MLA Bibliographic Format

Follow the punctuation in the example exactly.

Citing a Book

Author ; Last Name, First Name

Title of book

City of publication

Publisher's name

Year of publication.

Example:

Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam, 1995.

Citing a CD-ROM

Author

Article title

Name of database

Publication format.

Name of company that sells this product.

Electronic publication date

Example:

Begley, Sharon. "Odds on the Greenhouse." Proquest Resource One. CD-ROM. UMI.

January, 1998.

Citing a Web Page

Author

Title of web page

Part of a group of documents

Date created or last revised

Sponsoring or associated institution

Date you saw it

Address

Example:

Abilock, Debbie. "Research Advice for a Complex Topic." Nueva Library Help.

9 Sept. 1997. Nueva School. 31 Dec. 1997.

<http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/advice.html>.

Citing a Magazine Article

Author

Article title

Magazine

Date of publication

Page numbers of the article

Example:

Abilock, Debbie. "Integrating E-Mail into the Curriculum." Technology Connection.

Sept. 1996: 23-25.

Citing an Encyclopedia

Author (if available)

Article title

Title of encyclopedia

Edition

Year

Example:

"Elephants." World Book Encyclopedia. 24th ed. 2000.

On-Line Help

Use Noodle Tools (http://www.noodletools.com/) to print out a letter-perfect bibliography. Just insert your data and print.

Follow these guidelines when word processing a bibliography:

*Double space your bibliography.

*Do not number your entries in the bibliography.

*Alphabetize your bibliography by author; if there is no author use the title for alphabetizing. The author’s last name goes first.

*First line of a bibliography is not indented; the second line would be.

*Double space between entries.

*Pay attention to punctuation within each entry; remember to end each entry with a period.

*Underline book, encyclopedia, and magazine titles.

* Use quotes “ ” around the titles of encyclopedia articles and magazine articles.