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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers: Citation Guide Library Instructional Services Mississippi State University Libraries http://library.msstate.edu/li/ The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers has been a standard citation guide for the humanities for decades. The 7th edition, published in 2009, contains updated information on citing electronic resources. This brief guide provides examples of citation styles for various sources that are commonly used in humanities research. It is not a replacement for the MLA Handbook. A copy of the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook (call number REF LB2369 .G53 2009) is available at the Ready Reference Desk, located on the 2nd floor of Mitchell Memorial Library. All material cited in this guide is available in the print or electronic collections of Mississippi State University Libraries.
Book by a Single Author (Section 5.5.2): Minter, David L. William Faulkner, His Life and Work. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. Print.
Book by More Than One Author (Section 5.5.4): Moore, Harry T., and Albert Parry. Twentieth-Century Russian Literature. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1974. Print.
Chapter From a Book (Section 5.5.6): Use this format when a book consists of chapters written by different authours. Note that the name of the chapter is placed in quotation marks, and the page numbers of the chapter are included after the publication information. The name(s) of the editor(s) of the work must also be stated. Barlow, Judith E. “Building Characters: Eugene O’Neill’s Composition Process.” Eugene O’Neill in China. Ed. Haiping Liu and Lowell Swortzell. New York: Greenwood, 1992. 149-155. Print.
Article From a Journal (Section 5.4.2): The title of the article is placed in quotation marks, and the journal that contains the article is underlined. These are followed by the volume number, the year of publication, and the page numbers. Downie, J.A. “Defoe’s Early Writings.” Review of English Studies 46 (1995): 225-230. Print.
Items Reprinted in the Literary Criticism Series, Opposing Viewpoints Series, or Current Controversies Series (Section 5.5.6): The Literary Criticism Series consists of biographical information about authors and reprints of articles and book sections written about their literary works. The Opposing Viewpoints and Current Controversies Series contain information on current events topics such as global warming, capital punishment, etc. Each book contains articles, essays, and other items that are often reprinted from other sources. When citing such articles and excerpts from books, you must first provide information about the original article and then information about the volume in which it was reprinted. For material reprinted from books: Frank, Joseph. “The Gambler: A Study in Ethnopsychology.” Freedom and Responsibility in Russian Literature: Essays in Honor of Robert Louis Jackson. Eds. Elizabeth Cheresh Allen and Gary Saul Morson. Evanston, IL: Northwestern UP, 1995. 99-107. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Jessica Bomarito and Russel Whitaker. Vol. 168. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. 75-84. Print. For material reprinted from journals: Franklin, J. Jeffery. “The Victorian Discourse of Gambling: Speculations of Middlemarch and The Duke’s Children.” ELH 61.4 (1994): 899-921. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Jessica Bomarito and Russel Whitaker. Vol. 168. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006. 39-51. Print.
Article From a Journal, Accessed Through an Electronic Database (Section 5.6.4): In addition to the information required for all journal articles, journal articles accessed through an electronic database should include the name of the database, the medium (Web), and the date the article was accessed. Ford, Karen J. “Do Right to Write Right: Langston Hughes’s Aesthetics of Simplicity.” Comparative Literature 38.4 (1992): 436-456. Academic Search Premier. Web. 2 Feb. 2009.
Newspaper Article, No Author (Section 5.4.5): Note that if a newspaper has more than one edition, the edition must be given after the date. “Century’s Top Novels in English.” USA Today 21 July 1998, final ed.: D8. Print.
Newspaper Article, From an Electronic Database (Section 5.6.4): Grant, Steve. “Mark Twain House Gets a Subtle Addendum.” Washington Post 29 Oct. 2003, final ed.: C11. LexisNexis. Web. 15 Aug. 2009.
Website (or a portion of a website) (Section 5.6.1): The rules for citing websites vary, depending on such issues as whether the entire website is being cited or just a portion of the website. Consult the paper copy of the MLA Handbook, 7th ed., for more details. Stasz, Clarice. “Jack [John Griffith] London.” The Jack London Collection. 2003. Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE. U of California, Berkeley. 2 Feb. 2004. Web. .
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