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Bibliography Guidelines
Works Cited: Wooster Uses MLA Style
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| Type of Resource: | Example of Entry: |
| BOOKS | Author(s) last name, first name. Title of Book underlined . Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. |
| One Author | Guillermo, Kathy Snow. Monkey Business. Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1999. |
| Two or More Authors | Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. |
| Anonymous Book | The World Almanac Book of the Strange. New York: American Library, 2000. |
| Editor | Marine, April, ed. Internet: Getting Started. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PTR Prentice Hall, 1994 |
| Article or Essay in a Collection | Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook, 2000. 24-34. |
| Book with a corporate author | American Allergy Association. Allergies in Children. New York: Random, 2007. |
| ENCYCLOPEDIAS | Author(s) last name, first name (if available). "Name of article in quotes." Name of encyclopedia underlined. copyright date of encyclopedia. |
| Signed Article | Ewing, J.A. "Steam Engine and Other Heat-Engines." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2000. |
| Anonymous Article | "Technical Education." Encyclopedia Americana. 2000 |
| MAGAZINE ARTICLE | Author(s) last name, first name (if available). "Title of Article in quotes." Title of Magazine underlined . Date of magazine: page(s) article appears on. |
| Signed Article | Murr, Andrew. "The High Cost of Defense." Newsweek 21 Mar. 1999: 2-4. |
| Anonymous Article | "Crafts Fair Showcases Women." Entrepreneur May 2007: 23. |
| NEWSPAPER ARTICLE | Author(s) last name, first name (if available). "Title of Article in quotes." Title of Newspaper underlined . Date of newspaper: page(s) article appears on. |
| Signed Article | Sanger, David E. "Dollar Continues to Plunge." New York Times. 7 Mar. 2007. late ed.: A1+ |
| Anonymous Article | "Estonia's Government is Ousted." New York Times. 7 Mar.2006. late ed.: A10 |
| ONLINE & WEB | |
| Web Site (basic format) |
Meteor Shower Basics. February 17, 2003. <http://www.amsmeteors.org/showers.html> |
| Title of the page underlined. Date accessed by you. <URL address> | |
| An Article/Poem on a Web Site | Poland, Dave. "The Hot Button." Roughcut. 26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television. 28 Oct. 1998. <http://www.roughcut.com> |
| Author. "Title of Article." Title of Work underlined. Publication information. Date accessed by you. <URL address> | |
| Online Encyclopedia | "Monotheism" Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 5 October 2007.< http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=117390&sctn=1> |
| "Title of Article." Title of Work. Publication information. Date accessed by you. <URL address> | |
| Online Book | Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. New York: Methuen, 1994. 3.Mar. 2006.< http://www.mun.ca/animus/index.html> |
| Author. Title of Work. Publication information. Date accessed by you. <URL address/filename> | |
| Online Image | Description or title of image. [Online image] Available http://address, Date accessed. |
| Two beluga whales. [Online image] Available <http://www.seaworld.org/belugawhales/beluga2.gif> January 5, 2008. | |
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This guideline was compiled from:
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format. 31 Dec. 2002 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html> For more detailed guidelines see Write for College, p. 300-430 in the J. D. Verdery Library Reference Section: REF 428 SEB |
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Parenthetical References:
(These are used instead of footnotes or endnotes.)
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Documenting sources is really easy. You don't have to deal with footnotes or endnotes. You simply introduce the borrowed text, and follow it with the author's name (unless it was included in the introduction) and page number where you found the information. The documentation is placed in parentheses at the end of the borrowed text and almost always before the ending punctuation. |
| ONE AUTHOR, NOT MENTIONED IN TEXT |
| . . . One critic wrote, "While the rest of the world writes well, this author continues to make money by selling books written at a third grade reading level" (Smith 32). |
| ONE AUTHOR, MENTIONED IN TEXT |
| . . According to Expensive Ivy League University Professor Dr. Angus Beefmaster, the only place for a woman is in the kitchen (152). Although few would agree with his assertion . . . |
| TWO OR THREE AUTHORS, NOT MENTIONED IN TEXT |
| . . . Some researchers assert that the cause of the problem is a lack of time and money (Bryant and Wilford 2463) . . . in contrast, a group of professors argue that the problem has been instigated by bureaucratic nonsense on the part of the administration (James, Peters, and Christie 30). |
| WORLD WIDE WEB FILE: |
| Refer back to your citation in your bibliography. Use the same identifying name used there. Web pages are rarely numbered, so a page number can not be included. |
| ... in discussing the debate on doing research in cyberspace (Bowker) argued that..... |
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This guideline was compiled from: Sebranek, Patrick. Write for College: A Student Handbook. Wilmington, MA: Great Source Education Group, Inc., 1997. For more detailed guidelines see Write for College, p. 300-430 in the J. D. Verdery Library Reference Section: REF 428 SEB |
