Print Sources - Books, Journals, Magazines & Newspapers, & Reference

Book with one author

Wray, Harry. Japanese and American Education: Attitudes and

Practices. Westport: Bergin, 1999.

Book with two or three authors

Margulis, Lynn, and Karlene V. Schwartz. Five Kingdoms: An

Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth. 3rd ed. New York:

Freeman, 1998.

Book with four or more authors

Mcleary, Joseph Webb, et al. By the Numbers: Using Facts and

Figures to Get Your Projects, Plans, and Ideas Approved. New

York: American Management Association, 2000.

Book with an editor (anthology)

Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

Book with an author and an editor

Toomer, Jean. The Wayward and the Seeking: A Collection of

Writings by Jean Toomer. Ed. Darwin T. Turner. Washington:

Howard UP, 1980.

Book with an edition and series

Hudson, Rex A. Chile: A Country Study. 3rd ed. Area Handbook

Series. Washington: GPO, 1994.

McHaney, Thomas L., ed. The Southern Renaissance. Literary Topics

6. Detroit: Gale, 1992.

Book with a corporate author

Standards Committee of the American Herbal Products Association.

American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety

Handbook Guidelines for the Safe Use and Labeling for Herbs

in Commerce. Boca Raton: CRC, 1997.

Book with no author

The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference. New York:

Prentice Hall, 1993.

Running Press Cyclopedia: The Portable, Visual Encyclopedia. 2nd ed.

Philadelphia: Running, 1995.

Component part within another work edited by another individual

Rilke, Ranier Maria. "Buddha in Glory." The Enlightened Heart: An

Anthology of Sacred Poetry. Ed. Stephen Mitchell. New York:

Harper, 1989. 131-35.

Component part within another work edited by another individual with series

Spindler, Michael. "Consumerism in Death of a Salesman." Readings

on Death of a Salesman. Ed. Thomas Siebold. The Greenhaven

Press Literary Companion to American Literature. San Diego:

Greenhaven, 1999. 58-65.

Encyclopedia or familiar reference book (signed)

Creech, James. "Age of Reason." The World Book Encyclopedia.

2000 ed.

Less familiar reference book article (including more information about the book)

Schiffman, Harvey. "The Skin, Body, and Chemical Senses." Companion

Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Andrew M. Colman. 2 vols. New York:

Routledge, 1994.

Journal article, continuous paging

Verona, Edelyn, Christopher J. Patrick, and Alan R. Lang. "A Direct

Assessment of the Role of State and Trait Negative Emotion in

Aggressive Behavior." Journal of Abnormal Psychology 111 (2002):

247-58.

Journal article, pages each issue separately

Hoffman, John P. "The Community Context of Family Structure and

Adolescent Drug Use." Journal of Marriage and Family 64.2 (2002):

314-30.

Journal article with more than three authors

Boyce, W. Thomas, et al. "Temperament, Tympanum, and Temperature."

Child Development 73 (2002): 718-34.

Magazine article

Rees, Matt. "The Terror That Will Not Quit." Time 1 July 2002: 22-25.

Newspaper article, no author

"Fate of Vivendi Chief Pumps Up Pressure on Other CEOs." Wall Street

Journal 3 July 2002, Eastern ed.: A8+.

Newspaper article, with author

Seelye, Katherine Q. "Bush Proposing Policy Changes on Toxic Sites:

Taxpayers Would Bear Most Clean-up Costs." New York Times.

24 Feb. 2002, late national ed.: A1.

ERIC document

Ferguson, Iyla. Building Background Knowledge to Improve Reading

Comprehension Through the Use of Technology. ERIC (ED 454504).

Unpublished Doctoral dissertation

Domenig, Marc. "Word Manager: A System for the Specification, Use and

Maintenance of Morphological Knowledge." Diss. Universitat Zurich,

1989.

Published Doctoral dissertation

McLennan, Joseph W. F. The Career of Edmund J. Gleazer Jr., and His

Contributions to the Community College Movement. Diss. Northern

Illinois, 1982. Ann Arbor: UMI 1982. 8311313.

Government document

United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of

Justice Statistics. Bureau of Justice Statistics Sourcebook of Criminal

Justice Statistics, 1999. Eds. Ann L. Patore and Kathleen Maguire.

Washington, DC: GPO, 2000.

United States. Census Bureau. "No. 696 Full-Time Wage and Salary

Workers - Number and Earnings: 1985 to 1997." Chart. Statistical

Abstract of the United States: 1998. Washington: GPO, 1998: 436.

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Print Sources:  Literary, Pro-Con Series & other Confusing Print Sources

If you're wondering how to cite some of the library's frequently used but unusual sources, the list below should answer your questions. If a source you are using is not included below, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, fifth edition, or ask your instructor.

MULTIVOLUME WORKS

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Tyler, Anne. "Men Will be Boys." New Republic 2 May 1981:  31-2.

Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean Stine.

Vol. 25.  Detroit:  Gale, 1991.  318.

 

Short Fiction Criticism

Griffin, Joseph. "Later Stories: 1928-1938." The Small Canvas: An

Introduction to Dreiser's Short Stories. Farleigh Dickinson UP,

1985. 111-27.  Rpt. in Short Fiction Criticism.

 Ed. Anna Sheets. Vol. 30. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 151-159.

 

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Friedman, Susan Stanford. "Hilda Doolittle." Victorian Poets after 1950.

Dictionary of Literary Biography 35. Detroit: Gale, 1985.

Masterplots

Moore, Catherine. "Pride and Prejudice [critical evaluation]."

Masterplots.  Ed. Frank Magill. Rev 2nd ed. Vol. 9.

Pasadena:  Salem P, 1996.  5330-5332.

Quoting from Short Stories for Students, Poetry for Students, or Drama for Students

• When citing text not attributed to a particular author, use this format:

"The Death of Ivan Ilych." Short Stories for Students.  Ed. Tim Akers

and Nancy Rosenberger.   Vol. 5.  Detroit:  Gale, 1999. 82-95

• When quoting from an essay written especially for one of these sources, use this
  format:

Korb, Rena. Essay on "Children of the Sea." Short Stories for Students.

Ed. Kathleen Wilson.  Vol. 1. Detroit:  Gale, 1996. 19-20.

• When quoting from an essay that was originally published elsewhere and is
  reprinted in one of these sources:

Renner, Stanley. "The Theme of Hidden Powers: Fate vs. Human

Responsibility in 'Guests of the Nation'." Studies in Short Fiction

27 (1990):  371-77.  Rpt. in Short Stories for Students.

Ed. Tim Akers and Nancy Rosenberger.  Vol. 5.  Detroit:

Gale, 1999. 125-141.

Pro/Con

Annual Editions

Christensen, Thomas. "Chinese Realpolitik." Foreign Affairs Sep/Oct 1996.

Rpt. in Annual Editions: Foreign Policy 98/99.

Ed. Glenn Hastedt.  Guilford: Dushkin, 1998.

Current Controversies

VanDyke, Ray, Martha Ann Stallings, and Kenna Colley. "Mainstreaming Can

be Effective." Current Controversies:  The Disabled. Ed. Barbara Stalcrup.

San Diego:  Greenhaven, 1997.  92-9. Rpt. of "How to Build an Inclusive

School Community: A Success Story."  Phi Delta Kappan Feb. 1995.

Information Plus

Endangered Species: Must They Disappear? The Information Series on

Current Topics. Wylie: Information Plus, 1998.

Taking Sides

Sugarmann, Josh. "Reverse Fire." Mother Jones Jan/Feb 1994. Rpt. in

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Health and

Society.  Ed. Eileen Daniel.  Guilford: Dushkin, 2001.

 Online Sources

Make sure to double-space your works cited per MLA guidelines.  New MLA guidelines allow for the following variations:

MLA offers multiple suggestions for providing the URL of a subscription service such as EBSCO or Gale:

MLA now allows shortened URLs for database addresses.

• EBSCO  -  http://www.epnet.com
• Gale -     http://infotrac.galegroup.com
• InfoTrac- http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com
• E*Subscribe-  http://edrs.com/Logon.cfm?
• JSTOR -    http://jstor.org/search