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How to Cite Encyclopedias (MLA Style)
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Type |
Format |
Example |
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Book Format With
Author/Editor
Two Authors: If three or more
authors, provide first author only
and follow with a comma and et. al. |
Author/Editor. “Title of Article or
Entry.” Encyclopedia
Title.
Edition. Year. Print.
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Seiber, Roy. “Visual Arts of
Black Africa.”
Encyclopedia
Americana.
11th ed. 2002.
Print.
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Book Format With
No Author/Editor
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“Title of Article or Entry.”
Encyclopedia
Title. Edition.
Year. Print.
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“Visual Arts of Black Africa.”
Encyclopedia Americana
11th ed. 2002.
Print. |
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Online Encyclopedia from a Database |
Author/Editor. “Title of Article
or
Entry.” Encyclopedia
Title. Year.
Name of Database. Web.
Date of
Access. |
Hooker, Robert. “Early
Japanese Visual Arts.”
Encyclopedia Britannica
2008. Encyclopedia
Britannica. Web
1 Dec. 2008.
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Online Encyclopedia from the
Internet |
Author/Editor. “Title of Article or
Entry.” Name of
Encyclopedia.
Publisher or Sponsor of the
site.
Year. Web. Date of Access.
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Smith, John. “Western
Painting.” Encyclopedia
Britannica Online.
Encyclopedia
Britannica. 2008. Web. 1 Dec.
2008. |
Works Cited
Hooker, Robert. “Early Japanese
Visual Arts.” Encyclopedia Britannica.
2008. Encyclopedia
Britannica. Web. 1 Dec. 2008.
Seiber, Roy. “Visual Arts of
Africa.” Encyclopedia Americana. 11th
ed.
2002. Print.
Smith, John. “Western Painting.”
Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
2008.
Web. 1 Dec. 2008.
“Visual Arts of Africa.”
Encyclopedia Americana. 11th
ed. 2002. Print.
General
Information:
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Please note that the list is
alphabetized by the first word of the
citation.
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Double space all of the citations on
your reference page.
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Indent the second & following lines of
the citation 5-7 spaces.
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For 3 or more authors:
Provide only the first author followed
by a comma and et. al.
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All words of the title of the article
are capitalized.
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Italicize the title of the
encyclopedia.
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