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Item Type

Works Cited Entry Embedded Reference/

Parenthetical/

In-text citation

Books,

Pamphlets

Remember: Double space throughout, and use 12 font

One Author Watson, Lee. Lighting Design Handbook. New York:

McGraw-Hill, 1990. Print.

(Watson 25)

Two Authors Bass, Ellen and Laura Davis. Beginning to Heal. New York:

Harper, 2010. Print.

(Bass and Davis 5)

Three or More

Authors

Robertson, Alan et al. Decision for Health. Scarborough:

Nelson, 2009. Print.

(Robertson et al. 124)

One Editor and

No Stated Author

McWhirter, Norris, Ed. Guinness Book of Olympic Records.

Toronto: Bantam, 2011. Print.

(McWhirter 34)

Two Editors Boldt, Menno and J. Anthony Long, Eds. The Quest for

Justice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985.

Print.

(Boldt and Long 75)

No Author or

Editor Stated

Canadian Almanac & Directory 1995. Toronto: C.A. & D.,

1994. Print.

(Canadian Almanac &

Directory 45)

Poem in an

Anthology

Swift, Jonathon. “Baucis and Philemon.” Story Poems: New

and Old. William Cole, Ed. New York: World

Publishing, 1957. 189-192. Print.

(Swift 190)

Chapter/

Anthology

Stowe, Harriet. “Sojourner Truth.” Health Anthology of

American Literature. 4th

ed. Vol. 1. Boston:

Houghton, 2002. 2530-38. Print.

(Stowe 2536)

How Products are

Made

Bryk, Nancy E. "Caramel." How Products Are Made. Ed.

Jacqueline L. Longe. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Group,

2001. 88-91. Print.

(Bryk 89)

Culturgram (sheet) “Jamaica.” Culturgram “99. Bringham Young University,

1998. Print.

(“Jamaica” 5-6)

Culture-Grams

(book)

“Mexico.” CultureGrams 2004 World Edition. Axiom Press,

Inc. 2004. Print.

(“Mexico” 165)

Dictionary “Noon.” Def. 4b. Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed.

1989. Print.

(“Noon” 25)

DVD Ancient Forests. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic

Society, 1992. DVD.

(Ancient Forests)

SDSS Library: MLA Citation Format last updated: Nov. 2014

Item Type

Works Cited Entry Embedded Reference/

Parenthetical/

In-text citation

News DVD “Quebec Flood: No High Ground, The.” CBC News in

Review. Sept. 1997. DVD.

(“Quebec”)

Interview by

writer of a

research paper

Jones, Donna. Personal Interview. 20 Nov. 2014. (Jones)

Lecture Schmidt, Carola. "Hamlet's Complex Character." Class

lesson. Library, Stouffville. 10 Dec. 2008. Lecture.

(Schmidt)

E-Mail Burton, Lenore. “Re: New Legislation.” Message to Janice

Clark. 25 Aug. 2012. E-mail.

(Burton)

Encyclopedia Remember: Ed. means editor and ed. means editions.

Signed Article McKinney, Frank K. "Bryozoa." McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia

of Science & Technology. 10th ed. Vol. 3. New York:

McGraw-Hill, 2007. 305-16. Print.

(McKinney 310-311)

Unsigned Article “Glass”. World Book Encyclopedia. 2005 ed. Print. (“Glass” 216)

Magazines and

Newspapers

Magazine Signed

Article

Kane, Herb K. “A Canoe Helps Hawaii Recapture Her

Past.” National Geographic Apr. 1976: 68-89. Print.

(Kane 70)

Newspaper

Unsigned Article

“Young Writers Show Their Way With Words.” Toronto

Star 7 Oct. 2012, GTA ed., sec. E: 1. Print.

(“Young” 1)

CD-ROM Signed

article

Scott, Carolyn. “Drowning in America, Starving For

China.” LosAngeles Times Book Review. 12 Mar.

2010, 23: Discovering Authors Modules CD-ROM.

(Scott )

Online Sources Remember: par. refers to paragraph number and pars.

refers to multiple paragraphs. This is used when

websites do not have page numbers.

Remember: the first date is the last update (if known).

The second date is the date the website was

accessed.

Website

Article with an

Author

"Family Genetics." Canadian Cancer Society. Canadian

Cancer Society, 2014. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.

<https://www.cancer.ca/en/prevention-and-

screening/be-aware/family-genetics/?region=on>.

(“Family Genetics” par. 2)

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Item Type

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Parenthetical/

In-text citation

Website

Article without an

Author

“What are Trees?” Eco World.Com. Eco World. 15 Feb.

2011. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.

<http://www.ecoworld.com/energy-fuels/oil-

petroleum/bp-faces-new-oil-spill-claim.html>.

(“What” pars. 3-5)

PDF (Digital file)

Mahoney, Mary P. Edible Wrap Safe, Strong, and Delicious.

Washington: American Chemical Society, 2009.

PDF.

(Mahoney 3)

Article from

DATA-BASE

Hayden, Thomas. “A Prelude to the Big Big One?” U.S.

News & World Report. EBSCO. 3 Mar. 2001. Web.

15 Mar. 2003. <http://search.ebscohost.com>.

(Hayden pars. 3-4)

Digital Image without a

photographer

Blue Racer. Digital image. Third Eye Hertile

Propogation. Web. 1 Oct. 2009.

<http://www.thirdeyeherp.com/spuck/ohio/2006/06o

hio2.htm>.

(Blue Racer)

Website Article

with an Author

Allain, Rhett. "Maximum Range in Projectile

Motion." Wire.com. Wired Science, 29 Sept. 2010.

Web. 24 Nov. 2011.

<http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/maxi

mum-range-in-projectile-motion/>.

(Allain par.15)

Open Database "2D Structure." PubChem. National Center for

Biotechnology Information, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.

<https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10219

853?from=summary#section=Information-Sources>.

(“2D Structure”)

Chem Matters

Portal

Hill, Margaret. "Attack of the Gluten." Chem Matters Feb.

2012: 9-11. Chem Matters. ACS. Web. 19 Sept.

2012.<http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_n

fpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_MULTICOLUMN_T2_6

6&node_id=736&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region

1&__uuid=919080e3-a164-4d5e-bfe8-

93bfcd9c0b1f>.

(Hill 10-11)

Article in book

found on-line

database

Woodford, Donna. "Criticism." Novels for Students. Vol. 2.

Detroit: Gale, 1997. 320-22. Gale Virtual Reference

Library. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.

(Woodford 321)

Article in Monthly, quarterly, annual

or other regular periodical

Published by

Statistics Canada

Henry, Mark. "Snow Cover Trends in Canada." EnviroStats.

Vol. 6, no. 1.Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-002-

X, 19 June 2013. Web. 27 Nov. 2014.

<http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/16-002-

x/2012001/part-partie3-eng.htm>.

(Henry pars. 2-3)

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Item Type

Works Cited Entry Embedded Reference/

Parenthetical/

In-text citation

Article in

The Daily

Published by

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada. "Police-reported Crime Statistics,

2013." The Daily. Statistics Canada Catalogue no.11-

001-X, 23 July 2104. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.

<http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-

quotidien/140723/dq140723b-eng.htm>.

(Statistics Canada par. 5)

Two Articles With

the Same Author

Borroff, Marie. Language and the Poet: Verbal Artistry in

Frost, Stevens, and Moore. Chicago: U of Chicago P,

1979. Print.

---. “Sound Symbolism as Drama in the Poetry of Robert

Frost.” PMLA 107.1 (1992): 131-44. JSTOR. Web.

13 May 2008.

(Borroff, Language 2)

(Borroff, “Sound” 132)

Embedded Reference Samples:

Include short quotations in the body of the essay. A bunch of balls “are launched with

the same initial speed, but at different angles. Guess which [angle the ball is launched from] goes

the farthest?” (Allian par. 15)

Longer quotations have no quotation marks. They are double-spaced and indented only

on the left side by one inch:

Neither a borrower, nor a lender be;

For a loan oft’ loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

This above all: to thine own self be true (I.iii.37).

Embedded Reference Sample using the author’s name as an introductory point and

therefore not needing to put it in the embedded reference.

Lee expels her need to secure humanity and innocence when she has Atticus say to his

children, “Remember, it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”(103).