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Center for Writing and Languages MLA Center for Writing and Languages

Everything Double Spaced margin ½ in. margin Last name Name Professor Class Date Page number Everything Double Spaced Title 1 in. margin 1 in. margin 1 in. margin

Summary Citation Author’s name Direct Quote Block Quote Citation without author

Block quotations Quotations that are more than four lines in your paper (not in the original text) Indent entire quote 1in. (one tab more than the normal text) Do not use quotation marks Double space like rest of paper Insert the period before parenthetical citation

Works Cited Works Cited (Example to follow) Title: Works Cited (not Bibliography or References) Top of new page Center aligned Sources Alphabetical order by first word Hanging indent

Everything Double Spaced Last Name Title Page Number Everything Double Spaced

Everything Double Spaced Last Name Title Page Number Everything Double Spaced

Other Citations Articles in Periodicals Author. “Title.” Journal volume: issue* (year): pages. Print. Horowitz, Evan. “George Eliot: The Conservative.” Victorian Studies 69 (2006): 7-32. Print. * Only include the issue number if the pagination starts over in each separate issue. Leave it out if pagination continues through a whole volume of a periodical.

Other Citations Web sources (184-187) An entire website: Author or Editor (if given). Title of the site. Name of corporate provider (N.p. if none given), date of electronic publication. Web. Date of access. Liberty University. N.p., 2007. Web. 2 May 2007.

Other Citations An article in a database: Author. “Title.” Journal volume.issue (year): pages/paragraphs. Subscription service. Web. Date of access. Schmoe, Joe. “Online Article.” Online Writing 3.2 (2004): 56 pars. JSTOR. Web. 2 May 2007.

Abbreviations Abbreviations within sources Geographic locations are abbreviated Ohio - OH Ontario - ON Turkey - Turk. Common Publishers' names American Library Association – ALA W.W. Norton & Sons, Publishers – Norton University Press – UP (U of Illinois P, Notre Dame UP) *For a further listing of abbreviations (both in the text and works cited) see the MLA handbook.

Works Cited MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009. Print.