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1/31/2011

MLA Style

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A footnote style*

References within a MLA paper are of the form (author’s last name page#) like (Smith 14)

Works Cited

Below are general formats for citations of common types of sources. Some people italicize instead of underline. In some fonts italics are not clearly different from regular type. Always check with your teacher for exact directions.

A book-

Author’s last name, first name initial. Title of the book. Where published: Publisher. (Date published).

A magazine or newspaper article:-

Author’s last name, first name initial. “Article Title.” Magazine or newspaper name. (Date published): page numbers of article.

An encyclopaedia article-

Author’s last name, first name initial. “Article title” Encyclopaedia name (date last edited), Volume #, Where published: Publisher, page numbers of article.

A web page-

Author’s last name, first name initial. “Web page title” Sponsoring organization or Home Page. (Date created or last updated) Date accessed.
<URL all together on one line with the original capitalization and no extra hyphens>

If information on some part is not available, for instance if the author’s name is not given for an article, you omit it.

* An explanatory footnote goes here.