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Books and Other Non-Periodical Publications (Not Internet or CD-ROM):

Book by a Single Author or Editor (4.6.1):

Wilson, Frank , ed. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. New York: Pantheon, 1998.

Book by Two or Three Authors or Editors (4.6.4):

Rabkin, Eric S., Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, eds. No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1983.

Book by More than Three Authors or Editors (4.6.4):
(et. al means "and others")

Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.

Book by a Corporate Author (4.6.6):
(Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "American")

American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York: Random, 1989.

Novel, play, or biography from an anthology that is a collection of several novels, plays, or biographies (4.6.7):

Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. Black Theater: A Twentieth-Century Collection of the Work of Its Best Playwrights. Ed. Lindsay Patterson. New York: Dodd, 1971. 221-76.

Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from an anthology that is a collection of several authors' works (4.6.7)
Provide the page numbers for the entire piece.

More, Hannah. "The Black Slave Trade: A Poem." British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 472-82.

Single piece from an anthology that is a collection of works by one author (4.6.7)
Provide the page numbers for the entire piece.

Anson, Margaret. "My Mama." Poems. New York: Doubleday, 1989. 11-12.

Previously published article in a collection or anthology (4.6.7)
(Rpt. in means "Reprinted in")

Frye, Northrop. "Literary and Linguistic Scholarship in a Postliterate Age." PMLA 99 (1984): 990- 95. Rpt. in Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays, 1974-88. Ed. Robert D. Denham. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1990. 18-27.

Familiar Dictionary, Encyclopedia, or Reference Book (4.6.8):

"Ginsburg, Ruth Bader." Who's Who in America. 52nd ed. 1998.

"Mandarin." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1994 ed.

"Noon." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.

"Less" Familiar Dictionary, Encyclopedia, or Reference Book (4.6.8):

Allen, Anita L. "Privacy in Health Care." Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T. Reich. Rev. ed. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan-Simon, 1995.

Anonymous Book (4.6.11)
Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "New York."

New York Public Library American History Desk Reference. New York: Macmillan, 1997.

Edition (4.6.12):
A particular version of Shakespeare's Hamlet is an example.

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington Square-Pocket, 1992.

Translation (4.6.13)
Trans. means "Translated by"

Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Viking, 1996.

Republished Book (4.6.17)
Example: Paperback or Permabound book

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. 1972. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Pamphlet (4.6.20)
Treat a pamphlet as your would a book. Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "London."

London. New York: Trip Builder, 1996.

Government Publication (4.6.21)
If known, the name of the document's author may begin the entry. Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "New York."

New York State. Committee on State Prisons. Investigation of the New York State Prisons. New York: Arno, 1974.

Articles and Other Publications in Periodicals or Magazines

Article in a Newspaper (4.7.5) 

Lohr, Steve. "Now Playing: Babes in Cyberspace." New York Times 3 Apr. 1998: C1+.

Article in a Weekly Magazine (4.7.6)

Mehta, Pratap Bhanu. "Exploding Myths." New Republic 6 June 1998: 17-19.

Article in a Monthly Magazine (4.7.6)

Amelar, Sarah. "Restorations on 42nd Street." Architecture Mar. 1998: 146-50.

Book Review (4.7.7)
Rev. of means "review of"

Socha, Thomas J. Rev. of Learning the Rules: The Anatomy of Children's Relationships, by B. J. Bigelow, G. Tesson, and J. H. Lewko. Communication Education 13 Dec. 1998: 91-92.   

Television and Videocassette Sources

Television Program (4.8.1)
Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "Frankenstein."

"Frankenstein: The Making of the Monster." Great Books. Narr. Donald Sutherland. Writ. Eugenie Vink. Dir. Jonathan Ward. Learning Channel. 8 Sept. 1993.

Video Recording (4.8.3)
Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "It's."

It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. 1946. Videocassette. Republic, 1998.   

Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web:

Online Documentation Examples from MLA (off site)

Article on a CD-ROM (4.9.5)
Shortened title for parenthetical reference would be "Albatross."

"Albatross." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. CD-ROM. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1992.

Resources Specific to Teague Junior and Senior High School Library:

Article or Criticism from Gale's TCLC, CLC, NCLC, WLC, Drama, Epics, Poetry, Novels, or Short Stories for Students. (4.6.7)
Rpt. in means "Reprinted in" Previously published article

Roberts, Sheila. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World Literature Written in English 24 (1984): 232-38. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399-402.

Not previously published:

Poupard, Dennis, ed. "Alice in Wonderland." Novels for Students. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 12-24.

Great Writers of the English Language (4.6.7)

Wright , Reggie, et. al. "The War Poets." Great Writers of the English Language: Great Poets. Vol. 13. New York: Cavendish, 1989. 77-100.

Magill's Survey of World Literature (4.6.7)
Look for the article author's name at very end of each section.

Lorenz, Janet. "Jane Austen." Magill's Survey of World Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Vol. 1. New York: Cavendish, 1991. 110-119.

Magill's Survey of American Literature (4.6.7)
Look for the article author's name at very end of each section.

Sullivan, James. "Gary Soto." Magill's Survey of American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Vol. 8. New York: Cavendish, 1994. 2734-2741.

Bloom's Major Poets (4.6.7)
Rpt. in means "Reprinted in"

Previously published article:
Ryals, Clyde de L. "Theme and Symbol in Tennyson's Poems to 1850." Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1964: 123-25. Rpt. in Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea, 1999. 48-49.

Not previously published:
Bloom, Harold, ed. "Thematic Analysis of 'Ulysses'." Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Broomall: Chelsea, 1999. 30-32.

Bloom's Notes (4.6.7)
Rpt. in means "Reprinted in"

Previously published article:
Levine, George. "The Realistic Imagination: English Fiction from Frankenstein to Lady Chatterley." Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1981: 24-26. Rpt. in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea, 1996. 43-46.

Not previously published:
Steinberg, Michael R. "Thematic and Structural Analysis." Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea, 1996. 11-21.

Modern Critical Views (4.6.7)

Weiskel, Thomas. "Blake's Critique of Transcendence." The Romantic Sublime Studies in the Structure and Psychology of Transcendence. Johns Hopkins UP, 1976. Rpt. in William Blake. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea, 1985. 117-32.

Modern Critical Interpretations (4.6.7)

Tischler, Nancy M. "'The Glass Menagerie:' The Revelation of Quiet Truth." Tennessee Williams: Rebellious Puritan. Citatel P, 1961. Rpt. in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea, 1988. 31-41.

Literary Companion Series (4.6.7)
Use "Book Editor" as main editor

Tate, Allen. "Emily Dickinson Ranks Among the World's Greatest Poets." Reactionary Essays on Poetry and Ideas. New York: Scribner, 1936. Rpt. in Readings on Emily Dickinson. Tamara Johnson, et. al. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1997. 62-67.

Critical Cosmos Series (4.6.7)
If the article was originally published under a different title, first state the new title and publication facts, followed by Rpt. of ("Reprint of"), the original title, and the original publication facts.

Hartman, Geoffrey H. "Wordsworth: The Romance of Nature and the Negative Way." English Romantic Poets. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea, 1986. 83-98. Rpt. of "The Romance of Nature and the Negative Way." Wordsworth's Poetry 1787-1814. Ed. John Doe. Princeton: Yale UP, 1964. 1222-27.

Writers of English: Lives and Works Series (4.6.7)

Hamm, Victor M. "Mr. Lewis In Perelandra." Thought 77 (June 1945): 271-276. Rpt. in Classic Science Fiction Writers. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea, 1995. 63-64

Encyclopedia of North American History (4.6.8)

Terjesen, Nancy Conn. "Jim Crow Laws." Encyclopedia of North American History. Ed. John C. Super. 21 vols. New York: Cavendish, 1999.

Colonial America Encyclopedia (4.6.8)

"American Revolutionary War." Colonial America. Ed. D. Thorp, M.D. 10 vols. Danbury: Grolier, 1999.

Encyclopedia of Family Health (4.6.8)

"Multiple sclerosis." Encyclopedia of Family Health. Ed. David B. Jacoby, M.D. 17 vols. New York: Cavendish, 1998.

University of Minnesota Pamphlets (4.6.20)

Unger, Leon. T.S. Eliot. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1961.

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The following book was consulted when preparing this web site:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: MLA, 1999.

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