MLA Citations
A great resource for print and electronic citing of sources in MLS style:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
List Format
*Begin your work cited list on a separate page from the text of the essay
under the label Works Cited (with no quotations marks, underlining, etc.),
which should be centered at the topof the page.
*Make the first line of each entry in your list flush left with the margin.
Subsequent lines in each entry should be indented one-half inch. This is
known as a hanging indent.
*Double space all entries, with no skipping spaces between entries.
*Keep in mind that underlining and italics are equivalent; you should select
one or the other to use throughout your paper.
*Alphabetize the list of works cited by the first word in each entry
(usually the author's last name).
Basic Rules for Citations
*Author's names are inverted (last name first); if a work has more than one
author, invert only the first author's name, follow it with a comma, then
continue listing the rest of the authors.
*If you have cited more than one work by a particular author, order them
alphabetically by title, and use three hypens in a place of the author's
name for every entry after the first.
*If no author is given for a particular work, alphabetize by the title of
the piece and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical
citations.
*Capatalize each word in the titles of articles, book, etc. This rule does
not apply to articles, short prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the
first word of the title or subtitle.
*Underline or italicize titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers and
films.
*Use quotation marks around the titles of articles in journals, magazines,
and newspapers. Also use quotation marks for the titles of short stories,
book chapters, poems, and songs.
*List page numbers efficiently, when needed. For example, pages 225 through
250 should be listed as 225-50 on your Works Cited page.
*If you are citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in
print form but you retrieved from an online database, you should provide
enough information so that the reader can locate the article either in its
original print form or retrieve it from the online database (if they have
access).
EasyBib: Automatic Bibliography Composer http://www.easybib.com/ Free for
two weeks creates citations for MLA or APA citations.
