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These examples are based on the7th Edition of the MLA Handbok for Writers of Research Papers. To locate copies of this title please look at the MINI REF sections on every floor of the library.

IN TEXT:

• Provide the author's last name and page number after the quote
  • (Smith, 178)
  • (Hacker, 92)
• If the author's name is in the previous sentence, just add the page number
  • Like Smith said, "All good things must come to an end," (178).

  • Dr. Hacker insists that all good things must come to an end (92).

List of Works Cited

• Add the medium of source (Print. Web. CD. DVD. CD-ROM.)
• Italicize the title, not underline
• If it's a web search include:
  • the title of the database or web search used (Google Book Search, JSTOR, EBSCO - always italicized)
  • the medium of publication consulted (Web)
  • date of access (day, month, and year)
• Do not include the URL unless the reader cannot locate the article otherwise

PRINT BOOK:

Johnson, Roberta. Gender and Nation in the Spanish Modernist Novel. Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 2003. Print.

WEB BOOK or E-BOOK:

Whittier, John G. "A Prayer." The Freedmen's Book. Ed. L. Maria Child. Boston, 1866. 178. Google Book Search. Web. 15 Aug. 2007.

Child, L. Maria, ed. The Freedmen's Book. Boston, 1866

You only need to cite with the URL if it cannot be found by using the title of the database or Web site and the citation information. If so, consult the MLA Style Manual Third Edition follow sections 6.7.1 

PRINT ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL:

Barthelme, Frederick. "Architecture." Kansas Quarterly 13.3-4 (1981): 77-80. Print.

Tibullus, Albius. "How to be Tibullus." Trans. David Wray. Chicago Review 48.4 (2002-03): 102-6. Print.

Williams, Linda. "Of Kisses and Ellipses: The Long Adolescence of American Movies." Critical Inquiry 32.2 (2006): 2888-340. Print.

JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM DATABASE:

Include the title of the database in italics, the medium of publication consulted (Web), and the data of access (day, month and year).

Chan, Evan. "Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema." Postmodern Culture 10.3 (2000): n. pag. Project Muse. Web. 20 May 2002.

Richardson, Lynda. "Minority Students Languish in Special Education System." New York Times 6 Apr. 1994, late ed.: A1+. Pt. 1 of a series, A Class Apart: Special Education in New York City. LexisNexis. Web. 15 Aug. 2007.

WORK CITED ONLY ON THE WEB (INCLUDING BLOGS!):

Include: the name of the author, compiler, translator; the title of the work; the title of the overall web site (italicized); version or edition used; publisher or sponsor of the site and if none available use N.p.; date of publication (if available, but if there is none put n.d.); medium of publication (Web); date of access.

Antin, David. Interview by Charles Bernstein. Dalkey Archive Press. Dalkey Archive P, n.d. Web. 21 Aug. 2007

"de Kooning, Willem." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2007. Web. 19 Mar. 2007.

Lessig, Lawrence. "Free Debates: More Republicans Call on RNC." Lessig 2.0. N.p., 4 May 2007. Web. 20 Nov. 2007.

"Maplewood, New Jersey." Map. Google Maps. Google, 23 July 2007. Web. 23 July 2007.