Bibliographies - MLA format
Please use the following guidelines to format your bibliography.
The MLA Bibliography Format
A typical bibliography entry for a book has three parts: the author, title,
and publication information which includes place of publication (closest to your
city), publisher, and date of publication. These will appear as follows:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Title of book. City of
publication: Publishing company name, year of publication.
Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, 1973.
Punctuation and spacing:
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The author’s last name appears first, followed by a comma and then the author’s first name, followed by a period and then a space.·
Next type the title of the book, underlined, followed by a period and a space.·
Next type the city of publication, followed by a colon and a space·
Next type the publishing company name, followed by a comma and a space·
Finally, type the year of publication, followed by a period.Formats for Various Sources
Book, Single Author
Kasson, John F. Civilizing the Machine: Technology and Republican Values in America 1776-1900. New York: Penguin, 1976.
The author's name should be given as it is listed on the title page of the text. If the author is just an editor, place a comma after their first name and include the letters “ed.” then a space, then continue with the title.
For example, “Kasson, John F., ed. Civilizing the Machine…..”
Book, Multiple Authors
Ehrenreich, Barbara, and John Ehrenreich, eds. The American Health Empire: Power, Profits, and Politics. New York: Vintage, 1971.
Note the second (and third) author’s names are typed first name then last name, without a comma. If MORE THAN three persons authored the book, only the first author (last name first, first name.) should appear, followed by a comma and "et al."
Internet
Portugese Language Page. U of Chicago. 1 May 1997 <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/romance/port/>.
Lancashire, Ian. Home Page. 1 May 1997 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/index.html>.
Begin with either the author’s or organizations name, followed by the name of the web page, then the date it was last updated (if this is included on the web page). Next, add in the URL, surrounded by “< >.”
Periodicals (Magazines and Journals)
Author's last name, Author's first name. "Article Title." Periodical Title.
Volume Number (Date): page numbers.
Newspaper
Perez-Pena, Richard. "CUNY and California Curbs: Parallels in Approach." New
York Times 13 May 1998, late ed.: B8.
(The phrase "late ed." refers to "late edition," since some papers like the Times publish several editions daily.)
Encyclopedia Article
"Mealworm." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1987 ed.
Garvey, Lawrence. "El Paso, Illinois." Encyclopedia Americana. 1982 ed.
The editor should not be cited. If the passage designates a particular author, give the name of the author first. If there is no explicit author, then give the title first. “ed.” stands for the edition, or the year the encyclopedia was published.
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