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Your Full Name
Mrs. Rudd
English 100
13 September 2012
MLA Parenthetical Documentation
Documentation within the essay:
The aesthetic and ideological orientation of jazz underwent considerable scrutiny in the late 1950s and
early 1960s (Anderson 7).
Works Cited Entry
Anderson, Iain. This is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture. Philadelphia: U of
Pennsylvania P, 2007. Print. The Arts and Intellectual Life in Mod. Amer.
Example 2
Harbord, Janet. The Evolution of Film: Rethinking Film Studies. Cambridge: Polity, 2007. Print.
Citing an article in a newspaper:
Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New York Times 13 July
2002, late ed.:B7+. Print.
McKay, Peter A. “Stocks Feel the Dollar’s Weight.” Wall Street Journal 4 Dec. 2006: C1+. Print.
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Web sites (even those sponsored by newspapers or magazines)
1. Name of the author, compiler, director, editor, narrator, performer, or translator of the work
2. Title of the work (italicized)
3. Title of the overall Web site (italicized)
4. Version or edition used
5. Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, use N.p.
6. Date of publication (if nothing is available, use n.d.) (day, month, and year)
7. Medium of publication (Web.)
8. Date of access (day, month and year)
Works cited entry examples
Quade, Alex. “Elite Team Rescues Troops behind Enemy Lines.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 19 Mar.
2007. Web. 15 May 2008.
Alcorn, Jonathan. “Airport Security.” New York
Times.com. New York Times, 12 Aug. 2012.
Web. 9 Nov. 2012.
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Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?” Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008.
McDonnell, Bob, John Hoeven, and Marsha Blackburn. Republican
Platform 2012. GOP.com. The Committee on Arrangements for
the 2012 Republican National Convention. 30 Aug. 2012. Web. 16
Oct. 2012.
Democratic Platform:
The Democratic National Committee. Moving American
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Forward 2012 Democratic National Platform.
Democrats.org. DNC Services Corporation. 3 Sept.
2012. Web. 16 Oct. 2012.
Personal Interview
Pei, I.M. Personal interview. 22 July 1993.
Dusso, Jim. Personal interview. 5 September 2012.
Martin, Officer. Personal interview. 5 September 2012.
Article from an online database:
Chan, Evans. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture. 10.3 (2000): n. pag. Project
Muse. Web. 5 June 2008.
Evangelista, Stefano. Rev. of Victorian and Edwardian Responses to the Italian Renaissance, ed. John E.
Law and Lene Ostermark-Johansen. Victorian Studies 46.4 (2006): 729-31. Academic Search
Premier. Web. 12 Mar. 2007.
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Work in an anthology
1. Begin with the name of the author of the selection.
2. Then give the title of the selection.
3. Then give the title of the anthology.
4. Give the name of the editor of the anthology (preceded by Ed. For “Edited by”).
5. Give the publication information: City: Publisher, Year.
6. Give the page numbers of the work in the anthology followed by a period. 25173.
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7. Give the medium. Print.
Example:
Desai, Anita. “Scholar and Gypsy.” The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Ed. Patricia
Craig. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996. 251-73. Print.
*Note: If you use an edition other than the 1st edition, you must put 9th ed. after
the book title.
Multiple Authors:
Wilmut, Ian, Keith Campbell, and Colin Tudge.
Citing Two Sources from the Same Author:
Knopp, Lisa. Field of Vision. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1996. Print.
---. The Nature of Home: A Lexicon and Essays. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2002. Print.
King, Martin Luther. “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Elements of Argument: a Text and a Reader. 9th ed.
Ed. Annette T. Rottenberg and Donna Haisty Winchell. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. 192206. Print.
Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” Elements of Argument: a Text and a Reader. 9th ed.
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Ed. Annette T. Rottenberg and Donna Haisty Winchell. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. 298316. Print.
Article in a Magazine:
Fay, J. Michael. “Land of the Surfing Hippos.” National Geographic Aug. 2004: 100+. Print.
Smith, Patricia. “Election 2012: What’s at Stake?” New
York Times Upfront: The Newsmagazine for Teens.
Sept. 2012: 6-9. Print.
Lecture, Speech, Address, or a Reading (Presidential Debate)
Speaker: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
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title of the presentation “First Presidential Debate” “Second Presidential Debate” “Third
Presidential Debate”
the meeting and the sponsoring organization 2012 Presidential Election Debates
Commission on Presidential Debates
the location Denver, Colorado
the date October 3, 2012
Debate.
Alter, Robert, and Marilynne Robinson. “The Psalms: A Reading and Conversation.” 92nd Street Y, New
York. 17 Dec. 2007. Reading.
First Debate Works cited:
Obama, Barack, and Mitt Romney. “First Presidential Debate.” 2012 Presidential Debate. Commission on
Presidential Debates. Denver, Colorado. 3 Oct. 2012. Debate.
Transcript Citation:
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