Citing Sources

SAMPLE CITATIONS (Adapted from Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation. 7th edition. Boston: Houghton Miflin Company, 2006.)

A book by one author-

Jones, Samuel. The Johnson Presidency. New York: Adams Publishing, 2004.

A book by two or more authors-

Vane, Harriet, and Robert Towers. Math in the 21st Century. Boston: Wayne Group, Inc., 2005.

A book with an editor-

Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. The Encyclopedia of New York. New Haven: Yale UP, 1995.

A work in an anthology

Silko, Leslie Marmon. “The Man to Send Rain Clouds.” Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land. Ed. Wesley Brown, New York: Persea, 1991, 191-95.

Previously published scholarly article in CLC, NCLC, or TCLC

Thwaite, Anthony. “Dickensian Underworld.” The Observer. (1984): 24. Rpt. in Contemporary Literature Criticism. Ed. Daniel Marowski. Vol. 33. Detroit: Gale, 1985, 466.

An unsigned article in a reference book

“Twain, Mark.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume 8. 2000.

A signed article from a newspaper

Brown, Philip. “The Functions of Geometry.” New York Times 8 Dec. 2001: E5.

An unsigned article from a newspaper

“The Way We Weren’t.” The Washington Post. 12 March, 2005: A10-11.

A signed article from a magazine or periodical

Willis, Stepford, “Changes in Anthropology.” Atlantic June 2004: 56-62. (Begin an unsigned article with the title)

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

An unsigned article from an online database (available to all)

“Women in American History.” Britannica Online Vers. 98.1.1. Nov. 1997. Encyclopedia Britannica. 10 Mar. 1998 <http://www.britannica.com>.

A signed article from a subscription database (paid for by school)

Smith, Jane. “Metaphor in Fitzgerald and Hemingway.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Aug. 2004: Literature Resource Center. GaleNet. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy. 12 April 2006 <http://www.galenet.com>.

An article in a periodical online

Tother, Samuel. “The New Math” Mathematics for Today 29 July 1997. 9 May 2004 <http:www.mathematics.com>.

A professional site

MLA Style. 4 April 2002. Modern Language Association of America. 26 Mar. 2003 ,http://www.mla.org>.