Citing Sources Help

Based on Modern Language Association Citation Format
This format below is for writing a bibliography, not footnotes or endnotes. Footnotes and endnotes differ slightly. A bibliographic entry has three main parts, each separated by a period: the author's name, reversed for alphabetizing; the title; and the publication information. A footnote or endnote has four parts: the author's name in normal order, then a comma; the title; the publication information in parenthesis; then a page reference, followed by a period.

From: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999.

Click here for directions on creating an in-text reference (or parenthetical reference).

For easy citing, use the SourceAid Citation Builder. You will create your own account using your SAS email address. From this account you can manage multiple bibliographies. In preferences, you can also choose to annotate your citations. It is a very good service.

Citing electronic databases provided by your school (such as EbscoHost or Gale) is shown below.


	Books
	One Author: Last name, first name and initial or middle name. Title. Place: Publisher, date of publication. Example: Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Library Dragon. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd, 1994.
	Two Authors: Last name, First name and initial or middle name, and First name Last Name. Title. Place: Publisher, date. Example: Ryan, Pam Munoz, and Jerry Pallotta. The Crayon Counting Book. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1996.
	Three authors: Last name, first name, First name Last name, and First name Last name. Title. Place: Publisher, date. Example: Jones, V.S., M.E. Eakle, and C.W. Foerster. A History of Newspapers. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge UP, 1987.
	More than three authors: Last name, first name, et al. Title. Place: Publisher, date. Shields, J., et al. The History of English Alley. Hartford: Merganser Press, 1997.

	Encyclopedia Articles
	When you know the author (the article is signed): Last name, first name. "Article Title." Title of Encyclopedia (edition), volume number, page numbers. Example: Feinberg, Joe. "Cats." The World Book Encyclopedia (1999), 3, 101-123.
	When you don't know the author's name (the article is unsigned): "Article Title." Title of Encyclopedia, (edition), volume number, page numbers. "Money." Compton's Precyclopedia (1977 ed.), X, 80-91.

	Magazine and newspaper articles
	Last name, first name. "Article title." Title of magazine (Issue date): pages. Example: King, Peter. "The Clutch." Sports Illustrated (31 January 2000): 42-45.

	Magazine and newspaper articles from an electronic database such as Electric Library or Gale, etc.
	Last name, first name. "Article title." Title of magazine or newspaper (Issue date): pages. n. pag. Service name. Date of use or download. Example: Stokstad, Erik. "Paleontology: Popular Interest Fuels a Research Boom." Science. 204.14 (13 November 98): n. pag. Electric Library. 2 February 00.