Book, Single Author



Citing Sources in MLACommunication 3940(Revised June 24, 2020, according to MLA 7th Edition)In your bibliography, list all the sources you used for your speech. That is, cite sources that you actually pulled information out of and used in your speech. Start every new citation left flush with following lines indented five spaces or half an inch. Double space between lines, within and between citations. Read the following examples carefully so that you place elements in the right order and that you use the correct punctuation.Book, Single AuthorMorales, Ed. Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America. Los Angeles: LA Weekly Books, 2002.Author’s name, last name first.Book’s name, italicized.City of publisher. If several cities are listed on the title page, use the first one in your citation.Publisher’s name.Copyright year.Two or Three AuthorsSchofield, Janet Ward, and Ann Locke Davidson. Bringing the Internet to School: Lessons from an Urban District. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.First author’s name, last name first, and then the subsequent one or two authors, first name first.The rest of the citation is same as Book, Single Author.More than Three AuthorsBelenky, Mary Field, et al. Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind. New York: Basic, 1986.First author’s name, last name first and then et al. (Latin for “and others”).The rest of the citation is same as Book, Single Author.Anthology or CompilationTompkins, Jane P., ed. Reader-Response Criticism: From Formalism to Post-Structuralism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1980. Name of the editor, last name first, followed by “ed.”The rest of the citation is same as Book, Single Author.A Work in an Anthology or CompilationLucas, Stephen E. "Public Speaking." Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Ed. Thomas O. Sloane. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 640-47. Name of the author.Name of the chapter in quotation marks.Name of the book, italicized.Name of the editor, starting with “Ed.” First name first.City of publication.Publisher.Copyright year.Pages.Weekly Magazine ArticleMorse, Jodie. "Women on a Binge." Time 1 Apr. 2002: 56-61.Author’s name.Name of article and period in quotation marks.Name of publication Italicized, no period.Date of issue, day first, then month, then year. Abbreviate all months except May, June and July.Page range. If the article is on discontinuous pages (i.e. 25, 27, 29 and 40) use the following convention, 25+.Monthly Magazine ArticleRichardson, John H. “Mother from Another Planet.” Premiere May 1992: 62+. The same as the Weekly Magazine Article except there is no day included in date of publication.Notice the page number is followed by the plus sign. This means there are additional, nonsequential pages.Unsigned Magazine Article"Too Many Convicts." Economist 10 Aug. 2002: 9. Since the article is unsigned, no author is included.Signed Newspaper ArticleWilling, Richard. "DNA Testing Fails to Live Up to Potential." USA Today 7 Oct. 2002: A1-A2.This citation is alike in appearance to a signed popular weekly magazine article, except that the page numbers indicate the section of the newspaper.Unsigned Newspaper Article"Blow to Asylum Seekers: Speed Trumps Justice." Miami Herald 1 Sept. 2002: L10.This citation is similar to a signed newspaper article, except the entry begins with the name of the article.Personal InterviewRivera, Diego. Personal interview. 21 Mar. 2003.Personal interviews include the name of the interviewee, with his or her last name first.After the name of the interviewee comes the words Personal interview.At the end, put the day, month and year of the interview.Scholarly JournalsYou may at times be confused by a source because it not only has a date like Aug. 10, 2002, but it will also have an issue number or a volume and issue number included. Many popular magazines like Time, People, Maxim and Cosmopolitan will have both types of notation, so which do you use and how do you know when to use a date over a volume and issue number?Scholarly journals typically are published quarterly, or once every three months. Popular magazines typically are published weekly or monthly.Scholarly Journal Article Identified by Issue Numbers OnlyDowning, Joe, and Cecile Garmon. "Teaching Students in the Basic Course How to Use Presentation Software." Communication Education 50 (2001): 218-29.Author or authors. Name of the article.Name of the journal.Issue number and year in parentheses.Page range of article.Scholarly Journal Article Identified by Volume and Issue NumbersWeaver, Alicia A. "Determinants of Environmental Attitudes: A Five-Country Comparison." International Journal of Sociology 32.1 (2002): 77-108.Reference WorksAll kinds of reference works exist, but the most common are encyclopedias.Signed Article in an Encyclopedia or Reference WorkHarmon, William. “T.S. Eliot.” The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book,1992.Author’s name, last name first.Name of the article.Name of the reference work, such as an encyclopedia, almanac or dictionary.City of publisher.Publisher.Copyright year.Unsigned Article in an Encyclopedia or Reference Work"Dove, Rita Frances." Who's Who Among African Americans. 15th ed. New York: Gale Research, 2002.Name of the article.Name of the reference work, such as an encyclopedia, almanac or dictionary.Edition, if any.City of publisher.Publisher.Copyright year.Documents Accessed from GALILEONewspaper example:Johnston, David, and Neil A. Lewis. “Defending Spy Program, Administration Cites Law.” The New York Times 22 Dec. 2005: A20. GALILEO. 3 Jan. 2006.Names of authors.Title of article in quotation marks.Name of the publication in italics and no periodDate of publication: day month (abbreviated) year followed by a colonSection and pageName of the virtual library in italicsDate of retrievalOnline News example:Riechmann, Deb. “Bush Calls Domestic Spying Program Essential; Senators Support Hearings on Secret Order.” Associated Press Worldstream 2 Jan. 2006: n. pag. GALILEO. 3 Jan. 2006. When a news source is completely online, like here, no pages exist, so after the date of publication you put n. pag., meaning no pages. The publication would be the Associated Press Worldstream.Magazine example:Jackson, James O., and Tamala M. Edwards. “Silencing the Guns.” Time 16 Oct. 1995: 84+. GALILEO. 13 Dec. 2004.This is of the same form as the Newspaper example.Notice the page number, 84+. The plus sign means the article begins on page 84 with additional nonsequential pages.Journal example:Weaver, Alicia A. "Determinants of Environmental Attitudes: A Five-Country Comparison." International Journal of Sociology 32.1 (2002): 77-108. GALILEO. 13 Dec. 2004.The journal entry is different from the magazine example in that instead of a date of publication, there is a volume (32), issue number (1) and year. Notice the period between the volume and issue number and that the year is enclosed in parentheses.Article in the Encyclopedia Britannica:"Mosul." Britannica Academic, 2006. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 5 Mar. 2016.The name of the article in the Britannica Academic comes first. If there is an author given for the article, then the author comes first.Next comes the name of the publication, Britannica Academic.Then comes the copyright year.Then comes the database name, followed by the date of access.Article in the Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia:"Venice." Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, 2015. Ebsco. 11 Feb. 2016.Notice the similarities with the Britannica entry.The name of the database is Ebsco. Article in the Salem Press Encyclopedia:Auerbach, Michael. "Aerospace Engineer." Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2013. Research Starters. 3 Mar. 2016.Notice the similarities with the Britannica and Funk and Wagnalls entries.An Online Fact Sheet or Brochure:2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011. Consumer Health Complete. 3 Mar. 2016.Film example:Violence and Television: George Gerbner. New York: Films Media Group, 2008. Media Researchers Series, with Cindy Lont and Susan Kehoe. EBSCOhost. 30 Mar. 2017.Electronic Books Accessed through GALILEOLankford, George E. Native American Legends of the Southeast: Tales From the Natchez, Caddo, Biloxi, Chickasaw, and Other Nations. 5th ed. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2011. ProQuest ebrary. 11 Feb. 2016. Notice the similarities with how books in print form are cited. Notice that the database and date of access are added.Dorsey, George A. The Mythology of the Wichita. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. eBook Collection. 11 Feb. 2016. Notice the similarities with how books in print form are cited. Notice that the database and date of access are added.Documents Accessed from the Gale Virtual Reference Library"The Day the Music Died." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 6: 1950-1959. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 37. Gale Virtual Reference Library. 24 Aug. 2015.This entry is an example of a chapter from a book found in the Gale Virtual Reference Library. See the Anthology or Compilation example above to make comparisons.No author is listed, so this entry begins with the chapter called “The Day the Music Died.”Next comes the name of the book, followed by the name of the book’s editor. Notice the words et al. This is Latin for “and others.” You use et al. when you have more than three authors or editors.This is a multivolume work, so the volume number and name is given. Then comes the city of the publishing house and the name of the publisher and the copyright.After the copyright, a page number is given, followed by the database and date of access.Documents Accessed from the New Georgia EncyclopediaRoady, Jennifer. "Julian Bond (1940-2015)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 17 Aug. 2015. 23 Aug. 2015.This entry is for an article by a signed author in the New Georgia Encyclopedia that was written on Aug. 17, 2015 and accessed Aug. 23, 2015.Documents Accessed from Newsbank/Access World News"Ice Crisis a Drug Plague of Horrific Proportions." The Courier Mail 24 Aug. 2015: News 20. NewsBank. 24 Aug. 2015.This is an unsigned article in The Courier Mail newspaper.It was published on Aug. 24, 2015, in the News section of the paper on page 20. It is followed by the name of the database and then the date of access.Documents Accessed from Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers"Democratic Ideas of Free Suffrage." Fayetteville Observer 24 May 1828: n.p. 19th Century U.S. Newspapers. 24 Aug. 2015.This is an unsigned article published by the Fayetteville Observer on May 24, 1828.The date of publication is followed by n.p. or n. pag., which indicate no page was given.The database is 19th Century U.S. Newspapers and it is followed by the day the article was accessed.Documents Accessed from Digital Commons NetworkTitus, Jill Ogline. "A Half Century Later, We Need the Voting Rights Act More Than Ever." PennLive: The Patriot News 18 Aug. 2015. Digital Commons Network. 24 Aug. 2015.This is an article written by Jill Ogline Titus in an online news source called PennLive: The Patriot News.It was published on Aug. 18, 2015, but since it is an online source, there are no pages.The database and date of access end the entry. ................
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