There are several good bibliography assistant programs on the web. Always remember to double check your results with the official MLA Guide (available in the library). Here are links and URL's of web-based citation assistants that we have tested and found acceptable results:
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Citation Builder (NCSU Libraries)
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KnightCite (Hekman Library - Calvin College)
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NoodleBib - the complete edition is provided to you by the Library - you will need to set up personal account to save your bibliographic information.
Bibliography/ "Works Cited" guide section
The Library has created these guides to assist with your bibliography writing. Many of the examples are of items in our collection. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to view these. There is a copy posted on the bulletin board in the Gummere Library.
Middle & Upper School guides - based on MLA 6th Edition:
Full guide (187 KB)- Selected sections of
the guide:
- General information
(156 KB)
- Books (108 KB)
- Magazine and Newpaper articles
(print, microfiche, online database and from publisher's websites)
(95 KB)
- Internet
(including magazine and newspaper articles)
(95 KB)
- You may also want to
check out
Mr. Kim's JAVA enhanced citation guide
Downloading these guides:
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these guides. The guides are saved in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF) to insure that critical formatting is preserved.- What is Adobe PDF?
- Get Adobe Reader
- What is Adobe PDF?
Other guides - Here are several samples of guides that are available on the Internet:
- MLA Formattting and Style Guide - by the Owl at Purdue University
- MLA
Style Citations - University of California Berkeley Library
revised January 16, 2007