DIRECTORY TO MLA STYLE

1. One author
2. Multiple authors
3. Organization or group author
4. Unknown author
5. Two or more works by the same author

   PRINT BOOKS

6. Basic format for a book

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7. Author and editor both named
8. Editor, no author named
9. Anthology
10. Work in an anthology or chapter in a book with an editor
11. Two or more items from the same anthology
12. Translation
13. Book with both translator and editor
14. Translation of a section of a book
15. Translation of a book by an unknown author
16. Book in a language other than English
17. Graphic narrative
18. Edition other than the first
19. One volume of a multivolume work
20. Two or more volumes of a multivolume work
21. Preface, foreword, introduction, or afterword
22. Entry in a reference book
23. Book that is part of a series
24. Republication (modern edition of an older book)
25. Publisher’s imprint
26. Book with a title within the title
27. Sacred text

    PRINT PERIODICALS

28. Article in a print journal
29. Article in a print magazine

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30. Article in a print newspaper
31. Article that skips pages
32. Editorial or letter to the editor
33. Review
34. Unsigned article

    DIGITAL WRITTEN-WORD SOURCES

35. Work from a database

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36. Article from the Web site of a journal
37. Article in a magazine on the Web
38. Article in a newspaper on the Web
39. Book on the Web
40. Poem on the Web
41. Editorial or letter in a Web periodical
42. Review in a Web periodical
43. Entry in a Web reference work
44. Work from a Web site

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45. Downloaded PDF file
46. Entire Web site
47. Academic course Web site
48. Blog
49. Published interview
50. Post or comment on a blog
51. Entry in a wiki
52. Posting to a discussion group or newsgroup
53. Posting to a social networking site
54. Email or message on a social networking site
55. Tweet

    VISUAL, AUDIO, MULTIMEDIA, AND LIVE SOURCES

56. Film, DVD, or streaming video
57. Short online video
58. Television or radio program
59. Broadcast interview
60. Unpublished or personal interview
61. Sound recording
62. Musical composition
63. Computer game
64. Lecture or speech
65. Live performance
66. Podcast (streaming)
67. Digital file
68. Work of art or photograph
69. Map or chart
70. Cartoon or comic strip
71. Advertisement

    ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND LEGAL SOURCES (INCLUDING DIGITAL VERSIONS)

72. Report or pamphlet
73. Government publication
74. Published proceedings of a conference
75. Dissertation
76. Dissertation abstract
77. Unpublished letter
78. Manuscript or other unpublished work
79. Legal source