Why should I cite my sources?

• To demonstrate you have considered others' research
• To direct readers to additional information
• To establish credibility as a careful researcher
• To show professional honesty and courtesy

How do I cite my sources?

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

6th edition, 2003
REF LB2369 .G53 2003

Bibliographic citations using MLA style produced in-house by librarian Don Macnaughtan

Example of an MLA format research paper by writing expert Diana Hacker. Pay special attention to the last two pages of the paper, where her bibliography is.

Examples of MLA Citations

[Journal Article from an Online Database]
Paterson, Barbara. "Ethics for Wildlife Conservation: Overcoming
    the Human-Nature Dualism." BioScience 56.2 (2006): 144-150.
    Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Lane Community College 
    Lib., Eugene, OR. 15 Mar. 2006 <http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.
    library.lanecc.edu:80/>. 

[Internet Journal or Magazine Article]
Berry, Thomas. "The Great Community of the Earth." Yes Magazine 
    Winter 2001. 19 Mar 2004 ‹http://www.yesmagazine.org/16culture/
    berry.htm›.

[Edited Book]
Gottlieb, Roger S., ed. This Sacred Earth: Religion, Environment. 
    New York: Routledge, 1996. 

[Web site with All Available Information]
Hessel, Dieter T. "Christianity and Ecology: Wholeness, 
    Respect, Justice, Sustainability." 12 Mar. 2004. Harvard
    University Center for the Environment. 19 Mar 2004
    ‹http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/
    christianity/›.

[Web site with No Date]
Leopold, Aldo. "The Land Ethic." North Glen. 19 Mar. 2004
   ‹http://www.tipiglen.dircon.co.uk/landethic.html›.

[Magazine Article from an Online Database]
Motavalli, Jim. "Stewards of the Earth." E Magazine: The
   Environmental Magazine Nov/Dec 2002: 24-38. MasterFILE
   Premier. EBSCOhost. Lane Community College Lib., Eugene, 
   OR. 15 Mar. 2006 <http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.
   lanecc.edu>.

[Book with Multiple Authors]
Seed, John, Fleming Pat, Macy Joanna, and Arne Naess. 
    Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All
    Beings. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1998. 

[Book]
Thomas, Berry. The Dream of the Earth. San Francisco: 
    Sierra Club Books, 1988. 

[Journal Article from an Online Database with 2 Authors]
Whitney, Kimberly, and Camelia Largont. "Greening by Place:
   Sustaining Cultures, Ecologies, Communities." Journal of
   Women & Religion 19.11 (2001): 11-26. Academic Search 
   Premier. EBSCOhost. Lane Community College Lib., Eugene, 
   OR. 8 Feb. 2007 <http://search.ebscohost.com>.

[Chapter in an Edited Book]
Yamauchi, Jeff. "Nuclear Ecology and Engaged Buddhism."
    Buddhism and Ecology: the Interconnection of Dharma and
    Deeds. Ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Duncan Ry¯uken
    Williams. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977. 
    357-382.