1	Modern Language Association Documentation Style <http://www.mla.org>
2	Important Note: MLA format presented in Shelly, Cashman, Vermatt Office XP Course One (CS105 text) is incorrect: Word Project 2 has you set the Word options to automatically set up a hyperlink when you type a URL address. This is NOT proper MLA format. To turn this off: Tools, AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type, REMOVE checkmark in the Internet and network paths with hyperlink check box. URL should be shown in <angle brackets> Long URLs can be divided onto multiple lines, but no hyphen or other mark of division should be inserted at the break.
3	Citing Sources from the WWW Scholarly projects Reference databases Texts of books Periodical articles Discussion Boards Professional sites Personal sites
4	Syntax: Name of author, editor, compiler or translator Title of poem, short story, or similar short work within a scholarly project, database, or periodical (in quotation marks, or title of a posting to a discussion list or forum Title of book (underlined) Name of editor, compiler or translator of text Publication information for print version of source Title of scholarly project or database, periodical, or professional or personal site (underlined), or if no title, a description such as Home Page
5	Syntax - con’t Name of editor of scholarly project or database Version number of source, journal number, issue number, or other identifying number Date of electronic publication For work from a subscription service, name of service (if library is a subscriber then include the name and city of the library) Name of discussion list or forum Number range or total number of pages, paragraphs, or other sections
6	Syntax - con’t Name of institution or organization sponsoring or associated with the Web site Date when researcher accessed the source Electronic address, or URL, of the source (in angle brackets) For a subscription service, the URL of the service’s main page (if known) or the keyword assigned by the service
7	Formatting issues Leave one space after all punctuation marks Generally underlining is preferred to italics, because italics are sometimes hard to read in certain type styles.
8	Scholarly Project Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willet. Apr. 1997. Indiana U. 26 Apr. 1997 <http:// www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/>.
9	Professional Site Portuguese Language Page. U of Chicago. 1 May 1997 <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/ romance/port/>.
10	Personal Site Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1 May 1997 <http://www. hass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/ index.html>.
11	Book Nesbet, E[dith]. Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. London, 1908. Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willet. Apr. 1997. Indiana U. 26 Apr. 1997 <http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/ nesbit/ballsoc.html>.
12	Poem Nesbit, E[dith]. “Marching Song.” Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. London, 1908. Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willett. Apr. 1997. Indiana U. 26 Apr. 1997 <http:// www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/nesbbit/ ballsoc.html#p9>.
13	Article in a Reference Database “Fresco.” Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar.1997. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 29 Mar. 1997 <http://www.eb.com:180>.
14	Electronic Sources Tayor, Charles, James D. Carson, and Robert Cushman. “Hockey injuries of the spine in Canada, 1966-1996.” CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Vol. 162 Issue 6, 03/21/2000, 787. Available from Academic Search Elite [database on-line]. EBSCOhost. Accessed 15 November 2000. <http://search.epnet.com.>
15	Article in a Journal
16	Article in a Magazine
17	Posting to a Discussion List Merrian, Joanne. “Spinoff: Monsterpiece Theatre.” Online posting. 30 Apr. 1994. Shakesper: The Global Electronic Shakespeare Conference. 27 Aug. 1997 <http://www.arts.ubc.ca/english/iemls/ shak/MONSTERP_SPINOFF.txt>.
18	Word AutoCorrect Feature
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