using and citing sources print and electronic journals books and book chapters essay from a webpage

Using and Citing Sources

• Print and electronic journals

• Books and book chapters

• Essay from a webpage

MLA and Works Cited Pages:

Journals, Books, and Webpages

Citing a journal article

Last name, First name. “Essay Name.”

Name of Journal Vol.Issue (Year):

Page Numbers.

See The Bedford Handbook page 544


Belkin, First name. “Essay Name.”

Name of Journal Vol.Issue (Year): Page

Numbers.


Belkin, Aaron and James G. Blight .

“Essay Name.” Name of Journal

Vol.Issue (Year): Page Numbers.



“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the

Cuban Missile Crisis Matters in a World

Beyond the Cold War.” Name of

Journal Vol.Issue (Year): Page

Numbers.



“Triangular Mutual Security: Why the Cuban

Missile Crisis Matters in a World Beyond the

Cold War.” International Society of Political

Psychology Vol.Issue (Year): Page

Numbers.






Psychology 12.4 (Year): Page Numbers.






Psychology 12.4 (1991): Page Numbers.






Psychology 12.4 (1991): 727-45. This is the correct citation for a print scholarly journal

if I am looking at the print version in front of me.






Psychology 12.4 (1991): 727-45. Database.

Medium. Date of access.See the Bedford Handbook pages 553-4 (#40).






Psychology 12.4 (1991): 727-45. JSTOR.

Medium. Date of access.







Web. Date of access.







Web. 21 Oct. 2010.This is the correct citation for a

scholarly journal from an online database.

Citing Books

Citing a book

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place

of publication: publisher, year. Medium.

See The Bedford Handbook page 535.

Citing a book

Allison, First name. Title of Book. Place


Citing a book

Allison, Graham. Title of Book. Place


Citing a book

Allison, Graham. Essence of Decision:

Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Place of publication: publisher, year.

Medium.

Citing a book



Boston: publisher, year. Medium.

Citing a book



Boston: Little & Brown, year. Medium.

Citing a book



Boston: Little & Brown, 1971. Medium.

Citing a book



Boston: Little & Brown, 1971. Print.

Citing a chapter in a book

See The Bedford Handbook page 538 (“#15. Work in an Anthology”)

Citing a Chapter in a Book

Divine, Robert A. The Cuban Missile Crisis.

New York: M. Wiener, 1988. Print.

This is the correct citation for a complete book by one author—except that Robert A. Divine is the editor of this collection of essays.


The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed. Robert A.

Divine. New York: M. Wiener, 1988.

Print.


Last name, First name. Chapter. The Cuban

Missile Crisis. Ed. Robert A. Divine.

New York: M. Wiener, 1988. Inclusive

page numbers. Print.


Alsop, Stewart and Charles Bartlett.

Chapter. The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed.

Robert A. Divine. New York: M. Wiener,

1988. Inclusive page numbers. Print.


Alsop, Stewart and Charles Bartlett. “Eyeball

to Eyeball.” The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed.

Robert A. Divine. New York: M.

Wiener,1988. Inclusive page numbers.

Print.


Alsop, Stewart and Charles Bartlett. “Eyeball

to Eyeball.” The Cuban Missile Crisis. Ed.

Robert A. Divine. New York: M.

Wiener,1988. 36-55. Print.

Essay from a Web Site

Last name, First name. “Title.” Title of the

Site. Sponsor of the site. Date of

publication or last update. Medium. Date

you accessed the site.

See The Bedford Handbook page 550-1.


Shiva, First name. “Title.” Title of the Site.

Sponsor of the site. Date of publication or

last update. Medium. Date you accessed

the site.


Shiva, Vandana. “Title.” Title of the Site.

Date of publication or last update. Sponsor

of the site. Sponsor of the site. Date of




Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third

World Issue.” Title of the Site. Sponsor

of the site. Date of publication or last

update. Medium. Date you accessed the

site.


Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third

World Issue.” NativeWeb. Date of




Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World

Issue.” NativeWeb. 17 Oct. 2007.

Medium. Date you accessed the site.



Issue.” NativeWeb. Web. Date you

accessed the site.



Issue.” NativeWeb. Web. 21 Oct. 2010.

See The Bedford Handbook page 588.

Formatting the Works Cited Page

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