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Duanesburg
High School
Style Sheet
(based on MLA Format)
While
there are many standard formats for bibliographic citations, Duanesburg
Central School expects students to use citations based on the MLA format.
Below are
example citations that are based on the MLA format.
Further
information and detail is available from: Gibaldi, Joseph. The MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th edition, New
York: Modern Language Association, 1999 available in our library (R 808.02
GIB).
(Remember:
The MLA Handbook is over 300 pages. This sample page condenses and
simplifies MLA format for quick reference. It has been adapted for DCS
students’ specific course needs.)
GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEVELOPING
A WORKS CITED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
A bibliography
is a list of the sources that relate in some way to your topic or to
your paper. A Works Cited bibliography includes only those sources you
actually cited in your paper. Other types of bibliographies include:
Annotated Bibliography, Works Consulted, and Selected Bibliography. An
Annotated Bibliography includes a brief description or summary of the
cited work.
A Works Cited
bibliography is placed at the end of your paper.
Center your title,
Works Cited, on the page about an inch from the top. Double space
between the title and your first entry.
Begin each
entry at the left margin of your paper. Each additional line of the same
entry should be indented about ½". This would be about 5 spaces on a
typewriter, or a single tab on a word processor.
A Works
Cited bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order according to the
first word in each entry.
If the
first word of an entry is part of a title, ignore unimportant words such
as: a an the.
If the
first word of an entry is an author’s name, make sure it is listed last
name first (Last name, First name.)
Unless
otherwise indicated, all dates should be in the following format: Day
Month Year. Months may be abbreviated.
Double
space within each entry. Double space between entries. Single space after
any punctuation marks.
Do not
number your entries.
If you
can’t find some of the required information, cite what information you
are able to locate. Leave out the part of the citation that you can not
locate and continue to follow the basic format.
SAMPLE
WORKS CITED ENTRIES
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BOOKS |
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Basic
Format: Author.
Title. Place: Publisher, Date. |
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One
author |
Jones, Alan R. The
Life and Opinions of Thomas Ernest
Hulme. Boston: Beacon Press,
1990.
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Two
or more authors |
Brockway, Wallace,
Herbert Weinstock and Marshall
Adams. The World of Opera. New York:
Pantheon
Books, 1989.
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More
than three authors |
Smith, Joseph, et
al. Joining Hands. New York:
Doubleday, 1986.
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No
author |
Webster’s
Biographical Dictionary.
New York: G. & C.
Merriam Co., 1991.
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Editor |
Weiser, Marjorie ,
ed. Ethnic America. New York: H. W.
Wilson, 1978.
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An
anthology |
Milton, John. The
Portable Milton, ed. Douglas Bush.
The Viking Portable Library. New York:
Viking
Press, 1979.
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One
work from a collection or anthology |
Housman, A. E.
"How I Write a Poem." Essays for Study.
Eds. Maurice Baudin, Jr. and Karl G.
Pfeiffer. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 404-5.
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Works
of more than one volume (not an encyclopedia) |
Gibbon, Edward. Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire.
3 vols. New York: Modern Library, n.d.
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Two
or more books by the same author |
Naylor, Phyllis
Reynolds. Sang Spell. New York:
Atheneum, 1998.
- - -. Shiloh.
New York: Atheneum, 1991. |
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Signed
article from an encyclopedia (or other familiar reference sources) |
Grey, Francis T.
"Emily Dickinson." The Encyclopedia
Britannica. 1989 ed.
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Unsigned
article from an encyclopedia (or other familiar reference sources) |
"Ethical
Culture." Academic American Encyclopedia.
1997 ed.
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PERIODICALS
(Print)
(for
periodical articles obtained online, see: Electronic Sources) |
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Basic
Format: Author.
"Title of Article." Name of Periodical. Day Month
Year: pages used. |
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Signed
magazine article |
Kane, Will.
"Dickinson’s Lost Love." Newsweek.
14 February 1967: 34-7.
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Unsigned
magazine article |
"New Life for
Emily." Time. 4 January 1963: 62. |
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Signed
newspaper article |
Fiske, Edward B.
"Dickinson to Wed Mystery Man."
New York Times. 7 May 1968: A49.
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Unsigned
newspaper article |
"Maya Angelou
to Give Inaugural Poem." New York
Times. 14 May 1968: C38.
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ELECTRONIC
SOURCES
(If you
can’t find some of the information required, cite what information
you are able to locate.) |
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Internet
source |
Author. Title of
Site. Day Month Year Posted.
Name of Associated Organization. Day
Month Year of Access. <complete online
address>.
Leclerc, Michael. Loyalist
Settlers of Atlantic Canada.
New England Historic Genealogical Society.
10 February 2003. <http://www.newenglandancestors.org>. |
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Online
magazine article |
Author. "Title
of Article." Title of Magazine.
Day Month Year of Publication. Name
of Database. Day Month Year of Access.
<online address of database>.
Stevens, Morgan.
"High-Speed Modems." XYZ
Magazine. EBSCO MasterfileSelect.
10February 2003.
<http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?group=empire>. |
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Online
database (including encyclopedias) |
Author. "Title
of Article or Part." Title of Original
Source. Day Month Year of
Original Source
or Date Posted Online. Name of Database
with
Provider. Access or File Numbers. Day Month
Year of Access. <complete online
address>.
(Note: The title of the
original source could be the title of a magazine or the title of the
book under which the original source is found.)
"Abolitionists."
Funk and Wagnalls New World
Encyclopedia. 2002. EBSCO
MasterfileSelect.
AB007600.12 Mar 2003. <http://search.com>. |
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E-mail |
Author.
"Subject." E-mail to Name. Day Month
Year.
(Note: Do not record an e-mail address for privacy reasons.)
Berbach, Laurel.
"Note Concerning Research on
Hemingway." E-mail to Michael Jones.
11 Mar
2003. |
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CD-ROM
source/encyclopedia |
Author. "Title
of Article." Title of CD-ROM. CD-ROM.
Place: Publisher, Date.
"Africa."
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia forMacintosh.
CD-ROM. Danbury, CT: Grolier Interactive,
1997. |
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Video
or film recording |
Title.
Written, Directed, Produced or Performed by
Name. Studio or Distributor Name. Year of
Release.
Pyramid.
Hosted by David Macaulay. PBS Home Video.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., 1995. |
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Sound
recording |
Author Composer
Conductor and/or Performer. Title.
Type of Medium. Place Produced: Producing
Company, Day Month Year Produced. Length.
Henry, O. The
Gift of the Magi. Audiocassette. San
Francisco: Jabberwocky, 1980. 30 min. |
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Television
or radio program |
"Title of
Segment." Title of Program. Series Title.
Name of Network. CALL Letters, City.
Broadcast
Day Month Year.
"The
Grapevine." A Special Report with Brit Hume. Fox
News Channel. FXNWS. 18 Mar 2003. |
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Online
image
(Cartoon,
map, painting, photo, etc.) |
Author. "Name
of Image." Type of Image. Name of
Website. Day Month Year Posted.
Day Month
Year Accessed. <complete online
address>.
"Clara
Barton." Picture. Women’s History Museum on
Wheels. 1 Nov 2000. 11 Mar 2003
<http://www.geocities.com>. |
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OTHER SOURCES |
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Pamphlet |
Author. Title.
Place of Publication: Publisher, Day
Month Year of Publication.
Thurheimer, David
C. Landmarks of the Revolution in
New York State. Albany, NY: New
York State
American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission,
1976. |
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Interview |
Name of Person
Interviewed. Title of Person
interviewed. Company or Organization.
Personal
Interview. Day Month Year of Interview.
Berbach, Laurel..
Library Media Specialist. Duanesburg
Central School. Personal Interview. 9 Mar
2003. |
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ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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Example |
Pyramid.
Hosted by David Macaulay. PBS Home Video.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., 1995.
Based on
David Macaulay’s book, this video provides
an
overview of the history, archaeology and
religion of
Ancient Egypt.
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