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Color-Coded MLA and APA Citation Guidelines:
These guidelines are adapted from
The Norton Field Guide to Writing
, by Richard Bullock.
Documentation
UNDERSTANDING DOCUMENTATION STYLES
MLA Style
APA Style
MLA Style
A DIRECTORY TO MLA STYLE
MLA In-Text Documentation
1. Author named in a signal phrase
2. Author named in parentheses
3. Two or more works by the same author
4. Authors with the same last name
5. After a block quotation
6. Two or more authors
7. Organization or government as author
8. Author unknown
9. Literary works
cit_cit_10. Work in an anthology
11. Sacred text
12. Multivolume work
13. Two or more works cited together
14. Source quoted in another source
15. Work without page numbers
16. An entire work
Notes
MLA List of Works Cited
BOOKS
1. One author
2. Two or more works by the same author(s)
3. Two authors
4. Three authors
5. Four or more authors
6. Organization or government as author
7. Anthology
8. Work(s) in an anthology
9. Author and editor
cit_cit_10. No author or editor
11. Translation
12. Foreword, introduction, preface, or afterword
13. Multivolume work
14. Book in a series
15. Sacred text
16. Edition other than the first
17. Republished work
PERIODICALS
18. Article in a journal paginated by volume
19. Article in a journal paginated by issue
20. Article in a monthly magazine
21. Article in a weekly magazine
22. Article in a daily newspaper
23. Unsigned article
24. Editorial
25. Letter to the editor
26. Review
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
27. Professional Web site
28. Personal Web site
29. Home page for an academic department
30. Online book or part of a book
31. Article in an online periodical or database
32. Document accessed through AOL or other subscription service
33. Email
34. Posting to an electronic forum
35. CD-ROM
OTHER KINDS OF SOURCES
36. Advertisement
37. Art
38. Cartoon
39. Dissertation
40. Film, video, or DVD
41. Interview
42. Letter
43. Map
44. Musical composition
45. Music recording
46. Oral presentation
47. Paper from proceedings of a conference
48. Performance
49. Television or radio program
Sample Research Paper, MLA Style
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