Skip to Main Content

Japanese American Internment: Citing Your Sources

A LaGuardia Community College library guide about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during 1941-1946.

Cite your sources!

Check here first - Library Citation Guides

MLA Book

Fridell, Ron. Capital Punishment. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2004. Print. Open for Debate.

Information to Include:

Author. Book Title. Publication City: Publisher, year of publication. Medium. Series title (if applicable).

MLA Single Work in an Anthology

Males, Mike. "The Media Exaggerate the Problem of Youth Gun Violence." Guns and Violence. Ed. Laura K. Egendorf. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005. 54-61. Print. Current Controversies.

Information to Include:

Author. "Title of Work." Title of Book. Editor or Compiler. City of Publication: Publisher, date of publication. page numbers. Medium. Series title (if applicable).

MLA Journal Article in a Database

Agar, Michael. “Telling It Like You Think It Might Be: Narrative, Linguistic Anthropology, and the Complex Organization.” Emergence: Complexity and Organization 7.3-4 (2005): 23+. Academic OneFile. Web. 26 June 2008.

Information to Include:

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal vol #.issue # (year): page numbers. Name of Database. Medium. date accessed.

MLA Website

Travel and Tourism Annual Data for South Carolina (2007). South Carolina Statistical Abstract. S.C. Budget and Control Board, Office of Research and Statistics. 2009. Web. 10 June 2009.

Information to Include:

Name of author/compiler. Title of the work. Title of the overall Web site if distinct from title of the work. Version if given. Publisher of Web site (if not given, use N.p.). Date of publication (if not given, use n.d.). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Library Media Resources Center
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue, room E101
Long Island City, NY 11101
Email the Library