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MLA Bibliography Format

MLA Bibliography Format. Purpose of the Annotation. Describe the content of the source Describe the usefulness of the source Describe the intended audience Evaluate the credibility of the source Discuss the writer’s background. BOOKS. 1) Basic form of a book with an author. Last name.

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MLA Bibliography Format

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  1. MLA Bibliography Format

  2. Purpose of the Annotation Describe the content of the source Describe the usefulness of the source Describe the intended audience Evaluate the credibility of the source Discuss the writer’s background

  3. BOOKS

  4. 1) Basic form of a book with an author Last name Title: underlined & capitalized First name Sidel, Ruth. On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadows of the American Dream. New York: Penguin, 1990. Comma Period Year of Publication Publisher Indent: five spaces Period Colon Comma Place of Publication

  5. 2) A Book with Two or More Authors • Use the authors’ names in the order they appear in the book. • Separate the names with commas. • Reverse the order of only the first author’s names. Second author’s name, not reversed Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1980.

  6. 3) Books withFOUR OR MORE Authors Either list all the names or use the first author’s name followed by “et al.” Bootzin, Richard R., et al. Psychology Today: An Introduction. New York: Random, 1986.

  7. 4) Books with Editor or Editors Use abbreviation “ed.” or “eds.” preceded by a comma, after the name(s) of the editor(s). Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., ed. Classic Slave Narrative. New York: NAL, 1987. WITH FOUR OR MORE EDITORS, use only the name of the first editor followed by a comma and “et al.”

  8. 5) Book with No Author List and alphabetize by the title of the book. The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1993.

  9. INTERNET

  10. Include as much of the following information as possible: Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Web Site or Home Page. Date of Access <Electronic Address>.

  11. Last name First name Kroloff, Charles A. "54 Ways You Can Help the Homeless." Earthsystems.org Home Page. 26 Mar. 2001 <http://www.earthsystems.org/ways> Title of the article Title of web site Date of Access Electronic address

  12. PERIODICALS

  13. Author's Last Name, First Name (if given). "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Publication Date: Page(s).

  14. ARTICLE WITH AUTHOR'S NAME Initial, standing for first name Title of the magazine, periodical… Charles, N. "The Will to Win." People Weekly 28 Sept. 1998: 170-172. Last name Title of the article Period Colon Page numbers Publication Date

  15. ARTICLE WITHOUT AUTHOR'S NAME "New Human Retrovirus." Science News. 26 Dec. 1987: 391. Title of the magazine, periodical… Title of the article Colon Period Page numbers Publication Date

  16. Sources: http://wal.loswego.k12.or.us/bibliographyformat.htm Thank You

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