Notes:

• Guidebook: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.) Ohlone Library call number: circulating books LB2369 .G53 2003, or reference desk LB2369 .G53 2003.
• The words in brackets at the end of each reference are descriptive only. The numbers in brackets refer to the relevant section in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Reseach Papers. The bracketed items should not appear on your bibliography.
• Remember to double space entries and to put them in alphabetical order by author's last name.

Print Articles:

General Format:

Author's Name, Last name first. "Article Title." Name of Periodical volume. issue

     number. [for journals, if each issue is paged separately] Date of periodical: pages.

Examples:

Connolly, Declan A.J. "How Accurate Is Your Training Heart Rate Calculation?"

     Strength and Conditioning Journal 24.5 (2002): 15-20. [journal article --

     volume 24, issue number 5. Note that for journals, date is in parenthesis]  [5.7]

Devaney, Tim, ed. "The Bay Area's Most Sensational Feuds." San Francisco Oct. 2002: 62-75. 

     [magazine article]  [5.7.6]

Martin, Mark, Zachary Coile, and Bob Egelko. "Guilty Plea In Power Crisis." San Francisco

     Chronicle 18 Oct. 2002: A1.[newspaper article]  [5.7.5]

Murphy, Bruce A. "Constitution of the United States." World Book Encyclopedia. 2001 ed. 

     [encyclopedia article]  [5.6.8]

Books:

General Format:

Author's Name, Last name first. Title. Edition (if not first). Place of Publication: Publisher's

     Name, Date of Publication.

Examples:

Elshtain, Jean Bethke. "Society's Well-Being Depends Upon The Traditional Family."

     Opposing Viewpoints: American Values. Ed. Jennifer A. Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven

     Press, 2000. 54-63. [work in an anthology] [5.6.7]

Kozier, Barbara. Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice. 6th ed. Upper

     Saddle River: Prentice Hall Health, 2000. [book with edition other than first]  [5.6.12]

Margolis, Jane, and Alan Fisher. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women In Computing. Cambridge,

     Mass.: MIT Press, 2002. [book with more than one author, listed in the order given on the

     title page]  [5.6.4]

Phillips, Peter, and Project Censored. Censored 2001: 25 Years of Censored News and the Top

     Censored Stories of the Year. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2001. [book with

     corporate author]  [5.6.6]

Electronic Sources:

General Format for Electronic Sources:

Author's Name, Last name first. "Title of the document." Information about print publication.

     Information about electronic publication. Access Information.

Examples:

"3-Year-Old Terrified By Sizzling Fajita Platter." Onion 28 Aug. 2002: 1 par. 25 Oct. 2002

     <http://www.theonion.com/>.[electronic magazine article, 1 paragraph long, accessed

     Oct. 25, 2002.]  [5.9.1]

"City Profile: San Francisco."  CNN.com.  2002.  Cable News Network.  14 May 2002.

     <http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/atevo/city/SanFrancisco/intro.html>.  [web page from CNN Web

     site, authored by Cable News Network, accessed May. 14, 2002.]  [5.9.1]

Michelson, Bruce. Mark Twain On The Loose: A Comic Writer And The American Self. Amherst,

     Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, 1995. netLibrary. 17 Jan. 2003

     <http://www.netLibrary.com>. [electronic book, accessible from HANS (the library catalog)

     or from the library's homepage, accessed Jan.17, 2003.]  [5.9.3] 

Specific Format for Electronic Databases:

Author's Name, Last name first. "Article Title." Periodical Name and date the article originally

     appeared: original page number(s). Database from which the article was retrieved. Database

     Provider. Library where you accessed the article, city and state where library is located.

     Date you accessed the article <URL of database home page>. [see database home page list]

Examples:

"Anne Rice." Contemporary Authors Online. 12 Sept. 2002. Gale Literary Databases. Gale Group.

     Ohlone College Lib., Fremont, CA. 25 Oct. 2002 <http://galenet.gale.com/>. [article from

     Gale's Contemporary Authors online database subscription, accessed Oct. 25, 2002.

     Note that "Anne Rice" is the title of the article, not the author.]  [5.9.7]

"Baseball's Top Ten Memorable Moments." San Francisco Chronicle 24 Oct. 2002: B5. NewsBank.

     InfoWeb.  Ohlone College Lib., Fremont, CA. 25 Oct. 2002. <http://infoweb.newsbank.com/>.

     [article from NewsBank Newspapers online database subscription, accessed Oct. 25, 2002.]

     [5.9.7]

Cowley, Geoffrey. "Clearing the Mental Fog." Newsweek 17 Dec. 2001: 10. Academic Search Premier.

     EBSCOhost. Ohlone College Lib., Fremont, CA. 25 Oct. 2002 <http://search.epnet.com/>. 

     [article from Academic Search Premier online database subscription, accessed Oct. 25, 2002.]

     [5.9.7]

Garvin, Glenn. "The New TV: Sex, Corpses, and Vulgarity." Miami Herald 14 June 2002.

     SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Ohlone College Lib., Fremont, CA. 25 Oct. 2002

     <http://sks.sirs.com/>. [article from SIRS Researcher online database subscription,

     accessed Oct. 25, 2002.]  [5.9.7]

Jost, Kenneth. "Single-Sex Education." CQ Researcher 12 July 2002. CQ Researcher. CQ Press.

     Ohlone College Lib., Fremont, CA. 25 Oct. 2002

     <http://library.cqpress.com/>.   [article from CQ Researcher online database

     subscription, accessed Oct. 25, 2002.]  [5.9.7]

Telhami, Shibley. "A Hidden Cost of War on Iraq." New York Times 7 Oct. 2002: A19.

     LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Ohlone College Lib., Fremont, CA. 25 Oct. 2002.

     <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>.[article from LexisNexis Academic online

     database subscription, accessed Oct. 25, 2002.]  [5.9.7]

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