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PORT 1111 - Explorations of Brazilian Cultures - Oliveira-Montes: Citing Your Sources

Style Guides for Writing

Style Guides provide formatting guidelines for research papers, including citations and bibliographies.  Different style guides are used for various disciplines.  MLA is the preferred style for this class and is linked below.


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MLA Style

Sample citation style

The examples below demonstrate how the various elements of a book citation and a journal citation are arranged using the MLA Style Guide.

Oliveira, Emanuelle. Writing Identity: The Politics of Afro-Brazilian Literature. Indiana: Purdue University Press, 2007.

Willson, Jr., Robert F. "William Shakespeare's Theater." The Greenwood Companion to Shakespeare: A Comprehensive Guide for Students. Ed. Joseph Rosenblum. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005. 47-64. Print.

Graham, Sarah. “Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s.” Journal of American Studies 40.2 (2006): 418-19. Print.