Citation Guide: (printable copy)
Citation guide for electronic resources
book with one author
book with two authors
reference book
article from a periodical
interview
web site
electronic database
CultureGram
Background notes
Citation Web Sites
Type of Source
Format
Last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: publisher,
date.
Examples:
Caldwell, James. High School Life in New Jersey. New York:
Random House, 2003.
book with two authors
Last name of first author, first name "and " first name and last name of second author, Title of Book. Place of publication: publisher, date.
Example:
Caldwell, James and Grover Cleveland. A Tale of Two Schools. New
York: Random House, 2001.
"title of article." Name of reference. Year and edition.
Examples:
"Bloom syndrome." The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders.
2002 edition.
Such as a magazine or newspaper.
Last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of magazine, date of
Publication( first 3 letters of month): page #.
(if there is more than one edition of a newspaper indicate the edition before the date)
Example:
Caldwell, James. "Reflections on High School Life." Seventeen
5 Mar 2002: 102-105.
Last name of person interviewed, first name. Personal Interview.
Date of Interview.
Example:
Caldwell, James. Personal Interview. 8 May 2003.
e-mail( or other correspondence
Author. "Title of the message (if any)." E-mail to (person's name).
Date of the message.
Example:
Caldwell, James. "High School Dedication." E-mail to Grover Cleveland.
9 May 2003.
Author(s) last name, first name. “Name of article.” Name of page if
different than name of article. Date of Posting/revision/update.
Name of institution or publisher affiliated with site. Date of
access <URL/address of site>.
Example:
Caldwell, James. “Straighttalk.” Purdue Online, 2002. Purdue
University. 10 May 2003 <www.purdue.edu/handouts/research.html>.
Last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of Publication,
Publication date: page#-page#. Database name. Date of access
<URL of database>.
(please note this is the database address—not
the address of the article, which is printed at the bottom of the page)
Example:
Caldwell, James. "Using Electronic Sources." PC Magazine,
28 April 2001: 133-135. Ebscohost. 20 May 2003
CultureGrams
"Singapore." CultureGrams. Proquest Learning Company, 2005.
Background Notes
U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of South Asian Affairs. Background Notes: Country Name. Washington, D.C: GPO, year. Example:
U.S. Dept. of State. Bureau of South Asian Affairs. Background Notes: Singapore. Washington, D.C: GPO, 2003.
Guide based upon MLA format
Revised February 3, 2005Citation Web Sites
http://www.easybib.com -- the only free bibliography maker on the web-- adheres to MLA
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html -- a reference supplied by OWL
(Online Writing Lab) at Purdue Universityhttp://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm -- Long Island University's color
coded guide to MLA citations
