MLA Citation

Students at Mercy are required to use MLA guidelines for citation and are encouraged to consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. The Citation Machine from The Landmark Project and the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) may also be useful tools.

The following are models of MLA citation style which illustrate general principles:

Books:
Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development. Cambridge:      Harvard UP, 1982.

Journal or Magazine Article:
Tilin, Andrew. "Selling the Dream." Worth Oct. 1999: 94-100.

Newspaper Article:
DiRado, Alicia. "Trekking Through College: Classes Explore Modern Society Using the World of Star      Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar. 1995: A3.

Articles in Reference Works:
Mark, Herman F. "Polymers." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1991.

Articles Reprinted in Reference Works:
Shayon, Robert Lewis. "The Interplanetary Spock." Saturday Review 17 June 1967: 46. Reprinted in      Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Vol.17. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. 403.

Website:
The Victorian Web: An Overview. Ed. George Landow. June 2000. Brown University. 25 Feb. 2004.      <http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html>.

Article from an Online Database:
Deppman, Jed. "Dickinson, Death and the Sublime." The Emily Dickinson Journal 9.1(2001): 1-20.      Project Muse. Mercy High School Library, Baltimore. 10 Dec. 2004. <http://muse.jhu.edu>.

CD-ROM:
Shain, Charles F. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1961. 45.      DISCovering Authors, 3.0. CD-ROM. Gale, 1999.