Transcript Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
MLA Format
Definition
• An annotated bibliography is a list of
sources used in researching a topic and a
summary of the contents of each source
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu).
• MLA stands for the Modern Language
Association.
Helpful Links
• The Purdue Owl
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/ge
neral/gl_annotatedbib.html)
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing
Center
(http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA
WorksCited_Article.html)
• Olin & Uris Libraries
(http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/researc
h/skill28.htm)
MLA Entries
For a book: Author’s last name, first name. Title. Location of
publisher: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Hansen, Kevin. Cougar: The American Lion. Flagstaff:
Northland, 1992.
For a journal. Author’s last name, first. “Article Title.”
Journal Title Volume number. Issue number (year): page
range.
Dennis, Carl. “What Is Our Poetry to Make of Ancient
Myths?” New England Review 8.1 (1997): 128-40.
From a web site: Author’s last name, first. “Article Title.”
Journal Title. Date accessed. <url>.
Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.”
NativeWeb. 15 Sept. 2001 http://www.nativeweb.org.
Arrangement of Entries
• Arrange entries in alphabetical order,
ignoring, but including, the article a, an,
and the.
• Double space the entire page. Do not
place extra spacing between entries.
• Use an inverted paragraph format for each
entry. This mean that the first line of the
entry begins at the left margin and all
subsequent lines are indented five spaces.
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