MLA Style
Young Harris College
Prepared by staff at Duckworth Library. Based on MLA Handbook, 6 th ed., 2003, and Trimmer, Joseph F. Guide to MLA Documentation, 6 th ed., 2004.
Books (if you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available):
- Author’s last name, first name, and second author’s first name, last name. Book title. Editor, translator,
- compiler. Edition. Number of volumes. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.
If there are more than 3 authors, you may name only the first and add et al.
Example:
- Gilman, Sander, and Sidney Greenbaum. Life beyond Freud. Ed. Denton Fox. 3 rd ed. 2 vols. New York:
- Plymouth UP, 1990.
Entry in an encyclopedia:
“Treat an encyclopedia article or a dictionary entry as you would a piece in a collection (MLA paragraph #5.6.7) but do not list the editor of the work. If the encyclopedia or dictionary arranges articles alphabetically, you may omit volume and page numbers. When citing familiar reference books, list only the edition (if stated) and the year of publication.” (MLA, p.158)
Example:
- Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15 th ed.
- 1987.
Electronic books (if you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available)
- Author’s last name, first name, second author’s first name, last name. Book title. Editor, translator,
- compiler. Edition. Number of volumes. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication for original print version. Title of Internet site, editor of site, version number, date of electronic publication. Name of library, Place of access. Date of access and URL for book
Example:
- Gilman, Sander, and Sidney Greenbaum. Life beyond Freud. Ed. Denton Fox. 3 rd ed. 2 vols. New York:
- Plymouth UP, 1990. netLibrary. Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA. 14 Nov. 2004 <http://www.netlibrary.com>
Electronic newspaper/magazine article from library databases:
- Author’s last name, first name, second author’s first name, last name. “Article Title.” Magazine Title date of
- publication: inclusive pages. Name of database. Name of service. Name of library, Place. Date of access. URL of site’s search page
Example:
- Rubenking, Neil J. “MSN Search Prepares to Battle Google.” PC Magazine, 12/28/2004: 41. Academic
- Search Premier. EBSCO via GALILEO. Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA. 04 Jan. 2005 <http://www.galileo.usg.edu>
Note: EBSCO, ProQuest, and Lexis-Nexis databases are provided to YHC through GALILEO .
EX : Research Library. Proquest via GALILEO
Lexis-Nexis. GALILEO
Electronic scholarly journal* article from library databases:
*Scholarly journals are usually “peer reviewed” or “referreed”
- Author’s last name, first name, second author’s first name, last name. “Article Title.” Journal Title volume or
- issue (date of publication): inclusive pages. Name of database. Name of service. Name of library, Place. Date of access. URL of site’s search page
Example:
- Trimmel, M., et. al., “Stress Response Caused by System Response Time when Searching for Information
- on the Internet.” Human Factors 45.4 (Winter 2003): 615-21. WilsonWeb H.W. Wilson. Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA. 04 Jan. 2005 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com>
Web site:
- Author’s last name, first name, second author’s first name, last name. Title of site. Editor. Version number.
- Date of electronic publication or latest update. Name of sponsoring institution or organization. Date of access and URL
Example:
- Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project at Young Harris College . 19 March 2004. Young Harris College.
- 04 Jan. 2005 <http://www.vietnamvetstory.org>
For more detailed information see rule 5.9.1 of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6 th ed. New York: Modern Language Assoc., 2003.
Last updated on
June 14, 2006 12:45 PM