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For complete guidelines on MLA Style, consult:

Reference Desk LB 2369. G53 2003

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for writers of research papers. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003.

Sample MLA Citations

Book:

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Hemingway, Ernest. True at first light. New York: Scribner, 1999.

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Magazine or Journal Article:

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Volume.Issue (Year): pages.

Alsen, Eberhard. "New Light on the Nervous Breakdowns of Salinger's Sergeant X and Seymour Glass." CLA Journal 45.3 (2002): 379-87.

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Online Source:

Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site .

Red Book Online: The Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 28 Aug. 2006. American Academy of Pediatrics. 1 Sept. 2006. <http://aapredbook.aappublications.org>

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