【正文】 sage (if any) Email to person39。 The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers provides extensive examples covering a wide variety of potential sources in chapter six. If your particular case is not covered here, use the basic forms to determine the correct format, consult the MLA Handbook, visit the links in our additional resources section, talk to your instructor, or call the Writing Lab (7654943723) for help.If no author is given for a web page or electronic source, start with and alphabetize by the title of the piece and use a shortened version of the title for parenthetical citations.A web siteAuthor(s). Name of Page. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site. Date of Access electronic address. It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available at one date may no longer be available later. Be sure to include the plete address for the site. Also, note the use of angled brackets around the electronic address。 the WPA With/Through Postmodern Mapping. Rose and Weiser 153167. Rose, Shirley K, and Irwin Weiser, eds. The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999. Article from a reference bookJamaica. Encyclopedia Britannica. 1999 ed. An article in a periodical (such as a newspaper or magazine) Author(s). Title of Article. Title of Source Day Month Year: pages. When citing the date, list day before month。s name, the title of the essay, the editor39。s name. Use quotation marks and underlining as appropriate. For example, parenthetical citations of the two sources above would appear as follows: (Encyclopedia 235) and (Cigarette A17). Anthology or collectionPeterson, Nancy J., ed. Toni Morrison: Critical and Theoretical Approaches. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. A part of a book (such as an essay in a collection) Author(s). Title of Article. Title of Collection. Ed. Editor39。s name, use three hyphens and a period for the author39。Underline or italicize titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and films. s name for every entry after the first. names are inverted (last name first)。 you should select one or the other to use throughout your essay. Begin your works cited list on a separate page from the text of the essay under the label Works Cited (with no quotation marks, underlining, etc.), which should be centered at the top of the page.
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In your first parenthetical citation, you want to make clear which Bible you39。s door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there。 first initials (or even her or his full name if different authors share initials) in your citation. If you cite more than one work by a particular author, include a shortened title for the particular work from which you are quoting to distinguish it from the other works by that same person.For example:Two authors with the same last name: Although some medical ethicists claim that cloning will lead to designer children (R. Miller 12), others note that the advantages for medical research outweigh this consideration (A. Miller 46).Two works by the same author:Lightenor has argued that puters are not useful tools for small children (Too Soon 38), though he has acknowledged that early exposure to puter games does lead to better small motor skill development in a child39。s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation is taken must appear in the text, and a plete reference should appear in your works cited list (see Your Works Cited Page, below). The author39。s idea, either through paraphrasing or quoting them directly, you:Label the works cited list Works Cited (do not underline the words Works Cited nor put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page. Provide a doublespaced entry in the top left corner of the first page that lists your name, your instructor39。Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper righthand corner, onehalf inch from the top and flush with the right margin. A Note on Notes Basic Paper Format The preparation of manuscripts in MLA style is covered in chapter four of the MLA Style Manual, as well as in chapter three of the Handbook for Writing Research Papers. Here are some basic guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style. For additional help with formatting a document in MLA style, see our additional resources section. General GuidelinesYour Works Cited List (and Examples) Using Modern Language Association (MLA) FormatMLA style also specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing and also provides a writers with a system for crossreferencing their sourcesfrom their parenthetical references to their works cited page. This crossreferencing system allows readers to locate the publication information of source material. This is of great value for researchers who may want to locate your sources for their own research projects. The proper use of MLA style also shows the credibility of writers。Making Reference to the Works of Others in Your Text Other Types of Sources Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides. Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested. Begin your works cited list on a separate page from the text of the essay.
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