MLA STYLE

   Each source you use or might use is listed on an index card.  The following is a set of instructions for writing these cards.

 

960

D         Callahan, Patrick.  The Principal Is Your Pal.  Great City: Great School Press,

                        2004.

 

971

D         Callahan, Patrick, Jody Hise, and Lynne West.  Controlled Learning at Knoxville

                        High School.  Volume 2. Knoxville: Great School Press, 2005.

 

972

D         Garrett, Libby, ed. Better Living Through Chemistry.  Knoxville: Basement Press

                        Inc., 2005.

 

            Tate, John. “Back Straight, Feet on the Floor.” Business Digest 1 January 2005:

                        48-49.

 

            Chadderdon, Phil. Browsing Around is Good for the Soul.  Knoxville:  Fronted

                        Press, March 2002.

 

            McKeague, Teresa.  “Victorian England.” Encyclopedia Britannica.  2001 edition.

 

            “Knoxville Goes to State Tournament.”  New York Times 12 March 2005:20.

 

Notes on entries:

 

  1. Book—one author
    1. Call number in upper left-hand corner
    2. Author—last name first
    3. Title (also volume, if needed)
    4. Place of publication (city nearest you)
    5. Publisher
    6. Copyright date (use latest date; do not use reprint date)

 

  1. Book—two or more authors
    1. Same as above except for writing authors’names:  Authors listed in order of appearance in book.  Only first author is listed last name first.

      

  1. Book—editor rather than author
    1. Same as above except editor’s name in place of author’s name as shown

 

  1. Magazine
    1. author (unless article is unsigned)
    2. “Title of article”
    3. Name of magazine
    4. Volume and page numbers as in reader’s guide

 

  1. Pamphlet
    1. author
    2. title of pamphlet
    3. series and number
    4. place of publication
    5. publisher
    6. date of publication (if given)

 

  1. Encyclopedia
    1. same as magazine except publisher

 

  1. Newspaper
    1. author (unless unsigned)
    2. title of article
    3. name of paper
    4. date
    5. page

 

Many large metropolitan papers—especially Sunday editions—are made up in sections that are separately paginated.  For these, section number (or letter) and page number must be given.

 

“Knoxville Goes to State Tournament.” New York Times 17 March 2005: Sec. A: 17.

 

If the name of the paper does not include the name of the city, place it before the newspaper title and underline both.  IF the city is not well-known, give the name of the state in parentheses.

 

If the is included as part of the official paper title, include it in the entry properly capitalized and underlined.  If not, type or write “the” in small letters.

 

The Sunday edition of the San Francisco Examiner included an excellent section on entertainment.

 

I like to read the New York Times.

 

The Podunk Journal has a good section on cartooning.

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