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| Material Type | In Text Citation | Works Cited |
| Book |
(Lewis and Hill 23-24)
(Tallett and Trim 112) |
Lewis, Jon, and Joe Hill. American Film: A History. W.W. Norton, 2008. Tallett, Frank, and David Trim, editors. European Warfare, 1350-1750. Cambridge UP, 2010. |
| eBook |
(Nathanson) |
Nathanson, Mitchell. A People's History Of Baseball. 7th ed., University Illinois Press, 2012. eBook Academic Collection, ebscohost.net.
*[In this example, eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) is the database and second container so it is italicized.] |
|
Chapter/essay from a book
Chapter/essay from an eBook |
(Judd 56)
(Williams 28)
(McElroy) |
Judd, Sandra. "Heart Attack." Cardiovascular Disorders Sourcebook, Omigraphics, 2016, pp. 56-59. Williams, Bill. "History of Tamales." Encyclopedia of Food, edited by Sherry Miller, Random House Press, 2014, pp. 24-38.
McElroy, Mary. "Health Care Systems in the United States." The 1950s in America, edited by John C. Super, Salem, 2005. Salem Online, online.salempress.com. |
| Webpage |
("Aplastic Anemia")
(Brooks) |
"Aplastic Anemia." MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine, 2016, medlineplus.gov/aplasticanemia.html#cat95. Brooks, Bucky. "Super Bowl LI: Five-Part Plan for Atlanta Falcons to Win It All." NFL, 24 Jan. 2017, www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000778578. [The MLA handbook recommends adding the URL for websites, however you should omit http:// or https:// from the URL] [you can omit the name of the publisher when the title of the website is the same or similar to the name of its publisher (MLA p. 42)] |
|
Periodicals (magazines, newspapers, and journals) |
(Kane et al.)
(Breznican 21-22) |
Kane, Kevin, et al. "Beyond Fragmentation at the Fringe: An Analysis of Urban Land Cover in Phoenix." Applied Geography, vol. 52, no. 2, Aug. 2014, pp. 123-134.
Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2015, pp. 20-23. |
| Motion Picture | (Captain America: Civil War) |
Captain America: Civil War. Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, performances by Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr., Marvel Studios, 2016. |
| TV Show Episode | ("Winds of Winter") |
"Winds of Winter." Game of Thrones, created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, season 6, episode 10, HBO Productions, 2014. |
| YouTube Video | ("Real History") |
"Real History Behind Game of Thrones." YouTube, uploaded by Alp, 14 July 2016, youtu.be/Odw3Nxdqq4o. |
| Image, online | (Souza) | Souza, Pete. President Barack Obama Views the Hoover Dam. 2 Oct. 2012, photograph. Obama White House Archives, 7 July 2015, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/07/07/day- history-construction-began-hoover-dam. |
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