  14. Characteristics of works cited list citations in MLA Style • Citations are to be alphabetically arranged. • Indent ½ inch, or 5 spaces, for every line of a citation except the first line. • Double space between and within citations.

  15. Citing a Book by One Author Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. New York: Farrar, 2002.

  16. Citing a Book by Two or Three Authors Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen. The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990. Austin: U of Texas P, 1994.

  17. Citing a Book, Four or More Authors Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. Note: You may cite all authors, or cite only the first author and use the abbreviation et al. (“and others”).

  18. Citing an Article in a Reference Book “Mandarin.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 1994 ed.

  19. Citing an Article from a Reference Book (continued) Note: Full publication information is needed for less familiar reference books (p. 161 MLA Handbook). Allen, Anita L. “Privacy in Health Care.” Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T. Reich. Rev. ed. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan-Simon, 1995.

  20. Citing a Magazine Article Mahta, Pratap Bhanu. “Exploding Myths.” New Republic 6 June 1998: 17-19.

  21. Citing a Newspaper Article Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+.

  22. Citing a Scholarly Journal Article Trumpener, Katie. “Memories Carved in Granite: Great War Memorials and Everyday Life.” PMLA 115 (2000): 1096-103.

  23. Citing a Scholarly Journal Article (continued) Note: The previous example for citing a scholarly journal article shows you how to cite an article from a journal with continuous pagination. For other examples of citing journals, see pages 184-85 of the MLA Handbook (6th Edition).

  24. Citing an Article Retrieved from a Database McMichael, Anthony J. “Population, Environment, Disease, and Survival: Past Patterns, Uncertain Futures.” Lancet 30 Mar. 2002: 1145-48. Academic Universe: Medical. Lexis-Nexis. California Digital Lib. 22 May 2002 <http:// web.lexis-nexis.com/>.

  25. Citing an Entire Internet Site Hoover’s Online. 2002. Hoover’s, Inc. 19 June 2002 <http://www.hoovers .com/>.

  26. Citing a Document from an Internet Site “City Profile: San Francisco.” CNN.com. 2002. Cable News Network. 14 May 2002 <http://www.cnn. com/TRAVEL/atevo/city/SanFrancisco/intro.html>.

  27. Citing a Part of an E-book Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” Twice- Told Tales. Ed. George Parsons Lathrop. Boston: Houghton, 1883. 16 May 2002 <http://209.11.144.65/eldritchpress/ nh/dhe.html>.

  28. Citing an Entire E-book Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Essays: First Series. 1841. 12 Feb. 1997 <ftp://ftp.books.com/ebooks/ NonFiction/Philosophy/Emerson/history.txt>.