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MLA Style - How to Document Information This guide is based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. For more details and examples, consult the MLA Handbook (REF LB2369 .G53 2009). List of Works Cited?|?Parenthetical Citations CREATE A LIST OF WORKS CITED Format Rules?|?Books?|?A Work in an Anthology or Collection?|?An Article in a Reference BookGale Series Literary Criticism?|?Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Articles - From a Library Database?Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Articles - Print Versions?|?Web Pages FORMAT RULES ? Place the list of works cited at the end of the paper. ? Center the title, Works Cited, one inch from the top of the page. ? Double space between the title and the first entry. ? Double space both within and between entries. ? Begin each entry flush with the left margin. ? Indent subsequent lines one-half inch (five spaces). ? Alphabetize by the authors (or editors) last name. ? Entries without an author are alphabetized by title. BOOKS Basic FormatAuthors Last Name, First Name.?Title of the Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium of Publication. Books by a Single AuthorFukuyama, Francis.?Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. New York: Farrar, 2002. Print. Books by Two or More AuthorsIf the book has two or three authors, list all of the authors. If the book has more than three authors, list the first one, followed by et al. The same rule applies when listing editors of a book. Block, Holly, et al.?Art Cuba: The New Generation. New York: Abrams, 2001. Print.Salzman, Jack, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, eds.?Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1996. Print. A WORK (AN ESSAY, SHORT STORY, POEM) IN AN ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION Basic FormatAuthors Last Name, First Name. Title of the Work. Trans. Translators Name.?Title of the Anthology or?Collection. Ed. Editor First Name Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Pa