Citing Resources : MLA Style
MLA (Modern Language Association) Resources
CNM Libraries: Citation Help
http://cnm.edu/library/citation.php
Purdue Online Writing Lab: MLA style
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11
Citation Style for Research Papers
http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
Library Ref/LB2369.G53 2009
Sample Citations
NOTE: Always ask your instructors for their exact requirements for your assignments
Journal Article (from Database source)
Creel, Darrell, and Roger Anyon. “New Interpretations of Mimbres Public Architecture and Space:
Implications for Cultural Change.” American Antiquity 68.1 (2003): 67. Expanded Academic ASAP.
Web. 14 Dec. 2006
Parenthetical: (Creel and Anyon 67)
Journal Article (from Print source)
Keenan, Deirdre. “Unrestricted Territory: Gender, Two Spirits, and Louise Erdrich’s The Last Report on
the Miracles at Little No Horse.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 30.2 (2006): 1-15.
Print.
Parenthetical: (Keenan 14)
Magazine Article (from Database source)
Busch, Richard. “Brother Thomas: A Long and Winding Road to Artistic Success.” Ceramics Monthly
Dec. 2006: 54-58. General OneFile. Web. 5 June 2008
Parenthetical: (Busch 55)
Magazine Article (from Print source)
Weintraub, Arlene and Laura Cohen. “A Thousand-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste.” Business Week
6 May 2002: 94-96. Print.
Parenthetical: (Weintrabu and Cohen 95)
Magazine Article (online)
Palfrey, Andrew. “Choice of Mates in Identical Twins.” Modern Psychology 4.1 (2003): 26-40. Web.
25 Feb. 2006 <http://www.liasu.edu/modpsy/palfrey4(1).htm>.
Parenthetical: (Palfrey 26)
Book (one author)
Grieve, Bradley Trevor. The Meaning of Life. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2002. Print.
Parenthetical: (Grieve 25)
Book (more than one author)
Groden, Michael, and Martin Kreiswirth, eds. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1994. Print.
Parenthetical: (Groden and Kreiswirth 145)
Newspaper Article (from Database source)
Proctor, Jeff. “Man Dies after Being Shot with Stun Gun.” Albuquerque Journal 22 March 2011
A1+ NewsBank. Web. 22 March 2011
Parenthetical: (Proctor A1)
Newspaper Article (from Print source)
Mayfield, Dan. “Minimalists’ Oasis: Art, Galleries Thrive in the Desert Environs of Marfa, Texas.” The
Sunday Journal (Albuquerque) 29 Jan. 2006: Fl+. Print.
Parenthetical: (Mayfield F1)
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