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.

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