Creating an MLA Bibliography Worksheet

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  If you're a high-school teacher or undergraduate professor, refer to the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers for high school and undergraduate students; MLA's Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, on the other hand, is for graduate students, scholars, and professional writers.
  
  
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  Draft a template for the MLA "Works Cited" or MLA Bibliography page.
  
  
• 3). Include a labeled section for each kind of source (books, articles, online, etc.).
  
  
• 4). Include a step number for each required citation detail.
  
  
• 5). Leave plenty of space following each step for students using the Worksheet to enter their specific data.
  
  
• 6). Type out general instructions for MLA citations at the top of the Worksheet's first page.
  
  
• 7). Find a relevant example for each type of citation and include it at the end of each section, after the steps.
  
  

Book Citation Steps for an MLA Worksheet

• 1). Type: "Author's last name, first name, middle initial, followed by a period. For works with two or three authors, reverse the name of only the first author; list other authors as they are listed in the source. Separate names by a comma and end entry with a period."
  
  
• 2). Add: "Editor(s) last name, first name, middle initial, followed by a comma and the abbreviation, 'ed.' for one editor or 'eds.' for multiple editors."
  
  
• 3). Type: "Title of book with title italicized, followed by a period. Capitalize the first word and all other principal words of the titles and subtitles of cited works listed."
  
  
• 4). Include: "Edition (if other than first edition)."
  
  
• 5). Type: "Place of publication, followed by a colon. Use only the first city when more than one city is listed for the same publisher."
  
  
• 6). Add: "Publisher's name, followed by a comma. Shorten the publisher's name by eliminating business abbreviations and descriptive words. Include all publishers, placing a semicolon between them."
  
  
• 7). Type: "Year of publication, followed by a period."
  
  

Citing Magazine and Newspaper Articles

• 1). Type: "List the article's author: last name, first name and middle initial."
  
  
• 2). Add: "Put the title of the article in quotation marks and italicize the periodical title."
  
  
• 3). Type: "Add the date of publication: day, abbreviated month and year, followed by a colon, then pages cited. The citation ends with specifying the publication's medium."
  
  
• 4). Add: "Citation for a newspaper article is similar to that of a magazine, but newspaper citations include section, pages and edition."
  
  

Citations of Electronic Sources

• 1). Type: "Author or editor names (if available)."
  
  
• 2). Add: "Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)."
  
  
• 3). Include: "Title of website, project or book in italics."
  
  
• 4). Add: "Publisher information, including name and date."
  
  
• 5). End with: "Date you accessed the material."