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Bibliographic Guide

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Joyce Kasman Valenza's MLA Bibliographic Style: A Brief Guide

University of Cincinnati How to Cite An Image

Bibliographic Help Sites

Print Sources  Electronic Sources    Internet Sources     Recorded Music     Images

The teachers at Jefferson Forest recommend MLA (Modern Language Association) style for bibliographic citations.  Below are some examples of the correct way to cite your papers.

Print Sources

Book with 1 author:

1. Author.

2. Title of book.

3. City of Publication:

4. Publisher, date of publication.

 Cohen, Daniel. America’s Very Own Ghosts.  New York: Doubleday, 1985.

Book with 2 authors: 

1. Authors (in order given in book)

2. Title of book.

3. City of Publication:

4. Publisher, date of publication.

 Smith, Elizabeth, and David Wright.  Rocks and Minerals.  Chicago: Macmillan,

1995.

Encyclopedia & other reference books:

1.       Author of article (if available).

2.       “Title of article.”

3.       Title of book, edition.

4.       Volume of book.

5.       City of Publication:

6.       Publisher, date of publication.

Bollinger, Paul P.  “Airport.” World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 1.  Chicago: World

Book, 2002. 

“France.”  Academic American Encyclopedia. Vol. 5.  Danbury, CN: Grolier. 1998.

Article in a periodical:

1.       Author (if available).

2.       “Title of article.”

3.       Periodical title. (underlined) date: page(s).

Haverkamp, Beth.  “Bad Women and Bandit Queens.” Women May 1996: 20-22.

“N.F.L. Training Camp Report” The New York Times 21 August 1996: 56-60.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Encyclopedia & Publications on CD-ROM:

1. Author (if available)

2. “Title of article.”

3. Title of product

4. Edition or version (if relevant)

5. CD-ROM

6. City of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

Cashman, Katharine V. “Volcano.”  World Book

Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book Inc., 1999.

“Japan.” Cartopedia. CD-ROM. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.

Solnick, Bruce B. “Columbus, Christopher.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1994

ed. CD-ROM. Danbury, CT: Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1992.

Leicester, Henry M. “Chemistry.” Microsoft Encarta.

1998 ed. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 1998.

INTERNET SOURCES

World Wide Web:

1. Editor, Author (if known)

2. “Title of article.”

3. copyright date of the site.

4. Title of complete work (if relevant)

5. Name of institution/organization (sponsor or publisher of the site).

6. Medium of publication (Web.)

7. Date of your visit to site.

8. <full http address>. (enclosed in brackets)

 "MLA 2009 Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications)." The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U,  
           2008. Web. 23 April 2008. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/>.
 

  Norton, R.J. “An Overview of John Wilkes Booth’s Assassination of President

Abraham Lincoln.” Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination. Web. 28 November 1999.
         <http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln75.html>.

Encyclopedia from an online service:

1. Author (if shown)

2. “Title of the article.”

3. Name of encyclopedia.

4. Name of publisher, date of publication

5. Date of your visit to site

6. Name of the online service you used.

  “Animal Rights.” Compton’s Living Encyclopedia.  Compton's Learning Company,

1996, 22 August 1999 America Online.

Ketcham, Ralph. “Franklin, Benjamin.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier

Interactive Inc., 10 September 1999 Nesbe Cable.

Boritt, Gabor S. “Civil War.” World Book Online.  2009 World Book, Inc. Web. 10 September 2009.

<http://www.worldbookonline.com/na/ar/fs/ar117060.htm>.

Recorded Music 

Entire Album:  

1. Artist or group name. (individual artists are listed last name first)
2. Album name.
3. Label,
4. Year.

Foo Fighters. In Your Honor. RCA, 2005.

Waits, Tom. Blue Valentine. 1978. Elektra/Wea, 1990.

Individual Songs

1. Artist or group name. (individual artists are listed last name first)
2. “Song".
3. Album name.
4. Label,
5. Year.

Kelley, Josh. "Amazing." For the Ride Home. Hollywood Records, 2005.
 

Images

1.  Artist name
2.  Title of the work
3.  Date is was created
4.  Repository, museum, or owner
5.  City or Country of origin
6.  Dimensions of the work
7.  Material or medium such as oil on canvas, marble, found objects

If you found the image in a book you will need the author, title, publisher information, date, and page, figure or plate number of the reproduction

If you found the image online you will need an access date, the web site address (URL) and in some cases an image ID number.

Examples

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