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 * Bibliography - How to** (according to the //Modern Language Association//, MLA [] )

1. Title at top is //Bibliography//. Just regular sized 12 Times New Roman, centered, and italicized.

2. Should be on its own page, 1.5 spaced.

3. Alphabetize the entries in your list by the author's last name, using the letter-by-letter system (ignore spaces and other punctuation.) If the author's name is unknown, alphabetize by the title, ignoring any //A, An//, or //The//.

4. For dates, spell out the names of months in the text of your paper, but abbreviate them in the list of works cited, except for May, June, and July. Use either the day-month-year style (22 July 1999) or the month-day-year style (July 22, 1999) and be consistent. With the month-day-year style, be sure to add a comma after the year unless another punctuation mark goes there.

5. //Hanging Indentation:// All MLA citations should use hanging indents, that is, the first line of an entry should be flush left, and the second and subsequent lines should be indented 1/2".

**Format Examples**

**//Books//**
Author's last name, first name. //Book title//. Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company, publication date.  Allen, Thomas B. //Vanishing Wildlife of North America//. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1974. Boorstin, Daniel J. //The Creators: A History of the Heroes of the Imagination//. New York: Random, 1992. Hall, Donald, ed. //The Oxford Book of American Literacy Anecdotes//. New York: Oxford UP, 1981. Searles, Baird, and Martin Last. //A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction//. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1979. Toomer, Jean. //Cane//. Ed. Darwin T. Turner. New York: Norton, 1988. ===**//Encyclopedia & Dictionary//** === Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." //Title of Encyclopedia//. Date.
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Note: If the dictionary or encyclopedia arranges articles alphabetically, you may omit volume and page numbers.  "Azimuthal Equidistant Projection." //Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary//. 10th ed. 1993. Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. "Falcon and Falconry." //World Book Encyclopedia//. 1980. Tobias, Richard. "Thurber, James." //Encyclopedia Americana//. 1991 ed. ===**//Magazine & Newspaper Articles//** === Author's last name, first name. "Article title." //Periodical title// Volume # Date: inclusive pages.
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Note: If an edition is named on the masthead, add a comma after the date and specify the edition.  Hall, Trish. "IQ Scores Are Up, and Psychologists Wonder Why." //New York Times// 24 Feb. 1998, late ed.: F1+. Kalette, Denise. "California Town Counts Down to Big Quake." //USA Today// 9 21 July 1986: sec. A: 1. Kanfer, Stefan. "Heard Any Good Books Lately?" //Time// 113 21 July 1986: 71-72. Trillin, Calvin. "Culture Shopping." //New Yorker// 15 Feb. 1993: 48-51. ===**//Website or Webpage//** === Author's last name, first name (if available). "Title of work within a project or database." //Title of site, project, or database//. Editor (if available). Electronic publication information (Date of publication or of the latest update, and name of any sponsoring institution or organization). Date of access and .
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Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.  Devitt, Terry. "Lightning injures four at music festival." //The Why? Files//. 2 Aug. 2001. 23 Jan. 2002 . Dove, Rita. "Lady Freedom among Us." //The Electronic Text Center//. Ed. David Seaman. 1998. Alderman Lib., U of Virginia. 19 June 1998 . Lancashire, Ian. Homepage. 28 Mar. 2002. 15 May 2002 . Levy, Steven. "Great Minds, Great Ideas." //Newsweek// 27 May 2002. 10 June 2002 <http://www.msnbc.com/news/754336.asp>.
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