MLA+Style+Guide

=__MLA Style Guide__= = = = = =[|Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide]=

This site provides a basic overview of how to properly format a paper in MLA Style. Includes a section on formatting parenthetical citations and building a Works Cited.

__**Citing a Book: One Author**__

Last name, First name. //Title of Book//. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Example: Haywood, John. //Atlas of Past Times//. Ann Arbor: Borders Press, 2003. Print.

__**Citing a Book: Two Authors**__

The first author appears "last name, first name" and the subsequent authors are listed "first name, last name".

Example: Elliott, Rebecca S. and James Elliott. //Painless Research Projects//. Hauppauge: Barron's, 1998. Print.


 * __Citing a Website__**

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). //Name of Site//. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Example: //The British Museum: Ancient Greece//. The British Museum. Web. 28 February 2010.