Mla Format - A Guide To Preparing Note Cards And Bibliography Cards Page 3
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6HOW TO WRITE A BIB CARD FOR A BOOK
HOW TO WRITE DATES IN MLA FORMAT
with two editors
Dates are always written in military style, which means the date of the
month goes first, then the month, and then the year.
It’s just like writing a bib card for a book with two authors,
except you use the abbreviation for editor after the names.
27 Feb. 2007
Christianson, Lori and Ray Road, eds.
Months are always abbreviated to three letters:
Note how an ‘s’ is added to make the abbreviation plural.
Jan.
May
Sept.
Feb.
Jun.
Oct.
Mar.
Jul.
Nov.
HOW TO WRITE A BIB CARD FOR A BOOK
Apr.
Aug.
Dec.
with more than two editors
The only month that does not have a period at the end is May,
because it does not need to be abbreviated.
Christianson, Lori et.al., eds.
Years always use all four digits: 1999, 2005, 1762.
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HOW TO WRITE A BIB CARD FOR AN
HOW TO WRITE A BIB CARD FOR A
ARTICLE FROM AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
when you don’t know the author
Last Name, First Name.
“Title of Article.”
Name of Magazine.
Date:
Page Number(s).
“Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia.
Edition.
Year of publication.
Christianson, Lori. “How to Write Great Essays.” English
Teacher Weekly. 20 Nov. 2003: 70-71.
nd
“Adjectives.” World Book Encyclopedia. 22
ed. 2007.
Christianson, Lori. “Improving Your Vocabulary in Three
Easy Steps.” Newsweek. Oct. 2006: 143.
Note: use ordinal numbers and the abbreviation for
.
“edition” (ed.) when writing the edition.
Note the colon (:) that comes after the date and before the page
number. You do not need to write the abbreviation for page (p.)
or pages (pp.) before the page numbers.
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