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Book by One Author

Author last name, first name. Title of the Book. Place of Pub: Publisher, Copyright Date.

Boorstin, Daniel J. The Creators: A History of the Heroes of the Imagination. New York: Random House, 1992.

Book with No Author

Title of the Book. Place of Pub: Publisher, Copyright Date

Literary Market Place: The Dictionary of American Book

Publishing. 1993 ed. New York: Bowker, 1992.

Article in a Periodical

Author last name, first name. “Title of the Article,” Title of the Periodical. Date of

Periodical: pages.

Trillin, Callvin. “Culture Shopping.” New Yorker February 15, 1993: 43-51

A Signed Article in an Encyclopedia

Author last name, first name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. Publisher:

Edition. Date.

Tobias, Richard. “Thurber, James.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1991 ed.

Internet Site

Author last name, first name. “Title of the Article.” Name of Web Site (Date you visited

Site) Web site address

Rutz, Dan. “New Study Suggests Radon Threat May Be Overestimated.” CNN Interactive.

(7 Jan. 1999) < http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9901/04/radon.risk/index.html>.

[Note: If you do not have an author for the web site, start with the title. In addition,

the date in parenthesis is the date you visited the site.]

E-mail Communication

Sender’s last name, first name. “ E-mail subject.” Receiver’s first and last

Name. Date e-mail was sent.

Sands, Debra K. “Re: MLA Citation. “ E-mail to Tina Pantginis. 19 Oct. 2000

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