How To Do A Bibliography*
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*MLA Style
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- Do not number your sources - list them alphabetically.
- Indent 5 spaces starting with the second line.
- Underline (or place in italics) titles of books, magazines, encyclopedias, or websites or computer programs.
- Put quotation marks around titles of articles from magazines, newspapers, or encyclopedias.
Basic Pattern for a book with one author:
Book With One Author
McCaffery, Dan. Battlefields in the Air. Toronto: James Lorimer & Sons, 1995.
Book with more than one author
Targ, Harry R. and Brill, Marlene Targ. Honduras. Chicago: Children's Press, 1995.
Book with an editor (no author)
Blum, Stella, ed. Everyday Fashions of the Thirties. New York: Dover Publications, 1986.
Encyclopedia - with author of article
Parascenzo, Marino O. "Golf." World Book Encyclopedia, 1995, vol. 8, p. 260-267.
Encyclopedia - if there is no author of article
"Hypothyroidism." Encyclopedia Britannica, 1990, vol. 6, p. 205.
Periodical (Magazine) - with author of article
Kaihla, Paul. "The People Smugglers." Maclean's vol. 109 (April 29, 1996), p.16-20.
Periodical (Magazine) - if there is no author of article
"Neighborhoods Reborn." Consumer Reports vol. 61 (May, 1996), p. 24-28.
Online Databases (e.g. from the Internet)
Brown, Mitchell. Granville T. Woods: Inventor (1996) : Online. Louisiana State Univ. Internet.
Available: www.lib.edu/lib/chem/display/woods.html
CD-ROMS and Other Software
Butler, Frank. "Basketball." The Canadian Encyclopedia Plus. CD-ROM. 1996.
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