How to Cite Sources Using MLA
"MLA Style" is an academic style guide used widely by schools, researches and writing professionals. The MLA Style provides the guidelines to properly creating a research document. In order to prevent plagiarizing, MLA includes guidelines to cite other works used while creating a document. The works that were created by other authors are documented in a "Works Cited" page. MLA format requires writers to cite the works in a particular fashion.
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Organize the sources in alphabetical order. Using the first letter in the author's last name, place the sources in alphabetical order prior to beginning the "Works Cited" list. Create a new blank page in your document that will be used as the Works Cited page.
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Cite a book using the MLA style. Enter the name of the author with his last name first. Add a comma after the last name and a period after the first name. Input the title of the book first. Underline the book's title using your word processor. Enter the location of the publishing company, followed by a colon. Type the name of the publishing company and the year of publication. Add "Print" at the end of the citation if the source was a non-electronic book. Altogether, the book should look like this: Last, First. Name of Book. Dallas: Book Publisher, 2011. Print.
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Cite a website using MLA style. Input the author's name as you would citing a book. Type the title of the webpage or article and include quotation marks. Type the name of the website and underline it. Enter the name of the sponsoring organization/publisher followed by a comma, and the date that the site was last updated. Type "n.p." if you cannot find a publisher, and type "n.d." if no date is available. Type the word "Web," along with the date you looked at the website. The final webpage citation should look like: Last, First "Article Name." Website Name. Web Publisher, 15 February 2005. Web. 26 August 2011.
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Cite a periodical article. A newspaper citation should look like this: Last, First. "Newspaper Article." Name of Newspaper 25 June 2011: A2. Print. The newspaper name should be italicized. The "A2" refers to the page that the newspaper article is on. A magazine citation should look like this: Last, First. "Magazine Article." Magazine Title April 2011: 15-30. Print. The magazine title should be italicized, and 15-30 refers to the pages that the article is on within the magazine.
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