Citation Style Guide

Sample Citations

Important: This is not a complete list. If you have a document and don't how to cite it, ask the instructors or consult the most recent edition of the MLA Stylebook, which is available in the reference section of the Knight Library or at the bookstore. In the following examples, consider italics the equivalent of underlining.

BOOKS

Single Author

Aufderheide, Patricia. Beyond PC: Toward a Politics of Understanding. St. Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 1992.

Multiple Author

Price, Janet R., Allen H. Levine and Eve Cary. The Rights of Students. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University, 1988.

Edited Collection

Horwitz, Eleanor C., ed. Clearcutting: A View from the Top. Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books, 1974.

PERIODICALS

Daily Newspapers

Barker, Mayerene. "Cal State Faculty Senate Rejects Speech Limits." Los Angeles Times 17 May 1991, Home Ed.: B1.

Weekly Magazine or Newspaper

Durbin, Kathie. "The Okanogan County Wars." Seattle Weekly. 11 January 1995: 16-25.

Monthly or Bimonthly Magazine

Collins, Huntly. "PC and the Press." Change. January/February 1992: 12-16.

Specialized Journal with Continuous Annual Pagination

Buchen, Irving H. "The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Faculty and Students." Equity and Excellence. Vol. 25, Nos. 2-4, 1992: 228-232.

Law Review Article

Matsuda, Mari J. "Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story." 87 Michigan Law Review 230 (August 1989)

Or
Matsuda, Mari J. "Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim's Story." Michigan Law Review. Vol. 87, August 1989: 2320-2381.

Government Documents

Court Case

United States. Supreme Court. Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. 315 U.S. 568. 1942.

Published Reports

New York State. Committee on State Prisons. Investigation of the New York State Prison. 1883; rpt. New York: Arno, 1974.

Published Hearing

U.S. Cong. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Hearings. 79th Cong. 1st and 2nd sess. 32 vols. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1946.

Published Report with author

U.S. Cong. House. Memphis Riots and Massacres. By E.B. Washburne. 39th Cong. 2nd sess. H. Rept. 101. 1866; rpt. New York: Arno, 1969.

Executive Order

U.S. President. Executive Order. "National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness." 1994-06-06. 6 June 1994.

Executive Order via Internet

U.S. President. Executive Order. "National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness." 1994-06-06. 6 June 1994. SunSite Based Government Documents. http://sunsite.unc.edu/govdocs.html

Statutes

Communications Act of 1934. U.S. Code. Vol. 47. sec. 315 (1989)
Or
Communications Act of 1934. 47 U.S.C. sec. 315 (1989).

Institutional Sources

Unpublished Paper or Report

American Civil Liberties Union. "Hate Speech on Campus." Briefing Paper. New York: 1993.

Newsletter or Pamphlet

Teachers for a Democratic Culture. Democratic Culture. Newsletter. Evanston, Ill. Spring 1993.

Association Magazine

Culver, Kate. "Campus Fires." Quill. October 1993: 12-15.

Report of an Interview

Warren, Bob. District Aide. Constituent Services and Natural Resources Specialist. Fourth Congressional District, Oregon. Personal Interview. 8 Nov. 1990. (503) 465-6731.

Internet Sources

Clarinet Newsgroup

"Chicken Wing Wars Hit Court." Associated Press, Clari.news.usa.law, 2 February 1995.

E-mail Interview

Warren, Bob. District Aide. Constituent Services and Natural Resources Specialist. Fourth Congressional District, Oregon. E-mail Interview. 8 Nov. 1990. Bob_Warren@house.gov. (503) 465-6732.

Bill on THOMAS

Congress. Senate. Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 1995. 104th Cong. 1st sess. S. 59. THOMAS. 2 February 1995. S59 IS. http://thomas.loc.gov

Magazine Article

Osborne, David. "Barry & Ollie & Us." Mother Jones. January/February 1995. Mother Jones. http://www.mojones.com/mojo_magazine.html

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