Question:
MLA format for a research paper?
anonymous
2007-02-28 17:39:36 UTC
well i know the whole like size of font and double spacing and everything, but i need to know if there is anything that the MLA format requires i include, such as a title page, citing sources in the text or just at the end, table of contents, etc. my teacher was stupid and didnt give us anything to go off of... thanks a million
Four answers:
blackyholey
2007-02-28 17:43:46 UTC
One Author [5.6.1]





Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation. New York: Knopf, 1993.



Editor or Compiler [5.6.2]





If the person named on the title page is the editor or compiler, rather than the author, add a comma then the abbreviation "ed." or "comp."

Carpenter, Allan, comp. Facts About the Cities. New York: Wilson, 1992.

Kreider, Jan F., ed. Handbook of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. Boca Raton: CRC, 1993.



Two or More Authors [5.6.4]





List the names in the order they appear on the title page.

Only the first author's name should be reversed: Last Name, First Name.

Use a comma between the authors' names. Place a period after the last author's name.

Rowe, Richard, and Larry Jeffus. The Essential Welder: Gas Metal Arc Welding Classroom Manual. Albany:

Delmar, 2000.

If there are more than three authors, name only the first and add et al., or give all the names.

Randall, John E., Gerald R. Allen, and Roger C. Steene. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea.

Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1997.

If the persons named on the title page are editors or compilers, add a comma after the final name, then the abbreviation "eds." or "comps."

Clute, John, and Peter Nicholls, eds. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's, 1993.



Two or More Works by the Same Authors [5.6.3]



When citing two or more sources by the same author, give the name in the first entry only. For the next entries, type three hyphens, add a period, and skip a space (---. ) then give the title. The three hyphens stand for the name(s) in the preceding entry.



Scott, Susan. Exploring Hanauma Bay. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1993.

---. Plants and Animals of Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1991.



Second or Other Edition [5.6.14]





Author. Title of Book. Edition. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.

If an edition is given, specify it by number (2nd ed.), name (Rev. ed.), or year (2004 ed.).

Castro, Peter, and Michael E. Huber. Marine Biology. 4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.



Corporate Author [5.6.6]





Cite a book by corporate author when a group — such as an organization or association — rather than individual persons, is the author.

Accredited Standards Committee Z49. Safety in Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes. Miami: American

Welding Society, 1999.



College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Growing Plants for

Hawaiian Lei. Honolulu: Coll. of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002.



Government Agency as Author [5.6.21]





Give the name of the government first, then the name of the agency.

Hawaii. Office of the Auditor. Follow-up Audit of the Child Protective Services System. Honolulu: State of

Hawaii, 2003.



ESSAY, POEM, or SHORT STORY in an ANTHOLOGY [5.6.7]





Author of Story. "Title of Story." Title of Book. Name of Editor. Edition (if given).

City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers.





Purcell, Arthur H. "Better Waste Management Strategies Are Needed to Avert a Garbage Crisis."

Garbage and Recycling: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Helen Cothran. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2003. 20-27.



ENCYCLOPEDIAS and REFERENCE BOOKS [5.6.8]





Author of Article (if given). "Article Title." Title of Book. City of Publication:

Publisher, Year.





When citing familiar reference books, especially those that often appear in new editions, full publication information is not necessary.

Give the edition (if available) and the year of publication.

If articles are arranged alphabetically, volume and page numbers are not necessary.

Lesko, Leonard H. "Pyramids." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2001.

When citing less familiar reference books, give full publication information. Give the number of volumes for multi-volume sets.

Fagan, Jeffrey. "Gangs and Drugs." Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior. Ed. Rosalyn

Carson DeWitt. 2nd ed. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2001.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES [5.7.6]





Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s).





Abbreviate the months (except May, June, July). Give complete dates for magazines issued every week or every two weeks, written in this order: Day Month Year, e.g., 15 January 2000

If the article is on consecutive pages, specify the page numbers of the entire article, e.g. 16-20. Give just the last two digits of the second number, when possible, e.g. 188-89, but 196-200

If the article is not on consecutive pages — if, for example, it begins on page 27, then skips to page 30, and continues on page 32 — write only the first page number, followed by a plus sign: 27+.

Do not give volume and issue numbers for magazine articles.

Dominus, Susan. "Why Pretty Isn’t Pretty Enough Anymore." Glamour Jan. 2004: 136+.

Talcott, Richard. "Great Comets." Astronomy May 2004: 36-41.

No Author Given [5.7.9]





If no author's name is given, begin with the title of the article.

"Qantas Looks to Airbus for Long-Range Aircraft." Aviation Week and Space Technology 5 Apr. 2004: 22.







SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES





Journal with Continuous Pagination Through the Volume [5.7.1]





Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number (Year): Page(s).

Davis, William D., Thomas Cleary, Michelle Donnelly, and Samuel Hellerman. "Using Sensor Signals to Analyze Fires."

Fire Technology 39 (2003): 295-308.



Journal with Issues Paged Separately [5.7.2]





Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number. Issue number (Year): Page(s).

Give both the volume and issue numbers, separated by a period. e.g. volume 12, no. 8 = 12.8

Murphy, Karen L., Roseanne DePasquale, and Erin McNamara. "Meaningful Connections: Using Technology in Primary

Classrooms." Young Children 58.6 (2003): 12-18.



NEWSPAPER ARTICLES [5.7.5]





Author. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper Date, edition: Page(s).





Take the name of the newspaper from the masthead, but omit any introductory article: Honolulu Advertiser, not The Honolulu Advertiser.

If the city of publication is not part of the newspaper's name, add it in square brackets: News and Observer [Raleigh, NC]

Give the complete date, but not the volume and issue numbers.

Specify the edition of the newspaper, if one is given on the masthead.

If the article is not on consecutive pages, write the first page number and a plus sign: B1+.

Daranciang, Nelson. "Sex Offender Web Site Debated." Honolulu Star-Bulletin 8 Apr. 2004, night final ed.: A3.



LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES [5.9.7]







Honolulu Community College (HCC) Library subscribes to databases of full-text articles on the Web. Works Cited entries for these articles should include information about the original print publication (see above), and information about the online subscription service.





Infotrac (Gale Group Databases)







--------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Magazine



Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s). Name of Database.

Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. Date of Access

.

Farley, Christopher John, and James Willwerth. "Dead Teen Walking." Time 19 Jan. 1998: 50+.

InfoTrac OneFile Plus. Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. 8 May 2004

.



Journal



Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number (Year): Page(s).

Name of Database. Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI.

Date of Access .

Monahan, Deborah J. "Teen Pregnancy Prevention Outcomes: Implication for Social Work Practice."

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services 83 (2002): 431+.

Expanded Academic ASAP Plus. Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. 8 May 2004

.

Literature Resource Center (from Gale Group)







--------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Author. "Title of Article." Title of Source, edition (if given). Year.

Literature Resource Center. Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib.,

HI. Date of Access .

Domina, L. M. "An Overview of A Raisin in the Sun." Drama for Students. 1997. Literature Resource Center.

Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. 8 May 2004

.



Thies, Gretchen. "Rashomon: Overview." Reference Guide to Short Fiction, 1st ed. 1994. Literature Resource Center.

Gale Group Databases. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. 8 May 2004

.





EBSCOhost







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Magazine





Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s).

Name of Database. EBSCOhost. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI.

Date of Access .

Heyman, J.D., and Johnny Dodd. "New Arm, Same Spirit." People 23 Feb. 2004: 58+. MasterFILE Premier.

EBSCOhost. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. 8 May 2004 .



Journal



Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number (Year): Page(s).

Name of Database. EBSCOhost. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. Date of Access

.

Nelson, Roxanne. "Smoking Outside Still Causes Second-Hand Smoke Exposure to Children." Lancet 359 (2002):

1675. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Honolulu Community College Lib., HI. 8 May 2004

.







SIRS Knowledge Source







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Magazine



Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s). Name of Database.

SIRS Knowledge Source. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. Date of Access

.

Mason, Betsy. "Season of Fire." Discover Feb. 2003: 32-39. SIRS Researcher.

SIRS Knowledge Source. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. 8 May 2004 .



Newspaper



Author. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper Date: Page(s). Name of Database.

SIRS Knowledge Source. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI.

Date of Access .

Lowry, Brian and Rosie Mestel. "In Wired World TV Still Has Grip on Kids." Los Angeles Times

18 Sep. 2000: F1+. SIRS Renaissance. SIRS Knowledge Source. Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI.

8 May 2004 .





CQ Researcher







--------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Author. "Title of Report." The CQ Researcher Online Volume number. Issue number (Year).

Honolulu Community Coll. Lib., HI. Date of Access

.

Price, Tom. "Reforming Big-Time College Sports." The CQ Researcher Online 14.11 (2004). Honolulu Community Coll.

Lib., HI. 8 May 2004 .



WEB SITES







Complete publication information may not be available for a Web site; provide what is given.

Entire Internet Site: Scholarly Project or Professional Site [5.9.2]



Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of Sponsoring Institution.

Date of Access .

Encyclopedia Mythica. 2004. 13 May 2004 .







Document from a Web Site [5.9.1]



Author. "Title of Web Page." Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number.

Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access .

Sherman, Chris. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." SearchEngineWatch. Ed. Danny Sullivan.

24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004 .







ARTICLES IN ONLINE PERIODICALS [5.9.4]





Author. "Title of Article." Title of Publication Date: Page(s) or Section(s), if numbered.

Date of Access .





Gima, Craig. "Whale's Body Found Near Hanalei Bay." Honolulu Star-Bulletin.com 6 July 2004. 4 Sept. 2004

.



Gundy, Jess. "The Complexities of Use of Force." Law and Order Dec 2003. 13 May 2004

.





VIDEORECORDINGS [5.8.3]





Title. Director, Producer, and/or Writer. Medium. Distributor, Year.





Monet: Legacy of Light. Writ., dir, and prod. Michael Gill. Videocassette. Home Vision, 1989.



TELEVISION PROGRAMS [5.8.1]





"Title of Episode or Segment." Title of Program or Series. Credit (Performer, writer,

etc). Name of Network. Call Letters (if any), City of Local Station (if any).

Broadcast Date.





"Daddy Knows Best." Cold Case Files. Narr. Bill Kurtis. A & E. 6 Sept. 2004.

"Why the Towers Fell." Nova. PBS. KHET, Honolulu. 7 Sept. 2004.



INTERVIEWS [5.8.7]







Interview Conducted by the Researcher





Person Interviewed. Type of Interview (personal, telephone, email, etc.). Date.

Nakamura, Michael. Personal interview. 23 July 2004.



Broadcast Interview

Add information for the television or radio broadcast.

Clinton, Bill. Interview with Larry King. Larry King Live. CNN. 24 June 2004.
e
2007-02-28 18:03:15 UTC
You can do citations online; citationmachine.net and easybib.com

are good sites. they tell you what information you need, you type it in, and the website puts it in order. eventually, after seeing it enough times, you will remember what goes where, but as long as your teacher didn't say anything against it, these websites are really helpful.



Hope that helped!
idont_know_sorry
2007-02-28 17:49:08 UTC
i have a paper for it......but dont feel like lookin at it

srry
anonymous
2007-02-28 17:45:43 UTC
You need a title page, works cited page, and it depends if you need to do a table of contents or not.



Correct citation

Type of citation



Gorman, Elizabeth. Prairie Women. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.

Book (One author)



Caper, Charles and Lawrence T. Teamos. How to Camp. Philadelphia: Doubleday, 1986.

Book (Two authors)



Ellis, Doris et.al. History of Japan. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1989.

Book (Three or more authors)



Vanderkirk, Pamela, ed. Ten Short Plays. Los Angeles: Nowell Book Co., 1982.

Book (One editor)



Lockhard, David J. and Charles Heimler, eds. The Oregon Trail. New York: Bonanza Books, 1992.

Book (Two editors)



Carlson, David et.al., eds. Encyclopedia of Animal Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.

Book (Three or more editors)



Allende, Isabel. "Toad's Mouth." Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume, 1992. 83-88.

Book (Single work from an anthology)



American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. Ed. Charles B. Clayman. New York: Random, 1989. Book by Corporate Author

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-Told Tales. Ed. George Parsons Lathrop. Boston: Houghton, 1883. 1 Mar. 2002. .



Keats, John. Poetical Works. 1884. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. May 1998. 5 May 2003 .

Book Online

Book Online (Part of Scholarly Project)



Roberts, Sheila. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World Literature Written in English. 24(1984): 232-38. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399-402.

Gale Literary Criticism (previously published scholarly article in a collection)



Doctorow, E.L. Introduction. Sister Carrie. By Theodore Dreiser. New York: Bantam, 1985. v-xi.

Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. "Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl." 1863. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Vol. 1. Lexington, Heath, 1994. 2425-33.

One volume of multivolume work

Maps ‘n’ Facts. Computer Software. Broderbund Software, 1995. Computer Software



Frost, James. "Strawberries in a Field." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound,_and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and

Greg Johnson. New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002. Poem

Frost, James. "Strawberries in a Field." Literature Resource Center. Alabama Virtual Library. 15 March 2004.

. Poem Online

Crane, Stephen. "The Open Boat." Literature Resource Center. Alabama Virtual Library. 12 March 2004.

. Short Story Online

Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson.

New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002. Short Story in an Anthology

Dunn, Samuel. "Re: Any Ideas for My Country Project." E-mail to Tom Jones. 26 Feb. 2003.

E-mail **



Barnridge, Thomas H. "Baseball." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001.

Encyclopedia (Signed article)*



"Egypt." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 2002.

Encyclopedia (Unsigned article) *



Ito, Philip J. "Papaya," World Book Encyclopedia, 1998 ed. The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia, CD-ROM version of The World Book Encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia (CD-ROM) *



"Egypt." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar. 1997. Encyclopedia Britannica. 29 Feb. 2000 .

Encyclopedia (Internet) *



The Empire Strikes Back. Dir. George Lucas. Perf. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. Twentieth Century Fox, 1980.

Film



United States Office of Management and Budget. Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1999. Washington: GPO, 1999.

Government Publication



Whitehurst, Daniel, former mayor of Fresno. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2003.

Interview (Personal)



Smith, John. "Beowulf: Archetypal Hero." English 102 Class. Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL. 28 March

2003. Lecture

Lin, Michael. "Compressing Online Graphics." Online posting. 27 April 1999. MacWeb. 28 Feb. 2003 .

Listserv Posting



Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report. Oct. 1999: 34.

Magazine



Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report 18 Oct. 1999: 3. Alabama Virtual Library. Vestavia Hills High School Library, Vestavia Hills, AL. 28 Feb. 2003. .

Magazine, Online News Subscription Service (Alabama Virtual Library)



Elliott, Michael. "The Biggest Fish of Them All." Time. 8 March 2003. 11 March 2003. .



Online Magazine

(Magazine web site)



Barrow, Matthew. "Skipping School? Plan On Walking." Sacramento Bee. 13 Oct. 1999, California final ed.: A1+.

Newspaper Article, (Signed)



"Gorilla attacks Martian." National Enquirer 16 Mar. 1999: A-14.

Newspaper Article, (Unsigned)



Bradley, Donald. "Is There a Right Way?" Kansas City Star 23 May 1999: 2-4. SIRS Researcher. Alabama Virtual Library.. 28 Feb. 2003. .



Newspaper Article, Online News Subscription Service (SIRS)



"Charles Frazier." Contemporary Authors Online. 2001. Galegroup.com. Alabama Virtural Library. 28 February 2003 .

Gale Literary Criticism Online (Unsigned)



McCarron, Bill. "Images of War and Peace: Parallelism and Antithesis in the Beginning and Ending of Cold Mountain." The Mississippi Quarterly. 52.2 (1999): 273. Galegroup.com. Alabama Virtual Library. 25 February 2003. ..

Gale Literary Criticism Online (Signed)



Achenbach, Joel. "America's river." Washington Post. 5 May 2002. 20 July 2003 .

Newspaper Article (Newspaper Website)



Your Health. New York: Modern Woman, 1996.

Pamphlet



"Karma Chameleon." Northern Exposure. CBS. KCRA, Sacramento. 29 Feb. 2000.

Television or Radio (Live)



Smith, Greg. "Rhesus Monkeys in the Zoo." No date. Online image. Monkey Picture Gallery. 3 May 2003.

. Published Photograph

"Candy Cotton at the Fair." Birmingham, AL. Personal photograph taken by Quincy Adams. 5 March 2004. Personal Photograph

Adams, Cindy. "Critical Eye for the Fantasy Guy." 4 January 2004. Online PowerPoint. Studyguide.org. 7 March 2004.

. Power Point Online

Civil War Diary. Videotape. New World Entertainment, 1990.

Videotape



Springsteen, Bruce. "Dancing in the Dark." Born in the USA. Columbia, 1984. Music video. Dr. Brian De Palma. VH1.

10 May 2002. Music Video

"Cabinet Nominations," Chapter 20. Powers of the President. Laser videodisc. Pioneer Communications of America, Inc. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., 1995.

Video Laserdisc



"Castles in Medieval Times." yourchildlearns.com. 2000. Owl and Mouse Educational

Software. 9 March 2003. .

Web Page that is part of a larger web site

Schrock, Kathleen. "Digital Gadgets." Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators. 20 February 2002. Discovery Channel. 11 March 2003. .



"Great Gatsby Study Guide." studyguide.org. 5 January 2002. 11 March 2003.

.



Note: If no title for the page is provided, write Home page (do not underline and do not use quotation marks).



Web page (Personal or Professional)



The Cinderella Project. Ed. Michael N. Salda. Vers. 1.1.Dec. 1997. De Grummond Children's Lit. Research Collection, University of Southern Mississippi. 9 March 2003.

.

Web page from a university (scholarly online project)



"Langston Hughes Poetry Circles." February 2003. National Council of Teachers of English. 10 March 2003. .

Web page (Professional Organization)


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