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Research Sources & Tips
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MLA Style: (note: Examples below are based on the 2009 MLA update.)
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| Howard, Brett. Boston, a Social History. New York: Hawthorn, | |||||||||
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| Two or three authors Gilbert, Sandra M. and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the |
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| Attic: the Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination. New Haven: Yale UP, 1979. | |||||||||
| Editor or compiler as author Monson, Ingrid, ed. The African Diaspora: a Musical Perspective |
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| . New York: Garland, 2000. | |||||||||
| Article or chapter in a book Le Patourel, John. “Normans and Normandy.” Dictionary of the |
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| Middle Ages. Ed. Joseph Strayer. New York: Scribner’s, 1987. 251-73. | |||||||||
PERIODICALS |
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| Example Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Volume |
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| (Year): Pages. Medium (Print or Web). | |||||||||
| Article in a scholarly journal paginated by volume Wawrytko, Sandra. "Buddhism: Philosophy Beyond Gender." |
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| Journal of Chinese Philosophy 36 (2009): 293-312. Print. | |||||||||
| Article in a scholarly journal paginated by issue Kokai, Jennifer. "Molding a Heroine: Patience Wright and |
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| Transatlantic Notions of American Female Patriotism." Journal of American Drama and Theater 21.2 (2009):49-66. Print. | |||||||||
| Entire issue or special section of a journal Perret, Delphine, ed. Maryse Conde. Spec. issue of Callaloo |
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| 18.3 (1995): 535-711. Print. | |||||||||
| Article in a popular magazine Lacayo, Richard. “Kids are Us!” Time 23 Sept. 2002: 68-70. |
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| Article in a newspaper Hall, Christopher. “Reliving the 1200’s With Sweat, Muscle, and |
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| No-Tech Tools.” New York Times 18 Aug. (2002): B27. Print. | |||||||||
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES |
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| WORLD WIDE WEB | |||||||||
| Example Lastname, Firstname of author or editor. Title of Page. Title of |
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| overall site if distinct from page title. Version or edition used. Publisher or sponsor. Date of publication. Medium (web) Date of access. | |||||||||
| Feasley, Cordelia Throckmorton. Women's Bodies, Women's | |||||||||
| Property: German Common Law Books in the Fourteenth Century. Tisch Library, Tufts University. 30 Sept. 2008. Web May 2009. | |||||||||
ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE |
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| Example Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical. |
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| Volume. (Date): pages. Name of Database. Medium (web) Date of access. | |||||||||
| Lane, Philip J. "The Existential Condition of Television Crime | |||||||||
| Drama." Journal of Popular Culture. 35.1 (2001); 8-16. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 20 Oct. 2008. | |||||||||
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