MLA Formatting
MLA = Modern Language
Association
BOOKS
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For a Book:
 Author/s
 Title
 City of Publication
 Publisher’s Name
 Year of publication (copyright date)
BOOKS
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Book, single author
Hellman, Hal. Great Feuds in Medicine: Ten
of the Liveliest Disputes Ever. New
York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001.
Book, two or three authors
McNab, David, and James Younger. The
Planets. London: Yale University Press,
1999.
Internet--Online Databases (InfoTrac, EBSCO, etc.)
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For the Internet—Online Databases
 Article title
 Title of the database
 Date article published (if available)
 The date you accessed the information
 The web address (url)
Internet--Online Databases (InfoTrac, EBSCO, etc.)
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From InfoTrac Biography Resource:
“A. A. Milne.” Contemporary Authors Online. 2007. Reproduced in Biography
Resource Center. 5 Jan. 2007
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC>.
From World Book Online:
Hartman, John. "Argentina." World Book Online Reference Center. 2007. 12
Feb. 2007 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar595380>.
From EBSCO:
“Anorexia, Bullimia Prove Gene Related.” USA Today Magazine Oct. 2006.
EBSCOHost Student Research Center. 26 Jan. 2006
http://search.ebscohost.com/
login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=22604962&site=src-live
Internet Sites
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1For the Internet
 Title (must have)
 The web address (must have)
 The date you accessed the information (must have)
 Web article title
 Author
 Name of the sponsoring organization or company
 The date the web page was last updated
Internet Sites
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"Diabetes Information." U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 2002.
Department of Health and Human Services. 19 Jan 2007
<http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/>.
“Taking Part in the Active Lifestyle Program.” The President’s
Challenge 25 Mar. 2007
<http://www.presidentschallenge.org/the_challenge/active_lifestyle.
aspx>.