Encyclopedia Entry
Structure:
Last, First M., and First M. Last. "Article Title" Encyclopedia Name. City: Publisher, Year
Published. Page(s). Print.
Examples:
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McGhee, Karen, and George McKay. "Insects" Encyclopedia of Animals. Washington:
National Geographic Society, 2007. 170-71. Print
Posner, Rebecca. "Romance Languages." The Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropedia.
15th ed. 1987. Print.
How to Cite an Encyclopedia Online in MLA
Format:
Last, First M., and First M. Last. "Article Title" Encyclopedia Name. City: Publisher, Year
Published.Website Title. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.
Examples:
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McGhee, Karen, and George McKay. "Insects" Encyclopedia of Animals. Washington:
National Geographic Society, 2007. Google Books. Web. 2 Jan. 2010.
Hassler, Warren W. "American Civil War." Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., n.d. Web. 2 Jan. 2013.
How to Cite an Encyclopedia on a Database in MLA
Format:
Last, First M. "Article Title" Encyclopedia Name. Ed. First M. Last. Vol. Volume. City:
Publisher, Year Published. Database Name. Web Date Month Year.
Examples:
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Holmes, Heather. "Advertising of Food" Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Ed.
Solomon H. Katz. Vol. 1. New York: Scribner's, 2003. Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Web. 2 July 2010.
Bunson, Margaret R. "Historical Overview." Encyclopedia on Ancient Egypt. 3rd ed.
New York: Infobase, 2012. Xii-Xv. Gale Cengage Catalog. Web. 4 Jan. 2013
Book
Structure:
Last, First M. Book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Print.
Examples:
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James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. Print.
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1942. Print.
How to Cite a Book Online in MLA
Format:
Last, First M. Book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Website Title. Web. Day Month Year
Accessed.
Examples:
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James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. Google books. Web. 16
Mar. 2010. http://books.google.com
Bodnar, Kipp, and Jeffrey L. Cohen. "The B2B Social Media Book:." Google Books.
N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2012.
How to Cite a Book from a Database in MLA
Format:
Last, First M. Book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Database Name. Web. Date Month Year
Accessed.
Examples:
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Morem, Susan. 101 Tips for Graduates. New York: Ferguson, 2005. Infobase Publishing
eBooks. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. http://www.infobasepublishing.com
Bloom, Harold, ed. Twentieth-Century British Poets. New York: Bloom's Literary
Criticism, 2011. Infobase Publishing eBooks. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.
Magazine
.
Structure:
Last, First M. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Date Month Year Published: Page(s). Print.
Examples:
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Rothbart, Davy. "How I Caught up with Dad." Men's Health Oct. 2008: 108-13. Print.
Jaeger, Jaclyn. "Social Media Use in the Financial Industry." Compliance Week 1 Aug.
2010: n. pag. Print.
How to Cite a Magazine Online in MLA
Format:
Last, First M. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Date Month Year Published. Website Title Web.
Date Month Year Accessed.
Examples:
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Rothbart, Davy. "How I Caught up with Dad." Men's Health Oct. 2008. Google Books
Web. 16 Mar. 2010.
Folger, Tim. "Higgs: What Causes the Weight of the World." Discover Magazine n.d.: n.
pag. Web. 2 Jan. 2013.
How to Cite a Magazine on a Database in MLA
Format:
Last, First M. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Date Month Year Published. Database Name Web.
Date Month Year Accessed.
Example:
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"China's Export Prospects: Fear of the Dragon." The Economist 9 Jan. 2010. LexisNexis
Academic. Web. 20 Mar. 2010.
How to Cite a Magazine Published Directly Online in MLA
Format:
Last, First M., and First M. Last. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Publisher, Date Month Year
Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.
Example:
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Nasar, Sylvia, and David Gruber. "Manifold Destiny." The New Yorker Conde Nast
Digital, 28 Aug. 2006. Web. 30 Mar. 2010.
Website
How to Cite a Website in MLA
Structure: Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day
Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.
Example:
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Cain, Kevin. "The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication." Social Media
Today RSS N.p., 29 June 2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013.
Database
How to Cite a Database Online in MLA
Structure:
Last, First M. "Article Title." Database Name. Database Publisher, Date Month Year Published.
Web. Date Month Year Accessed.
Examples:
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Roberts, David. The Total Work of Art in European Modernism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP,
2011. JSTOR. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.