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MLA EXAMPLES

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL RESEARCH

AT CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

 

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR:

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name.  Title of Book.  City of Publication:  

            Publisher, Year of Publication.  Print.

EXAMPLE:

Townsend, John.  Mysterious Disappearances.  Chicago: Raintree, 2004.  Print.

BOOK WITH TWO OR MORE AUTHORS:

Last name of first author, First name of first author and First and last name of

            second author.  Title of Book.  City of Publication:  Publisher, Year of

            Publication.  Print.

EXAMPLE:

Townsend, John and Joe Smith.  Mysterious Disappearances.  Chicago: Raintree, 2004.  Print.

BOOK WITH AN EDITOR:

Title of Book.  Ed. Editor’s First and Last Name.  City of Publication:  

            Publisher, Year of Publication.  Print.

EXAMPLE:

Mysterious Disappearances.  Ed. John Townsend.  Chicago: Raintree, 2004.  Print.

WEBSITE WITH AN AUTHOR, EDITOR OR COMPILER:

Last Name of Author, First Name of Author.  Title of the Work.”  Title of

     Web Site (not the address!).  Publisher or sponsor, Date of Publication.  Web. 

     Day Month Year you looked at website.

 

EXAMPLE:

Krajicke, David.  The D.B. Cooper Story: A Mystery.”  Crime Library.  Courtroom Television Network, 2007.  Web.  20 Oct. 2009.

WEBSITE WITH NO AUTHOR, EDITOR OR COMPILER:

 

Title of the Work.”  Title of Web Site (not the address!).  Publisher or sponsor,

       Date of Publication.  Web.  Day Month Year you looked at website.

 EXAMPLE:

D.B. Cooper.”  Wikipedia.  Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 27 Mar. 2008.  Web. 

20 Oct. 2009.

SIRS DISCOVERER:

Last Name of Author, First Name of Author.  “Title of Article.”  Title of Magazine, Newspaper or Book

      Date of Publication:  Pages.  SIRS Discoverer.  Web.  Day Month Year you looked at SIRS.  

EXAMPLE:

Inskeep, Steve.  "FBI Reopens Very Cold Case of D.B. Cooper."  Morning Edition (NPR)

     27 Feb. 2008:4.  Sirs Discoverer.  Web.  20 Oct. 2009.

 

WHEN YOU ARE READY TO TYPE

FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS:

Typing your Works Cited / Bibliography:

_____        1” margins top, bottom and both sides

_____        Times New Roman 12 point.  Do not use bold, italics, or underlines.

_____        Title is centered on the first line. Do not use all capital letters.

_____        Double space.

_____        Use Hanging Indent.  If a citation is longer than one line, the second (and third)

                              lines will “hang” underneath the first line – as this sentence demonstrates.

_____        Separate your sources into primary sources and secondary sources.  (History Day Only)

_____        List the primary sources in alphabetical order first.  (History Day Only)

_____        Then list secondary sources in alphabetical order.  (History Day Only)

_____        Ignore “A”, “An” or “The” when alphabetizing.

_____        History Day Students Only: Annotations should be 2-4 sentences and explain what the source was

                    and - most important - how the source helped you with your project.