How to Cite: Middle School: MLA Citation

For many examples of citations for different types of sources using MLA, 8th Edition, use the Purdue Owl website.

REMEMBER: 

• Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
• Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.

This formatting will be done automatically if you use NoodleTools.

A webpage on a website

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

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.

E-Books 

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.

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