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How to format your annotated bibliography
MLA Format
Website:
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Article." Title of Website, Publisher (if different from website title), Publication Date (day, month abbreviated, year), URL.
Example:
Hamilton, Jon. “Think You're Multitasking? Think Again.” National Public Radio, 2 Oct. 2008, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794.
Article in Journal:
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Number, Publication Date, Page Range.
Example:
Ahmed, Sara. “A Phenomenology of Whiteness.” Feminist Theory, vol. 8, no. 2, Aug. 2007, pp. 149–168. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700107078139.
Book:
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication.
Example:
Smith, Ali. “The Universal Story.” The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story, edited by Philip Hensher, Penguin Books, 2018, pp. 99–107.
General formatting rules:
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Center the title "Works Cited"
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Use 1-inch margins
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Use Times New Roman
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Use double spacing
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Alphabetize entries A-Z by author's last name
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Use a hanging indent (first line is at the left margin and all follwing lines are indented by 0.5 inches
Use the following websites to help format/create your citations!
Chicago Format
Website:
Author last name, first name. “Page Title.” Website Name. Month Day, Year. URL.
Example:
Bryson, Shane. “Word Order Rules in English.” Scribbr. Last modified February 20, 2019. https://www.scribbr.com/academic-writing/word-order-rules-in-english/.
Article in Journal:
Author last name, First name. “Article Title.” Journal Name Volume, no. Issue (Month or Season Year): Page range. DOI or URL.
Example:
Pickard, Hanna. “What Is Personality Disorder?” Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 18, no. 3 (September 2011): 181–84. https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2011.0040.
Book:
Author last name, first name. Book Title: Subtitle. Publisher, Year.
Example:
Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. Penguin, 1997.
General formatting rules:
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Center the title "Works Cited"
-
Use 1-inch margins
-
Use Times New Roman
-
Use double spacing
-
Alphabetize entries A-Z by author's last name
-
Use a hanging indent (first line is at the left margin and all following lines are indented by 0.5 inches
