MLA Documentation Format (7th edition, 2009) Print Sources (see below for on-line resources) NOTE: Before using this sheet check with your course instructor for his/her approval. Check list for completing your bibliography: Alphabetical order by author. Book or periodical title in italics. Capitalize titles and names. Article title in quotes. Double spaced. Hanging indent set to ��. Include �Print.� at the end. Nonperiodical Format (Books, encyclopedias, anthologies) Author�s last name, First name. Book Title. Publisher�s city: Publisher�s name, copyright year. Print. Periodical Format (Journals, magazines, newspapers) Author�s last name, First name. �Article title.� Periodical Name Volume number (if given). Issue number (if given) Date of article (day, month, year): Page numbers. Print. EXAMPLES: Print Sources Book 5.5.2 By one author (see 5.5.4 for multiple authors). Block, David. Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots of the Game. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Print. Work in an Anthology 5.5.6 Collection written by individual authors. Nelson, Murry. �Bill Russell: From Revulsion to Resurrection.� Reconstructing Fame: Sport, Race, and Evolving Reputations. Ed. David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2008. 78-101. Print. Reprint 5.5.6 A piece published prior to this instance (many of the literature criticism sets are reprints). Treichler, Paula. �Escaping the Sentence: Diagnosis and Discourse in The Yellow Wallpaper.� Tulsa Studies in Women�s Literature 3.1-2 (1984): 61-77. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 62. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 126-35. Print. Reference Book 5.5.7 An item from an encyclopedia or dictionary. Johnson, Charles L. �DNA Fingerprinting.� Encyclopedia of Police Science. Ed. Jack R. Greene. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. New York: Routledge, 2007. 427-30. Print. Journal 5.4.2 Regularly published scholarly periodical. List multiple authors as in books (5.5.4). Mustard, Roger, Thomas Ulrich, Vadim S. Kamenetsky and Terrence Marnagh. �Gold and Metal Enrichment in Natural Granitic Melts During Fractional Crystallization.� Geology 34.2 (2006): 85-88. Print. Newspaper 5.4.5 Nazila, Fathi. �Iran�s Leader Asks Prosecutor to Review Case of U.S. Journalist Convicted of Spying.� New York Times 20 Apr. 2009, late ed.: A6. Print. Magazine 5.4.6 Popular or news stories published regularly. Hooper, Joseph. �Clash of the Headless Humvees.� Popular Science Mar. 2004: 58+. Print. Anonymous Articles 5.4.9 �The Right Way to Wear a Helmet.� Parents Mar. 1998: 26. Print. For other sources not included here. See Sections 5.4 & 5.5 of the 7th edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers for tips on citing online resources (on the reference shelf at READY REF 808.027 G35m). MLA Documentation Format (7th edition, 2009) Online Database Sources (see above for print sources) NOTE: Before using this sheet check with your course instructor for his/her approval. Check list for completing your bibliography: Alphabetical order by author. Book or periodical title in italics. Capitalize titles and names. Article title in quotes. Database or online resource. Include �Web.� before date. Date the source was visited. Double spaced. Hanging indent set to ��. Nonperiodical Format (Books, encyclopedias, anthologies, from databases) Author�s last name, First name. �Title.� Book Title. Publisher�s city: Publisher�s name, copyright year. Web Resource Name. Web. Date of access. Periodical Format (Journals, magazines, newspapers, from databases) Author�s last name, First name. �Article title.� Periodical Name Volume number (if given). Issue number (if given) Date of article (day, month, year): Page numbers. Web Resource Name. Web. Date accessed. EXAMPLES: Online Sources (see the pink sheet for internet only pages) Electronic Book 5.6.2c A printed book scanned or prepared for the web. Kohl, Susan. Getting Attention: Leading-edge Lessons for Publicity and Marketing. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. NetLibrary. Web. 12 Mar. 2009. Reprint 5.6.2c A piece published before the online instance. (Gale Literature Center material) Burger, Douglas A. �The Uses of the Past in Lord of the Rings.� Kansas Quarterly 16.3 (1984): 23-28. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 June 2009. Journal 5.6.4 Regularly published scholarly periodical retrieved from an online database.Kabes, Anne Marie, Janet K. Graves and Joan Norris. �Further Validation of the Nonverbal Pain Scale in Intensive Care Patients.� Critical Care Nurse 29.1 (2009): 59-66. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 12 June 2009. Magazine 5.6.4 Popular or news stories published regularly retrieved from an online database.Whitman, David. �What Keeps the Poor Poor?� U.S. News & World Report 21 Oct. 1991: 42-44. Opposing Viewpoints. Web. 8 May 2009. Newspaper 5.6.4 An article retrieved from an online database. Black, Ian. �UK Tries to Head Off Plan for EU Rival to NATO.� Guardian [Manchester (UK)] 29 Aug. 2003: 18. ProQuest Newspapers. Web. 11 Oct. 2008. Reference Book 5.6.2c An item from an encyclopedia or dictionary. Dahlberg, Carol Ann. �Foreign Language Education.� Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. James W. Guthrie. Vol. 3. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 11 Mar. 2009. Web only scholarly journal 5.6.3 A journal published on the web that has no print companion. Coon, Anne C. and Marcia Birken. �Developing Analogical Thinking and Creativity in University Students.� Consciousness, Literature and the Arts 4.1 (2003): n. pag. Web. 12 May 2009. NYTimes.com 5.6.2b Website sponsored by a newspaper.Ouroussoff, Nicolai. �Why Are They Greener Than We Are?� New York Times. New York Times. 20 May 2007. Web. 11 May 2009. For other sources not included here see Section 5.6 of the 7th edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers for tips on citing online resources (on the reference shelf at READY REF 808.027 G35m). See the pink sheet for material available online only. 2009-05_MLA-format.txt