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Source	MLA Format with Example	Example
	Last Name of Author, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.	Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper Row Publishers, 1988. Print.
Two authors (5.5.4)	Last Name of Author, First Name (1st author) and First Name Last Name (2nd author). Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.	Hutcheon, Linda and Michael Hutcheon. Bodily Charm: Living  Opera. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2000. Print.
More than three authors	Last Name, First Name (1st author), et. al. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.	Kieran, John , et al. The Story of the Olympics. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott Co., 1977. Print.
Book with one editor (5.5.3)	Last Name of Editor, First Name, ed. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.	Kepner, Susan, ed. North Carolina during the Great  Depression: A Documentary Portrait. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003. Print.
Literary work included in an anthology (essay, short story, poem) (5.5.6)	Last Name, First Name of Author of Work. “Title of Work.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Print.	Franklin, Benjamin. “Emigration to America.”  The Faber Book of America. Ed. Christopher Ricks and William Lance. Boston: Faber, 1992. 24-26. Print.
Article in a well-known reference work, or dictionary (5.5.7)	Last Name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of  Reference Book. Edition of Book (if given). Year of Publication. Print.	Deese, David A. “Persian Gulf War.” World Book. 2001 ed.                   OR  if no author is given   “Mandarin.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 1994 ed. Print.
Article in a reference work or encyclopedia that is not well-known (5.5.14) p.169	Last Name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book.” Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name (if given). Volume Number (if given). City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.	Hillstrom, Laurie Collier. “Dave Matthews Band.” Contemporary Musicians. Ed. Sean Pollock. Vol. 18. Detroit: Gale, 1997. Print.
Source	ONLINE DATABASES	Example
Database (magazine) (5.6.4)	Last Name of Author, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine. Date of Publication: pages. Title of Database. Web. Date of accessing article.	Stossel, John. “Competition Would Save Medicine.” Freeman. 2 September 2009:42. SIRS Researcher. Web. 05 October 2009.
Database (book) (5.6.4)	Last Name, First Name of Author (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Editior ( if given) City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Title of Database. Web. Date of accessing article	"The Nation's Health Care System.”  The Health Care System. Ed. Barbara Wexler. Detroit: Thompson Gale  Publishers, 2007. Gale Resource Center. Web. 05  October 2009.
Online Encyclopedia (5.6.2) p.186	Last Name, First Name of Author (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Publisher, Date of Publication. Title of Database. Web. Date of accessing article.	“Planets.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Web. 15 May 2008.
Online Magazine (5.6.2) p.186	Last Name, First Name of Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine. Publisher, Date of Publication. Web. Date of accessing article.	Green, Joshua. “The Rove Presidency.” The Atlantic.com. Atlantic Monthly Group, Sept. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008.
Personal or Professional Internet site* (5.6.1) p.182	Last Name, First Name of Author. Title of Website. Sponsor of website,. Date of Publication. Web. Date of accessing article. <URL if needed>.	Eaves, Morris. The William Blake Archive. Library of Congress, 28 September 2007. Web. 20 November 2007. <http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/>.