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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Documentation |
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Introduction
Print Citation
Online Citation
Sample Bibliography |
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How to Cite
Online
Sources
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This information is based on A
Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker (4th Edition, 1999) |
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Citations from databases accessed
through the St. Mark's Library page should include (give as many of the
following
elements that apply and are available): |
- Author's name
- Article title
- Periodical title
- Publication data
- Database name (if applicable)
- Online service name (LexisNexis, InfoTrac,
ProQuest, etc.)
- Name of library, school, city, state where
accessed
- Retrieval date
- URL
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You should type each
element of your citation in the exact order as it is listed above. |
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Samples:
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Article from World Book Online |
Primack, Joel R. "Hawking,
Stephen William." World Book. World Book Online
Reference Center. Green Library, St. Mark's School of Texas,
Dallas, TX. 6 Feb. 2004 <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
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Newspaper article from ProQuest Historical Newspapers |
Wilford, John Noble. "Telescope
Is Orbited After a Tense Delay." New York Times
26 Apr. 1990: A1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York
Times.
Green Library, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX.
8 Feb. 2004 <http://www.bigchalk.com/proquesthistnyt>.
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Journal article from JSTOR |
Hooker, Clifford A. "The
Relational Doctrines of Space and Time." The British
Journal
for the Philosophy of Science 22.2 (1971): 97-130. JSTOR.
Green Library,
St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX. 6 Feb. 2004 <www.jstor.org>.
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Citations from personal or professional web
sites should include (give as many of the following elements that apply
and are
available): |
- Name of author of the short work
- Title of the short work, in quotation marks
- Name of the
web site author or corporate author (if known)
- Title of the
site, underlined
- Names of any
editors
- Date of
publication or last update
- Name of
sponsoring organization (if not named as the author or given as the title of
the site)
- Date of
access
- URL
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You should type each
element of your citation in the exact order as it is listed above. |
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Samples:
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Personal or Professional Web Site |
National Geographic Online. 2004. National Geographic Society. 9 Feb. 2004
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html>.
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Article from a Personal or Professional Web
Site |
Watanabe, Susan. "Lord of the Rings."
NASA. 5 Feb. 2004. 6 Feb. 2004
<http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/lord_of_the_rings.html>.
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