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Oregon Trail School District MLA Citation Guide

CITING BOOKS AND OTHER NON-PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS

·  Book

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of Publication.

Example: Ride, Sally. Exploring Our Solar System. New York: Crown, 2003.

·  Book with Two Authors

Note: For works with two or more authors, reverse the name of only the first author.

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Name and Author’s First Name Middle Name Last Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of Publication.

Example: Gonzalez, Guillermo and Jay Wesley Richards. The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery. Washington DC: Regnery, 2003.

·  Book with Three or More Authors

Note: When a work has four or more authors, either name all of the authors or name the first author, followed by “et al.”

Author’s Last Name, First name Middle Name, et al. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Year of Publication.

Example: Wilhelm, Jeffrey D., et al. Literature: Reading with Purpose. Columbus: Glencoe, 2007.

·  Book- Reference Book

Encyclopedia

Author of article’s Last name, First Name Middle Name. “Article Title.” Title of Encyclopedia. Year of Publication.

Example: Brecher, Kenneth. “Universe.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2003.

·  Book by a Corporation

Note: When the author of a print document is a corporation, a government agency or some other organization, begin with the name of the group.

Examples: First Union.

United States. Bureau of the Census.

American Automobile Association.

CITING ARTICLES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN PERIODICALS

·  Newspaper

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper. Day Abbreviated Month. Year of Publication, Edition ed.: Page Numbers of Article.

Example: Maugh, Thomas H. “Saturn’s Moon Not an Asteroid.” The Seattle Times. 24 June 2004, Eastside ed.: B2+.

·  Magazine

Author’s Last name, First Name Middle Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine. Day Abbreviated Month. Year of Publication: Page Numbers of Article.

Example: Cowen, Ron. “Sky Lights.” Science News 18 Sept. 2004: 179-180.

CITING MISCELLANEOUS PRINT AND NON-PRINT SOURCES

NOTE: Miscellaneous print and non-print sources include visuals, audio works, audio-visuals, and live events. When citing multimedia sources that you retrieved online, give whatever information is available; then end the citation with your date of access and URL.

·  Film or Video Recording (DVD, Videocassette)

Title. Dir. Director’s First Name Middle Name Last Name. Writer, Performer, or Producer’s First Name Middle Name Last Name, Year of Original Release. Media Format. Distributor, Year of Release.

Example: E.T., The Extra Terrestrial. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Writer, Melissa Mathison. 1982. Videocassette. Universal, 2002.

·  Television or Radio Program

“Episode Title.” Program Title. Station Name. Day Abbreviated Month Year. URL Address (if accessed on-line).

Examples: “Monkey Trial.” American Experience. PBS. WGBH, Boston. 18 Mar. 2003.

“Live in 4A: Konstantin Soukhovetski.” Performance Today. Natl. Public Radio. 2 May 2002. 10 May 2002 http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/features/4a/soukhovetski.02.html .

·  Interview(Personal or Telephone Interview Conducted by Researcher

Last Name, First Name Middle Name of Person Interviewed. Personal, E-mail or Telephone interview. Day Abbreviated Month. Year of Interview.

Example: Lucas, George. Telephone interview. 6 Dec. 2004.

·  Personal Letter

Last Name, First Name. Letter to the author. Day Abbreviated Month Year.

Example: Coggins, Christopher. Letter to the author. 6 May 2001.

CITING ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

Note: Refer to an in-depth informational page for more information on citing electronic sources.

·  Basic entry: A Document from an Internet Site

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Name. “Article or Secific Web Page Title.” Title of Entire Web Site. Day Abbreviated Month. Year Web Page Was Last Revised. Sponsoring Organization. Day Abbreviated Month. Year You Read It <URL>.

Example: “Space Weather Now.” Space Environment Center. 29 May 2007. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. 30 may 2007 http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/>.

·  Blog

Editor, screen name, author, or compiler name (if available). “Posting Title.” Name of Site.

Version number (if available). Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site

(sponser or publisher). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Salmar1515 [Sal Hernandez]. “Re: Best Strategy: Fenced Pastures vs. Max Number of Rooms?”

BoardGameGeek. BoardGameGeek, 29 Sept. 2008. Web. 5 Apr. 2009.

Created on 3/24/13