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The
MLA style is most common in the fields of literature, foreign
languages, and other humanities subjects. In research papers that
conform to the MLA style, the bibliography is a list of works
cited and contains information such as the author, title, and
date of publication for the sources used to write the paper.
You
will have to start typing your list of cited sources flush to
the left margin. Indent 5 spaces (or half an inch) for second
and subsequent lines of citation.
Some citations are short and may fit all on one line. Nothing
is wrong with that.
Do not type author on one line, title on a second line, and publication
information on a third line. Type all citation information continuously
until you reach the end of the line. Indent the second line and
continue with the citation. If the citation is very long, indent
the third and subsequent lines.
1.
Standard Format for a Book:
Author. Title: Subtitle. City or Town: Publisher, Year of Publication.
If a book has no author or editor stated, you may begin with the
title. If the city or town is not commonly known, you can add
the abbreviation for the State or Province.
If you are citing two or more books by the same author or editor,
list the name of the author or editor in the first entry only,
and use three hyphens to indicate that the following entry or
entries have the same name. Do not use the three hyphens if a
book is by two or more authors or is edited by two or more individuals.
Example:
Business: The Ultimate Resource. Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2002.
King, Stephen. Black House. New York: Random, 2001.
---. Dreamcatcher. New York: Scribner, 2001.
---. From a Buick 8: A Novel. New York: Simon, 2002.
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