How to Cite: Upper School: MLA Citation

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• Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
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A webpage on a website

Author (Last name, First Name). "Title of the Webpage." Title of the Website, Date of Publication (day, month, year), URL. Date of Access (day, month, year).

Ex: Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

An image found on a website:

Vasquez, Gary A. Photograph of Coach K with Team USA. NBC Olympics, USA Today Sports, 5 Aug. 2016, www.nbcolympics.com/news/rio-olympics-coach-ks-toughest-test-or-lasting-legacy. Accessed 24 April 2018.

eBooks 

Choksy, Jamsheed K. "Zoroastrianism." Encyclopedia of Religion., Ed. Lindsay Jones, 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 9988-10008. Gale Virtual Reference Library. DOI/URL. Accessed 6 Oct. 2008.

A book with only one author

Jacques, Brian. Redwall. Ace Books, 1986.

A book with two or three authors

Bailey, Thomas A., David M. Kennedy, and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant: A History of the Republic. 11th ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.

Article in a weekly magazine (with and without authors)

"Animated Ambitions." Time, 4 Sept. 2000, p. 78.

Goland, Robin S. "Helping to Break the Bad Habits." Newsweek, 4 Sept. 2000, p. 47.

Article in a monthly magazine

Article in a Reference Book

Le Patourel, John. "Normans and Normandy." Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. Joseph R. Strayer. 1987.

Not sure how to cite a source within your text? Here are some great tips from the Purdue OWL site