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The following is an example of an annotated bibliography in MLA format.

The bracketed, bold comments are explanatory - do not include them in your bibliography.

Firstname Lastname
Professor Name
EN102 [section letter]
Date
Genius and Insanity

 

Thesis Statement: Psychotic states engendered many great works of American literature.

Felinoka, Felicia. "Victorian Psychoses." The Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Greg Rai. 6th ed.
        6 vols.   London: Oxford UP, 2007. [article from a reference book]

Gullota, Viktor. "Longfellow's Descent Into Madness: Hubristic Imagery in the Later Works." 
       The Journal of English Studies 67.6(1998): 617-632. Academic Search Premier.
       EBSCOhost. 1 Feb. 2009 <http://web.epnet.com>.  [article from a refereed journal paginated continuously through the volume]

"Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)." 14 June 2005. American Authors. Ed. Donna M. Campbell.
       2 Mar. 2009 <http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/aufram.html>.   [page from a web site]

Schindele, Carrie Marie. Literature of the Disturbed. Rev. ed. Belt, MT: East Wind Press, 2006.  [book with a single author]

United States.  Library of Congress.  Manuscripts Division.  A Bibliography of Primary Sources:
       Institutionalized New England Writers.  May 2001.  Washington:  GPO, 2002. 
       [government document]

Vollers, Maryanne.  "Gazing Out the Windowpane:  Writing From Inside My Little Room." 
       Harpers.  29 Nov 1972: 14 (3).  General Reference Center Gold.  Infotrac.  20 Mar. 2009
       <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.   [article from a magazine]

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  • If there are two or three authors, use this format:

Scaluto, Vincenzo, Anne Hoffmann, and Melanzane P. Delizioso.  Dry times in the Piedmont.  Avalon, NJ:  Prosecco Press, 1929.

  • More than three authors? Use this format:

Slumpington, Aaron et al.  Problems in Civil Engineering. 8th Rev, ed.  Chicago:  Foundation Books, 1998.

  • Editor?  Use this format:

Phillips, K., ed.  Spenserian Criticism, Confusion in the Tower  Tulsa, OK:  Bright Eye Press, 2001.