STUDIO
WRITING
WEB SITES TO HELP WITH CITATIONS
BUNTING CENTER
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
1401 MOUNT ROYAL AVENUE, BALTIMORE, MD
21217. (410)225-2418. WRITING@MICA.EDU
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CITATIONS, FOOTNOTES, ENDNOTES, WORKS CITED, PARENTHETICALS…
A single handout can’t show all the possibilities, but these links should point you the right way
Please note that capitalization matters. Type the URLs exactly as shown.
MLA (PARENTHETICAL – PREFERED BY LITERATURE PROFESSORS)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation_Format.html has examples for how to use
MLA format within the paper itself.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html has how to include information in
the Works Cited page.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited_Article.html says what information to
include for an article, and http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited_Book.html
what to include for a book.
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For documents found online (including email, web sites, academic journals, etc.)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
(It’s a long page – scroll through to the middle to find examples)
CHICAGO/TURABIAN (FOOTNOTES – PREFERED BY ART HISTORIANS)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html
(introduction to footnoting: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChiNotes.html )
For example, if you want to document an article, using Chicago style, with footnotes.
1) click on the http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html page,
2) click on “Create a Chicago/Turabian First Reference”
3) choose “Article” in this instance, and follow that information.
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For documents found online (including email, web sites, academic journals, etc.),
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html
(It’s a long page – scroll through to the middle to find examples)
A LIST OF LINKS TO MANY OTHER DOCUMENT CITATION STYLES:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docsources.html