MLA Citation Forms
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Online
Reference/Encyclopedia Article: MLA Citation (7
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AUTHOR if available (last name, first and middle) _____________________________________________ (period .
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ARTICLE TITLE (“quotation marks”) ________________________________________________________ (period
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TITLE of encyclopedia ( italicized ) ___________________________________________________________ (period .
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PUBLISHER _____________________________________________ (comma,)YEAR ______________ (period .
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MEDIUM (Web) ____________ (period .
) DATE OF ACCESS: see example below) __________________(period.)
One author: Barnes, Jr., Isaac Jacob. “Washington, George.” World Book Student. World Book, 2009. Web. 22 Oct. 2009.
Deborah Stanley, Teacher Librarian
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*Internet Web site: MLA Citation (7
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AUTHOR/EDITOR if available (last name, first and middle) ______________________________________ (period .
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TITLE of Web article (“quotation marks”)_____________________________________________________ (period
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TITLE of Web site ( italicized ) ______________________________________________________________ (period .
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MEDIUM (Web) __________ (period .
) DATE of access: (see example below) _______________________ (period .
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Example: Miller, Edward, ed. “Watergate.” CNN Newsroom. Web. 5 Oct. 1998.
*Simplified for middle school level. Deborah Stanley, Teacher Librarian
Alphabetical Order #________ Name:__________________________________________ Pd:______
Book: MLA Citation (7
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AUTHOR/EDITOR (last name, first and middle)________________________________________________ (period .
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TITLE ( italicized ) _______________________________________________________________________ (period .
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CITY of publication ___________________ (colon : ) PUBLISHER ________________________________ (comma , )
YEAR _______ (period .
) MEDIUM (Print or Web) __________ (period .
) Date Accessed (Web)__________________.
Examples: One author: Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2002. Print.
One author: Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2002. Web. 7 Mar. 2011.
Two authors: Smith, John R. and Ann Ellen Jones. Funnybones. London: Oxford Press, 2008. Print.
Three or more authors: Gomez, Raul, et al. Human Diversity. Boston: Chelsea House, 2006. Print.
Editor: Lopez, Valeria, ed. Poetry and Puns. New York: Penguin Publishers, 2005. Print.
Deborah Stanley, Teacher Librarian Modified by Joan McCall, Teacher Librarian
