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OPALS
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books owned by the Spackenkill Library. Click the link “Weblink to more info” to view
electronic books.
PW: see handout
Drama for Students & Literary Themes for Students
Drama for Students & Literary Themes for Students contain articles
with information on authors, characters, themes and selected criticisms. This is a good starting point for your research. Use the SHS
Library Catalog to find which volume contains your work This resource is available both in print and electronic form.
Citation: For the electronic version, copy the MLA citation at the end of the article. Do NOT include the URL. Check citations for accuracy against the MLA formats given. For the print version, see the included MLA citation suggestions at the end of this packet.
NOTE: Individual criticisms are cited differently than other sections of this title. Use the Reprint in, Reprint of and Excerpt from formats.
Literature Resource Center
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Attempt to search the title of your work encased in quotes “”. If this gives you too many results, add keywords pertaining to your chosen topics. Use the tabs above the results to narrow to Literature Criticisms or
Topic & Work Overviews.
Citation: Click Citation Tools (on right) Do NOT include the URL. Check citations for accuracy against the MLA formats given.
PW: see handout
Bloom’s Literary Reference
Bloom’s contains information on topics related to works and their authors. Use
the tabs above the results to narrow to Analyses and Criticisms or Topics
and Themes.
Citation: Click Citation (on right). Make sure the MLA radio button is chosen. Copy the citation given but omit the URL from your final
works cited.
ID: PW: see handout
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Books
[Note: if the book has more than one author, add the second and third First M. Last. If there are more than 3 authors, you may name just
the first and add ,et al. If the book has just an editor, add ,ed. after the name.]
A book:
Last, First M. Title of Book. Edition. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Series (if any)
Canfield, Jack, et al. Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover’s Soul. Deerfield: Health Comm., 1999. Print.
King, Helen, ed. Health in Antiquity. London: Routledge, 2005. Print.
Le Couteur, Penny and Jay Burreson. Napoleon’s Buttons: 17 Molecules That Changed History. New York:
Tarcher/Penguin, 2003. Print.
Marisco, Katie. The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Milestone of the Civil Rights Movement. New York: Marshall
Cavendish, 2012. Print. Perspectives On.
Series.
A section of a book- NOT a reprint or excerpt:
Section or book author Last, First M. “Section Title.” Book/Anthology. Ed. Editor First M. Last. Edition. Vol. #. City: Publisher, Year. Pages. Print. Series title IF different from book title.
Hochman, Jhan. Essay. Poetry for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski and Mary K. Ruby. Vol. 1. Detroit:
Gale, 1998. 276-279. Print.
Series and book title are the same
“Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare for Students. Ed. Anne Marie Hacht. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007.
333-367. Print.
Panno, Joseph Ph.D. “Viral Taxonomy.” Viruses: The Origin and Evolution of Deadly Pathogens. New York:
Facts on File, 2011. 31-56. Print. The New Biology.
Series.
A book or section of a book accessed through a database or website:
Basic rule: book or section citation. Database/Website. Web. Day Month Year accessed.
Fagan, Brian M. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850. New York: Basic, 2002. 82-83.
Spackenkill High School Library. Web. 23 Jan. 2015.
Gilman, Larry. "Big Bang Theory." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth
Lerner. 5th ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2014. Student Resources in Context. Web. 23 Jan. 2015.
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Reprints and Excerpts
Sometimes articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, and websites, or parts of books, are reprinted or
excerpted in a source. In this case you must include information about both the original (old) and new (in
hand) sources. Check the new (in hand) source to see if the original (old) is a reprint or an excerpt. If this is
not specified, assume it is a reprint with the same title. Add access information for online resources.
Excerpt from, Reprint of
- - Excerpt, OR Reprint with a different title
Basic rule: Citation for new source (in hand). Medium. Rpt. of Citation for original source (old).
Last, First M. “New Title of Article.” Title of New Source. Ed. Editor First M. Last. Edition. Vol. #. City: Publisher, Year. Pages.
Print. Title of series if present. Rpt. of “Title of Original Article.” Title of Original Source. + rest of publishing information depending on type.
Original was magazine
Daly, Richard K . “The Secrets of My Success: A Diabetic Takes Control.” Diabetes. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes.
San Diego: Greenhaven, 2003. 135-136. Print. Contemporary Issues Companion. Rpt. of “I Whipped
Diabetes and Got Off All Meds! My Doctor’s Amazed.” Prevention Mar. 1998. N. pag.
Orvell, Miles. “A Critical Study of ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find.’” Readings on Flannery O’Connor. Ed.
Jennifer A. Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2001. 117-122. Print. The Greenhaven Press Literary
Companion to American Authors. Excerpt from Invisible Parade: The Fiction of Flannery O’ConOriginal was book
nor. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.
If source says Excerpt, substitute the words
Excerpt from for Rpt. of
Reprinted in - - Reprint with the same title, OR source does not specify reprint or excerpt:
Basic rule: Citation for original article (old). Rpt. in Citation information for new source (in hand). Medium.
Last, First M. “Title of article.” Title of original source + rest of publishing information depending on type. Rpt. in Title of book.
Ed. Editor First M. Last . Edition. Vol. #. City: Publisher, Year. Pages. Print. Title of series if different from title of book
series# if any.
DeMouy, Jane. “Introduction.” The Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health. National Diabetes Information
Clearinghouse, 13 May 2013. Rpt. in Diabetes. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. San Diego: Thomson Gale,
2003. Print. Contemporary Issues Companion.
Original was website
Griffin, Amy A. “Jackson’s ‘The Lottery.’” The Explicator 58. 1 (1999): 44-45. Rpt. in Shirley Jackson. Ed.
Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea, 2001. 43-44. Print. Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers.
Original was journal
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Periodicals
An article from a print scholarly journal:
Last, First M. “Article Title.” Journal Title Vol#.Issue# (Year): page(s). Print.
Avery, Dennis T. “Winning the Food Race.” The Brown Journal of World Affairs 118.1 (2011): 107-118.
Print.
Kan, Haidong. “Climate Change and Human Health in China.” Environmental Health Perspectives 119.2
(2011): A60-A61. Print.
An article from a print magazine:
[Note: cite the month(s) and year a magazine is published if no day is given.]
Last, First M. “Article Title.” Magazine Title Day Month Year: Pages. Print.
Butters, Andrew Lee. "Iraq’s Messy Democracy." Time 15 Mar. 2010: 26-29. Print.
Dworkin-McDaniel, Norine. "Avoid Germs Wherever You Go." Health Dec. 2012: 63-64. Print.
An article from a print newspaper:
Last, First M. “Article Title.” Newspaper Title [City if not in title] Day Month Year: Pages. Print.
“Britain’s Fattest Feline; Cat That Got Cream.” Daily Telegraph [London, England] 11 June 2013: 15. Print.
Baldor, Lolita. “Plans Put Women in Combat Jobs.” Poughkeepsie Journal 18 June 2013:1A+. Print.
An article from a periodical, accessed through a database OR website:
Basic rule: Periodical citation. Database/Website. Web. Day Month Year accessed.
Halpin, James. “Police: Man Uses Bird-Like Moves to Grab Cat, Purse.” The Citizens’ Voice [Wilkes-Barre,
PA] 4 June 2013: N. pag. Infotrac Newsstand. Web. 11 June 2013.
Kan, Haidong. “Climate Change and Human Health in China.” Environmental Health Perspectives 119.2
(2011): A60-A61. JSTOR. Web. 1 Mar. 2013.
If item accessed online, remove “Print”
and add access information
“Put a Feral Cat to Work.” Horse & Rider Feb. 2013: 22. Student Resources in Context. Web.11 June 2013.
Werdelin, Lars. “King of Beasts.” Scientific American Nov. 2013: 34-39. Scientific American Online. Web. 15
Oct. 2013.
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Citation
You are required to use Parenthetical and/or In-Text citation in the Author Page format. In general, use just enough information to
distinguish the work from others in your Works Cited. You may shorten titles if they are the first entry, but retain their formatting eg. in
quotes or italicized. If two first entries are the same, add a comma, then other publication data such as a date or publication title to
distinguish them.
In-Text Citations [Sample]
Author not mentioned in sentence:
The works of O’Connor remind us that there should be no segregation in literature, one should experience the writings of all races, all
backgrounds. (Walker 27) .
Author mentioned in sentence:
Walker states that the works of O’Connor remind her that there should be no segregation in literature, that one should experience the
writings of all races, all backgrounds (27).
Documenting sources with same first entry:
If two sources have the same first entry (word at the beginning of the citation), as do the two articles authored by Jackson , include
enough text to distinguish between them, for example (Jackson, “On” 152-3 ) (Jackson, “Shirley” 37)
Works Cited
You are required to submit a Works Cited document citing ALL sources used for your paper. Samples and hints are given below:
Notes on citing webpages:
Formatting:
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Double spaced, Times New Roman font, 12 point (sample is not)
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Alphabetical order by the first word in the citation.
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Indent every line except the first– Hanging indent
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Leave out words such as publishers, house, books, press in
publisher names, except for college or university presses.
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Look for publisher and date next to ©
If there is no publisher or sponsor, use N.p.
If there is no date of publication, use n.d.
Omit any other information that is not available,
usually author.
If no pages are given, use N. pag.
Works Cited [Sample]
Eisinger, Chester E. “Critical Views on ‘Chares.’” Shirley Jackson. Ed. Harold Bloom.
Excerpt from a book.
Broomall: Chelsea, 2001. 18. Print. Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers. Excerpt
from Fiction of the Forties. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1963. 288-289.
Reprint same title
Jackson, Shirley. “On the Morning of June 28, 1948, and ‘The Lottery.’” The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Ed. Ann Charters. New York: St. Martin’s, 1983. 1192-95. Rpt. in Short Stories for Students. Ed. Kathleen Wilson. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 151-153. Print.
Jackson, Shirley. “Shirley Jackson on the Controversy Surrounding the Story.” Shirley Jackson. Ed. Harold
Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea, 2001. 36-37. Print. Bloom’s Major Short Story Writers. Rpt. of “On the
Morning of June 28, 1948, and ‘The Lottery.’” The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Ed. Ann Charters. New York: Bedford, 1991. 1458-1459.
Reprint different title