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MLA Research & Style Manual
Citing Electronic Resources |
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The following formats and examples are offered as models for the "Works-Cited section
(bibliography) of a research paper. They are based on the MLA Style Manual, Sixth Edition.
To see the online guidelines presented at the MLA Web site, visit
www.mla.org. Follow the prompts to "MLA Style" and "Frequently Asked Questions."
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ARTICLE IN AN E-BOOK Bloom, Harold. Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Bloom's. Notes. Broomall: Chelsea, 1996. NetLibrary. 2000. Island Trees High School Library, Levittown, N.Y. 7 Jan. 2004 <http://www.netlibrary.com Author. Title of Work. Editor,Translator or Compiler. Publication Information from original book (place of publication: publisher, date). Title of Internet Site. Date of Electronic publication. Name of Sponsoring Institution, Location Date of access <URL |
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PERIODICAL/MAGAZINE/JOURNAL FROM A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
(EX: INFOTRAC, E-LIBRARY, PROQUEST) Adler, Johathan. "King's final years; as the shadows fell. King looked North. It was beginning of the end." Newsweek. 9 Jan. 2006: 42. Infotrac. ThompsonGale. Island Trees High School Library, Levittown, N.Y. 8 Feb. 2006 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/levi94885 Author. "Title of Work." Title of original periodical. Date of Periodical: Page. Title of Database. Title of Internet Service. Name of Sponsoring Institution, Location. Date of Access. |
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
Lichtblau, Eric. "Administration Plans Defense of Terror Law." New York Times. 19 Aug. 2003. late ed.(East Coast): A1 . ProQuest. ProQuest Newspapers. Island Trees High School Library, Levittown, N.Y. 2 Feb. 2006 <http://www.proquest.umi.com Author. "Title of Work." Title of newspaper. Date of newspaper, edition: section Title of Database. Title of Internet Service. Name of Sponsoring Institution, Location. Date of Access. <URL |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA/REFERENCE BOOK ARTICLES SIGNED FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE, SIGNED
• Winks, Robin W. "Imperialism". Encyclopedia Americana. 2006. Grolier Online. Island Trees High School Library, Levittown. 15 Feb. 2006 <http://go.grolier.com • Angyal, Andrew J. "Carl Sandburg." Critical Survey of Poetry. 2nd ed. 2003. MagillOnLiterature Plus. EBSCO. Island Trees High School Library, Levittown, N.Y. 7 Mar. 2006 <http://search.epnet.com Author. "Article Title." Title of Reference Book. Edition ed. Date of Publication. Name of Database. Subscription Service. Name of Sponsoring Library or Institution with city, state, or both. Date of Access. <URL |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA/REFERENCE BOOK ARTICLES SIGNED FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE, UNSIGNED
"Puritan Revolution". Encyclopedia Americana. 2006. Grolier Online. Island Trees High School Library, Levittown. 15 Feb. 2006 <http://go.grolier.com Author. "Article Title." Title of the electronic publication. Edition ed. Date of Publication. Name of Database. Name of Service. Name of Sponsoring Library or Library System (with city, state, or both). Access Date <URL |
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WEBSITE (Basic)
"Donatello." Web Galary of Art. 28 Feb. 2006 <http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/d/donatell/biograph.html Author (if available). "Title of Work." Title of Full Website (if applicable). Date of Access <URL |
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ENTIRE WEBSITE
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet. 2006. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 6 March 2006 <http://thomas.loc.gov/ • Randall, Vernellia. "Race, Racism, and the Law." World Wide Web Issues. 4 Feb. 2006. University of Dayton School of Law. 8 Feb. 2006 <http://academic.udayton,edu/race Author. "Title." Name of Website. Date page site was last updated. Sponsoring organization or institution. Date accessed <URL |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OR REFERENCE BOOK FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB
• "Renaissance." Columbia Encyclopedia Online 2006. Yahoo Reference. 1 March 2006 <http://education.yahoo.com/reference/ encyclopedia/entry/renaissance • "Leonardo DaVinci." Wikipedia 2006. Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia Online. 1 March 2006 <http://www.wikipedia.org Author, editor, compiler, translator (if given). "Title of Article." Title of Book. Date. Title of Internet Site. Name of Editor of Site (if given). Date Accessed. <URL |
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MAGAZINE ONLINE
Barlett, Donald and James B. Steele. "A Magic Way to Make Billions." Time. 167 6 Mar. 2006: 1-4. 28 Feb. 2006 <http://www.time.com/time/magazine Author, "Title of Article." Title of Journal. Vol. & date of publication: number or range of pages (if provided) Date of Access <URL |
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ONLINE
Nelson, Bryn. "Saving Bobby." Newsday. 28 Feb. 2006 <http://www.newsday.com |
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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION ONLINE
U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Second Chance: Giving Kids A Chance To Make A Better Choice by Centeron Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Washington: GPO, May 2000. 17 Feb. 2006 <http://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html Author or Government Agency that issued document. Title of Publication Publishing Information (Place: Publisher, Date). Date of access <URL |
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SOUND RECORDING ONLINE
• "This Week's Saturday Radio Address." 25 Oct. 1998. Online sound. Whitehouse Briefing Room. 23 Oct. 2000 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/briefroom.html • Holiday, Billie. "God Bless The Child." Rec. 9 May 1941. Online Sound. The Essence of Billie Holiday. Columbia, 1991. 10 Feb. 2006 <http://www.songtrellis.com |
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VIDEO CLIP ONLINE
• "Hindenburg Broadcast." 6 May 1937. Online video clip. Encarta Online Deluxe. 4 Nov. 2000 <http://encarta.msn.com/encarta/MediaMax.asp?z • Pablo Picasso. 2004. Arts4All. Online Video Clip. United Streaming. 3 March 2006 <http://academic.udayton,edu/race "Description or title of video clip." Date of clip. Online video clip. Title of hosting site. Date of download <URL |
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DOCUMENTARY ON VIDEO OR DVD
"Lindbergh: The Evidence Revealed." American Justice. Host Bill Curtis. 1994. Videocassette. A&E Home Video, 1998. (1994 is the date that the program was broadcast. 1998 is the date the Video/DVD was released.) |
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VIDEO CLIP ONLINE
• "Hindenburg Broadcast." 6 May 1937. Online video clip. Encarta Online Deluxe. 4 Nov. 2000 <http://encarta.msn.com/encarta/MediaMax.asp?z • Pablo Picasso. 2004. Arts4All. Online Video Clip. United Streaming. 3 March 2006 <http://academic.udayton,edu/race "Description or title of video clip." Date of clip. Online video clip. Title of hosting site. Date of download <URL |
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IMAGE: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, OR PHOTOGRAPHIC ONLINE
• Renoir, Jean. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion)). 1937. 2 March 2006. Museum of Modern Art. New York. 1 March 2006 <http://moma.org/collection/browse_results.php? object_id=89496 • "Mars Landing." 3 Nov. 1999. Online Image. NASA. 25 Feb. 2001 <http://www.nasa.org • Weaver, Bruce. "Challenger Explosion." 28 Jan. 1986. Online Image. AP Photo Archive. 30 Jan. 1999 <http://www.ap.com/archive/012886.jpg Artist if available. "Description or Title of Image." Date of Image. Online Image. Title of the Larger Site. Date of Download <URL |
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INTERVIEW ONLINE
• " Bush, George H. W. Interview. Academy of Achievement). 2 June 1995. 2 March 2006 <http://www.achievement.org • Bush, George H. W. Interview with Tim Rusert. 7 Feb. 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2006 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4179618 Although MLA style does not require the insertion of the word "Retrieved" or the word "Accessed" before the access date, you may wish to include one of these words to distinguish a retrieval date from a publication date. |
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MAP ONLINE
"Levittown." Map. U.S. Gazetteer. US Census Bureau. 2 March 2006 <www.census.gov |
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COMIC STRIP OR CARTOON ONLINE
Keefe, Mike. "Iraqi Constitution." Cartoon. Denver Post 2005. Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonist Index. 15 Feb. 2006. Assessed 17 Feb. 2006 <http://cagle. msnbc.com/news/iraqvoteconstitution/main.asp Although MLA style does not require the insertion of the word "Retrieved" or the word "Accessed" before the access date, you may wish to include one of these words to distinguish a retrieval date from a publication date. |
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E-MAIL
Pataki, George. "Re: Election." E-Mail to Tom Suozzi. 5 March 2006. |
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