MLA FORMAT

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MLA FORMAT

• The Basics
• First line is flush left.
• Second line double spaced, indented.
• Sources in alphabetical order by authors last
  name.
• Title of book is underlined
• Use the MLA Handbook for examples not covered in
  handout

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MLA FORMAT - Books

• BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
• Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice
• Psychosocial Theory and Womens
  Development. Cambridge Harvard UP, 1982.

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MLA FORMAT - Books
BOOK WITH TWO AUTHORS Wimsett, William K. and
Cleanth Brooks. Literary Criticism A Short
History. Chicago U of Chicago P,
1978. ELECTRONIC BOOK (E-BOOK) Moss, May
Taylor. The Emotionally Intelligent Nurse
Leader. San Francisco Wiley Sons, 2005.
15 Sept. 2005

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MLA FORMAT - Magazines

• The Basics
• Title of article in quotation marks
• Title of magazine is underlined
• Month and year follow title of mag.
• Page number follows year.
• Stein, Harry. Living with Lies. Esquire
  Dec. 198123.

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MLA FORMAT - Magazines

• Unsigned articles (no author listed)
• Start with title of article (a, an, the, do NOT
  count when alphabetizing)
• EXAMPLE
• The Right to Die. Time 11, Oct.1976101.

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MLA FORMAT Magazines from an Online
Subscription Database (Ebsco, etc.)

• Author. Article Title. Magazine title. Month
  abbreviated. Year page numbers. Product Name.
  Name of Service (Ebsco, etc.).
• Library Name. Date of access .
• Jones, Lynn. Best Dogs for Kids. Dog World.
• Sept. 2005 112-15. MasterFILE Premier.
  Ebscohost. MSJC Library. 4 Oct. 2005
• .