North Yarmouth Academy
Stylesheet
Below are examples of the most common sources you might use in a research paper. They appear as they would on a Works Cited page. If you can’t find an exact model for your source, click on the links for many other examples. If you are still unsuccessful, click here for help on citing sources or check with a teacher or the librarian.
Sources:Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
Hacker, Diana. Research and Documentation in the Information Age. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford/St.Martin's, 2002.
1. Books
-- one author:
Lewis, R.W.B. Dante. New York: Viking, 2001.
-- two authors:
- 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.
Lupton, Hugh, and Daniel Morden. The Adventures of Odysseus. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books, 2006.
-- no author:
The American Heritage Student Dictionary. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
-- editor or compiler:
- 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.
- If there are more than three authors, name only the first and add et al.
-- essay, poem, or short story in an anthology:
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.
2. Encyclopedia or dictionary
- 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.
-- author known:
Arnold, Eric A., Jr. "Waterloo, Battle of." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995.
-- author unknown:
"Stress." The American Heritage College Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997.
3. Magazine article:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages.
Okrent, Daniel. "Raising Kids Online." Time 10 May 1999: 38.
4. Newspaper article:
Krugman, Andrew. "Fear of Eating." New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed.: A1.
5. Web sites
Here are some common features you should try to find before citing electronic sources in MLA style. Always include as much information as is available/applicable:
- Author and/or editor names
- Name of the database, or title of project, book, article
- Date of version, revision, or posting
- Publisher information
- Date you accessed the material
- Electronic address, printed between carets ([<, >])
Entire Web site
Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site <electronic address>.
-- author known:
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. 28 Nov. 2003. Purdue University. 10 May 2006 <http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory>.
-- author unknown:
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. 26 Aug. 2005. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. 23 April 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu>.
Page of a Web site
-- author known:
Stolley, Karl. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing Lab. 12 May 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/>.
-- author unknown:
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. 10 May 2006 <http://www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html>.
6. An Article or Publication in Print and Electronic Form
- If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database to which our library subscribes, 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).
Author. "Title of Article." Periodical Name Volume Number (if necessary) Publication Date: page number-page number. Database name. Service name. Library Name, City, State. Date of access <electronic address of the database>.
Lubow, Arthur. "The Changing Face of Bhutan." Smithsonian 38 Mar 2008: 72-79. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. North Yarmouth Academy Lib., ME. 1 May 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com>.
7. E-mail:
Chin, Andrew. "How is the style sheet coming?" E-mail to author. 5 Sept. 2002.
8. Film or video:
The Great Gatsby. Dir. Jack Clayton. Perf. Robert Redford, Mia Farrow. Paramount, 1974.
9. Interview Conducted by the Researcher:
Person Interviewed. Type of Interview (personal, telephone, email, etc.). Date.
Nakamura, Michael. Personal interview. 23 July 2004.