Familiar with MLA style?

Starberry · #1 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

Anyone know how to cite a dictionary using the MLA referencing style? I can't find anywhere that will tell me, and I don't want to go to the library to find that book just for that...

Is this right?
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster
Inc., 1993.

Well, with the proper spacing and everything... Is the place and then the printing company supposed to be in that order? Or is it supposed to be "Springfield: Massachusetts U.S.A., 1993"?

Also, is this correct?
The Holy Bible. Contemporary English Version. Toronto: Canadian Bible Society,
1995.

I know, it's summer and this is a long shot.... :kam:

*Jen*

Joanne · #2 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

try this: http://www.colacoll.edu/edenslibrary/MLA.htm

if not, ask your t.a.

if he/she doesn't know, then I doubt he or she could really dock you for writing it incorrectly.

also, the order is the place and THEN the printing company.

:)

--Joanne :P

Starberry · #3 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

^^ I don't have a T.A., but I will definitely check out that site. Thanks Jo, I knew I could count on you...hehe....=)

*Jen*

cinist · #4 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

i thought this was going to be about politics

Starberry · #5 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

Sorry...but you can talk about politics now if you want because I'm pretty sure that my citing is correct. =)

*Jen*

Moon · #6 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

just outta curiosity...

why would you need to cite a dictionary source? i mean isnt the main purpose to cite to mention another persons opinion on a matter that has no real right or wrong answer? a definition is a definition. why would you need to say where you got it?

and if you do need to cite it then i think you gotta underline the name of the dictionary (since you gotta underline all titles with MLA)

i'd cite it like this (also according to my writer manual)

"term you looked for." Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 10. Ed. 1993

Starberry · #7 (**permalink**) Jul 22, 03

^^ Thanks, that's how I did it, only I italicize instead of underline. =)

And yes, most of the time I would be citing other peoples' work, but in this case I quoted an actual definition and the word's etymology, so I have to cite it.

*Jen*