Adapted for Westhill High School from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers , 6 th ed.
BOOK (one author)
Stefoff, Rebecca. Saddam Hussein . Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 2000.
BOOK (two authors)
Goedecke, Christopher and Rosmarie Hausherr. Smart Moves: A Kid's Guide to Self-Defense . New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
BOOK WITH EDITOR (no author)
Kielty, Bernardine, ed. A Treasury of Short Stories . New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
“Biology.” Compton's Encyclopedia . 1997 ed.
ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK
If the articles are in alphabetical order, omit volume and page numbers:
“Alice Walker.” African American Biography . 4 vols. Detroit: Gale, 1998.
If the articles are not in alphabetical order, include volume number and page numbers:
“Spain.” Lands and Peoples . 6 vols. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1995. 4:79-118.
( Volume 4, pages 79-118)
REPRINTED ARTICLE IN A BOOK (OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS, CLC, CURRENT CONTROVERSIES, etc.)
Information about the original publication comes first. Rpt in stands for “reprinted in.” Include volume and page numbers.
Opposing Viewpoints series:
Hess, Stephen. “The Media Are Unethical.” The Responsive Community . Spring 1994. Rpt. in Ethics . Ed. Bruno Leone. Opposing
Viewpoints Series . San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000. 61-66.
CLC/TCLC/NCLC:
Cain, William E. “W.E.B. DuBois's Autobiography and the Politics of Literature.” Black American Literature Forum Summer 1990. 24, 2:
299-313. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticiam . Detroit: Gale, 1997. 96:146-151.
NOVELS FOR STUDENTS ESSAYS
Written for Novels for Students .
Markley, Arnold A. “Jane Eyre:Criticism.” Novels for Students . Detroit: Gale, 2000. 4:177-180.
Essays reprinted from another source.
Ashe, Frederick L. “Jane Eyre: The Quest for Optimism.” Studies in the Novel . Summer, 1988: 121-130. Rpt. in Novels for Students .
Detroit: Gale, 1998. 4:180-184.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Bass, Patrick Henry. “Riding the Information Highway.” Black Enterprise 3 Mar. 2000: 84-92.
REVIEW (OF BOOK OR FILM)
Kauffman, Stanley. “A New Spielberg.” Rev. of Schindler's List . Dir Steven Spielberg. New Republic 13 Dec. 1999: 30.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Coleman, Robin A. “Court Rejects Appeal to Block Turn of River Library.” The Advocate 29 Feb. 1996: A1.
SIRS DOCUMENTS (Magazine and Newspaper articles)
Taubes, Gary. “Your Genetic Destiny for Sale.” Technology Review. Apr. 2001: 40-46. Rpt. in Human Relations: Ethics . 2002 ed. Boca
Raton: SIRS Publishing, 2002. Art. 7.
CQ RESEARCHER ARTICLES (print version)
Hansen, Brian. “Cyber Crime: Should Penalties be Tougher?” CQ Researcher . 14 Apr. 2002. 12.14: 305-328.
(12 = vol., 14 = number of issue, 305-328 = page numbers.)
“Abraham Lincoln.” DISCovering Biography . Gale Research, 1997. CT Digital Library: Discovering Collection . Westhill High School
Media Center, Stamford, CT. 5 Oct. 2002 <CT Digital Library icon>.
See MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers in the Media Center (REF 808 GIB) for examples for other forms.
Note to Students and Teachers: Turnitin.com may highlight sections of a paper as plagiarized, but if they have been documented and cited properly these sections are fine.
Revised 2004
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