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It is recommended that you cite all sources that you use in a article.Keep all citations in a section of the article called "References". You should use the MLA citation style when citing articles. Here is an overview of the MLA style.
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Books
Print Books
"AUTHOR(S).BOOK NAME. EDITION ed , NUMBER OF VOLUMES vols. PUBLISHER LOCATION:PUBLISHER NAME, YEAR PUBLISHED.
E-Books
"AUTHOR"."BOOK NAME".YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED.PROJECT BOOK IS FROM.PERSON WHO PUT THE BOOK ONLINE .YEAR PUT ONLINE.DATE RETRIVED URL.
EXAMPLES
Print BOOKS
"Pickering, Edward Charles".<The Future of Astronomy>. First ed , 1 vols. Unknown:Unknown,1846-1919.
=E-BOOKS
"Many"."Special Relativity".2007.Wikibooks.First published online .2007.Thursday , August, 16 , 2007> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special_Relativity>.
Encyclopedias
The format for citing an online encyclopedias
"ARTICLE NAME"." NAME of Website ". "Date WRITTEN". "ENCYCLOPEDIA NAME".DATE RETRIEVED, URL.
The Format for Citeing Print Encyclopedias
AUTHOR."ARTICLE NAME." "ENCYCLOPEDIA NAME". "Date WRITTEN".
Example
=Online Encyclopedias
"Spiral galaxy"."Wikipedia". "2007". "Wikipedia".Thursday , August, 16 , 2007 Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy.
Print Encyclopedias
?."Galaxy." "Encyclopædia Britannica". "?".







