How To Recognize & Avoid Plagiarism

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Citation Formats

 

Basic Book Format…

Author, A.A. and B.B. Author. “Title of Section, Poem or Article.” Title of Book.

Ed. C.C. Editor. Vol. #. City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright date, Page #s.


(*Important: Omit any information not applicable to your source. If citing entire book, omit "Title of Section.")

Book with an Editor, No Author...

Editor, A.A., ed. "Title of Section, Capter, Poem, or Article." Title of Book. Vol #.

City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright date, Page #s.

Basic Magazine Format...

Author, A.A. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine. Date (Day Month Year,) edition.

Basic Newspaper Format...

Author, A.A. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper. Date (Day Month Year,) edition.

Basic Library Database Format...

(Presviosly published in a book, magazine, or newspaper, and now in a library database...)

Original, Author. "Original Title of Article, Poem, Story, Section." Original Title of Book

or Magazine. Original Date (Ex: Winter 1994): page #s. Title of Database. Publisher of

Database, Canyon High School Lib. Date of Your Access to Website (Day Month Year)

Basic Internet Webpage Format...

(If you can't find some of the information, cite was is available. Always include title, date of access and the webpage URL.)

Author of Information. "Title of Article or Webpage." Title or Name of Website.

Date of Internet Publication. Date of Your Access to Website (Day Month Year)

<webpage address>.

Source:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: The Modern

Language Association, 2003.

 

Additional Resources for MLA Style...

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Official MLA Homepage