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MLA Bibliographic Form

 Book With One Author:

Author Last Name, First Name. Title.  Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

                 Potok, Chaim. The Chosen. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967.

 Book With Two Authors:

Author Last Name, First Name, and 2nd Author First and Last Name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

 Lawrence, Jerome, and Robert Lee. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. Toronto: Bantam, 1970.

 
Book With Several Authors:

Author Last Name, First Name, et al. Title.  Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

 Chafe, William H., et al. Civilities and Civil Rights. New York: Oxford UP, 1980.

 
Book With an Editor:

Editor Last Name, First Name, ed. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication.

 Engberg, Robert, ed. John Muir Summering in the Sierra. Madison, Wisconsin: U of Wisconsin Press, 1984.

 
Encyclopedia Article With an Author:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Encyclopedia Title. Year of edition.

 Helms, Ronald. "Electric Light." World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.

 Encyclopedia Article With no Author:

"Article Title." Encyclopedia Title. Year of edition.

 "Electricity." Encyclopedia Americana. 1995 ed.

 World Wide Web / Internet Site With an Author:

Author's Last Name, First Name. " Title." Date posted. <Web address> Access date.

 Abilock, Debbie. "Choose the best search engine." 2 March 1999. <http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html> 12 Apr. 1999.

 World Wide Web / Internet Site With no Author:

" Title." <Web address> Access date.

 "Our Lady of Mount Carmel School." <http://www.olmc-school.com> 29 Mar 2007.

 
Magazine Article With an Author:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Magazine name. Date published: inclusive pages.

 Hackworth, Col. David H. "Terms of Forgiveness." Newsweek. 24 Apr. 1995: 38-40.

 
Magazine Article With no Author:

Article Title." Magazine name. Date published: inclusive pages.

 "Soccer, the World's Most Popular Game." Time. 10 Oct. 1969: 11-17.

 
 
Newspaper Article With an Author:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Newspaper name. Day Month year published: Section & page  numbers.

 Hunt, Albert R. "Clinton Needs Fewer Reinventions and More Consistency." The Wall Street Journal. 10 Jl. 1995: A11-12.

 Newspaper Article With no Author:

Article Title." Newspaper name. Day Month year published: Section & page numbers.

 "The City of Baltimore Changes Tax Base." Baltimore Sun. 3 Dec. 1977: 2:23.

 Work in an Anthology

Critic Last Name, First Name. "Work Title." Anthology Title. Volume number. Editor. Place Published: Publisher, date published. inclusive pages.

Davidson, Clilfford. "MacBeth; an Atypical Tragedy." Readings on Macabeth. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San  Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. 91-97.

 Personal Interview

Interview Subject Last Name, First Name. Type and Topic of Interview. Place of interview. Date of interview.

Silk, Karen. Personal interview on importance of health class. Baltimore, Maryland. 29 Jan. 1995.