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MLA Style Guide for EJSHS Students Created by Ms. Cox, Media Specialist

MLA Style Guide for EJSHS Students

By Ms. Cox

Updated October 2019

This guide was created for use by EJSHS students. For further research, please view the MLA

Handbook 8th ed. Students needing further assistance can contact your teacher or media

specialist.

Book/s

One Author Page 2

Two Authors Page 3

Three Authors Page 4

Four or More Authors Page 5

Author(s) with Illustrator(s) Page 6

Author(s) & Editor(s)

With Author(s) & Editor(s) Page 7

Edited Book

One Editor Page 8

Two Editors Page 9

Three Editors 0

Four or More Editors Page 11

Journal Articles in an Online Database

One Author Page 12

Two Authors Page 13

Three Authors Page 14

Periodicals

Article in a Magazine Page 15

Article in a Web Magazine Page 16

Article in a Newspaper Page 17

Article in a Web Newspaper Page 18

Electronic Resources

YouTube Page 19

Website (Example 1) Page 20



Dictionary Page 23

Encyclopedia Britannica Page 24

Print Image found Online Page 25

Digital Files (MP3’s,

JPEG’s, PDF’s, etc)

Page 26

Sound Recording (CD) Page 27

Recorded Films or Movies

(DVD/VHS)

Page 28

Miscellaneous

Citation Rules Page 29

Sample Works Cited Page 30-

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Book

One Author

Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1982.

*the City of Publication should only be used if the book was published before 1900, if the publisher has offices in

more than one country, or if the publisher is unknown in North America.

Author

Title

Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Author’s full name

(Last name, First name)

Title of Book Publisher Name

Year of

Publication

3


Book

Two Authors

Ryan, Kevin, and Tina Kelley. Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope.

Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.




(Last name, First name, and First Last Name) Title of Book: Subtitle of Book

City of Publication, Publisher Name Year of

Publication

Indent

Authors

Title

Publisher City of Publication

Date of Publication

4


Book

Three Authors

Paterson, Thomas G., J. Garry Clifford, and Kenneth J. Hagan. American Foreign Relations: A

History to 1920. 4th ed., Vol. 1, D.C. Heath and Company, 1995.




(Last name, First name, First name Last Name, and First Last Name) Title of Book: Subtitle of Book

Book Edition

Volume

Publisher Name Year of

Publication

Indent

Authors

Title

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Sub-Title

Publisher

5


Book

Four or more Authors

*Use “et al” when there are 4 or more authors

Grosswirth, Marvin, et al. Match Wits with Mensa: The Complete Quiz Book. Cambridge, Da

Capo Press, 1998.



Author’s full name, et al


Title of Book: Subtitle of Book City of Publication, Publisher Name

Indent

Year of

Publication

Authors

Title

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Sub-Title

Publisher

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Book

Author(s) with Illustrator(s)

Nelson, Marilyn

A Wreath for Emmett Till

Philippe Lardy

New York

Houghton Mifflin Company

2005

Print

Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illus. Philippe Lardy, Houghton Mifflin Company,

2005.



Author(s):

Title of Book:

Illustrator(s):

City of Publication:

Publisher Name:

Year of Publication:

Medium of Publication:

Title of Book

Publisher Name

Year of

Publication

Indent



Illus.’s full name

(First Last Name)

Author

Title

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Publisher

Illustrator

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Book

Author/s and Editor/s

Chaucer, Geoffrey

The Canterbury Tales

Jill Mann

New York

Penguin Books

2005

Print

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales, edited by Jill Mann, Penguin Books, 2005.



Author(s):

Title of Book:

Editor(s):


Publisher Name:




(Last name, First name) Title of Book

Editor

(edited by First Last Name)

Publisher Name

Year of

Publication

Author

Title

Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Editor

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Edited Book

One Editor

Callow, Alexander B., Jr.

American Urban History: An Interpretive Reader with Commentaries

3rd ed.

New York

Oxford University Press

1982

Print

Callow, Alexander B., Jr., editor. American Urban History: An Interpretive Reader with

Commentaries. 3rd ed., New York, Oxford University Press, 1982.



Editor(s):

Title of Book:

Edition #:


Publisher Name:



Editor’s full name

(Last name, First name) Title of Book: Subtitle of Book

Edition

City of Publication, Publisher Name Indent

Year of

Publication

Edition

Title

Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Editor

Subtitle

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Edited Book

Two Editors

Holmsten, Brian and Alex Lubertozzi

The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars’ Invasion of Earth from H.G.

Wells to Orson Welles

Naperville

Sourcebooks, Inc.

2001

Print

Holmsten, Brian and Alex Lubertozzi, editors. The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars’ Invasion

of Earth from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles. Sourcebooks, Inc., 2001.



Editor(s):

Title of Book:

Edition (If applicable):


Publisher Name:




(Last name, First name & First last name) Title of Book: Subtitle of Book

Publisher Name Year of

Publicatio

n

Indent

Title

Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Editors

Subtitle

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Edited Book

Three Editors

Masteralexis, Lisa P., Carol A. Barr, and Mary A. Hums

Principles and Practice of Sport Management

4th ed.

Sudbury

Jones and Bartlett Learning

2012

Print

Masteralexis, Lisa P., Carol A. Barr, and Mary A. Hums, editors. Principles and Practice of

Sport Management. 4th ed., Sudburg, Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2012.



Editor(s):

Title of Book:



Publisher Name:




(Last name, First name, First last name, and First last name, editors.) Title of Book

City of Publication, Publisher Name

Year of

Publication

Indent

Title Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication Editors

Edition

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Edited Book

Four or More Editors

Denton, Gillian, et al

The Dorling Kindersley History of the World

n/a

New York

Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.

1994

Print

*Use “et al” when there are 4 or more editors

Denton, Gillian, et al, editors. The Dorling Kindersley History of the World. New York, Dorling

Kindersley Publishing Inc., 1994.



Editor(s):

Title of Book:



Publisher Name:




(Last name, First name & First last name, et al, editors. ) Title of Book

City of Publication, Publisher Name

Year of

Publication

Indent

Title

Publisher

City of Publication

Date of Publication

Editors

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One Author

Kreager, Derek A. “Guarded Borders: Adolescent Interracial Romance and Peer Trouble at

School.” Social Forces, vol. 87, no. 2, Dec. 2008, pp. 887-910. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ829676&site=ehost-live.

*While not required, adding the date you accessed the material to the end of the citation is highly recommended,

especially when dealing with pages that change frequently or do not have a visible copyright date.


(Last name, First name) Title of Article: Subtitle of Article

Indent

Title of Journal

Volume, Issue #

Date of Publication

Pages

Database Used

Author

Title

Journal Title Volume &

Issue #

Pages

Date Published

URL

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Two Authors

Rosen, Yigal, and Dawne Beck-Hill. “Intertwining Digital Content and a One-to-One Laptop

Environment in Teaching and Learning: Lessons from the Time to Know Program.” Journal

of Research on Technology in Education, vol. 44, no. 3, Sept. 2012, pp. 225-241. EBSCOhost,




Authors

Title


(Last name, First name, and First Last Name) Title of Article: Subtitle of Article

Indent

Title of Journal

Volume. Issue #

Date of Publication

Pages

Database Used


Issue # Pages

Date Published

URL

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Three Authors

Warner, Stacy, Marlene A. Dixon, and Laurence Chalip. “The Impact of Formal versus informal

Sport: Mapping the Differences in Sense of Community.” Journal of Community Psychology,

vol. 40, no. 8, Nov. 2012, pp. 983-1003. EBSCOhost,





(Last name, First name, First name Last Name, and First Last Name) Title of Article: Subtitle of Article

Indent

Title of Journal

Date of Publication

Pages

Database Used

Volume, Issue #

Authors

Title


Issue # Pages

Date Published

URL

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Periodical

Article in a Magazine:

Bourne, Joel K. Jr.

The Next Breadbasket

National Geographic

July 2014

47-77

Bourne, Joel K. Jr. “The Next Breadbasket.” National Geographic, July 2014, pp. 47-77.

Author(s):

Title of Article:

Periodical Title

(italicized):

Date of Publication:

Pages:

Periodical Title

Article Title

Pages

Date Published

Author


(Last name, First name) Title of Article

Periodical Title

Publication Date, Pages Used

Periodical Title

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Periodical

Article in a Web Magazine:

Berglund, Jennifer

Searching for Life in Mexico’s Underwater Caves

Discover

Kalmbach Publishing Co.

July/August 2014

27 June 2014

Berglund, Jennifer. “Searching for Life in Mexico’s Underwater Caves.” Discover. Kalmbach

Publishing Co., July/Aug. 2014, discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/16-cave-man.



Author(s):

Title of Article:

Periodical Title

(italicized):

Publisher/Sponsor:


Date Viewed:

Author

Title

Magazine Title

Date Published

Publisher



Periodical Title

Publisher, Date of Publication

URL

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Periodical

Article in a Newspaper:

Stevens, Dan

Happy Birthday USA

Village Voices

July 9-July 15, 2014

A1

Stevens, Dan. “Happy Birthday USA.” Village Voices, 9-15 July 2014, p. A1.

Author(s):

Title of Article:

Periodical Title

(italicized):


Edition:

Page #(s):



Periodical Title

Date of Publication

Author

Article Title

Periodical Title

Publication Date

Page # may

appear on 2nd

page

Page

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Periodical

Article in a Web Newspaper:

Gladstone, Rick

U.S. Plans to Reduce Its Land Mine Stockpile

The New York Times

The New York Times Company

27 June 2014

www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/us-to-cut-its-land-mine-stockpile.html

Gladstone, Rick. “U.S. Plans to Reduce Its Land Mine Stockpile.” The New York Times. The

New York Times Company, 27 June 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/us-to-cut-its-

land-mine-stockpile.html.



Author(s):

Title of Article:

Periodical Title (italicized):

Publisher/Sponsor:


URL:

Author

Title

Newspaper Title

Date Published

Publisher



Periodical Title

URL

Publisher, Date of Publication

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Electronic Resources

YouTube

Damm, Richard

World War II Submarine Warfare – rare footage

YouTube

18 Mar. 2013

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DxhS8wpoI

27 June 2014

Damm, Richard. “World War II Submarine Warfare – rare footage.” YouTube, 18 Mar.

2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DxhS8wpoI, accessed 27 June 2014.

* Source: name of the author, compiler, director, editor, narrator, performer, or translator



*If source is same as uploaded by, excluded uploaded by in citation.

Source*:

Title:

Web site (italicized):

Uploaded by:

Date of Published:

URL:

Date Viewed:

Source

Title

Date Published

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Electronic Resource

Website (Example #1):

Lanark, Illinois

Wikipedia.org

Wikipedia Foundation, Inc.

6 April 2014

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark,_Illinois

“Lanark, Illinois.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc., 6 April 2014,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark,_Illinois.



Title:


Publisher/Sponsor:

Date of

Published/Modified:

URL:

Publisher

Title

Date Modified

Web Site

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Electronic Source


Maguire, Carter

NASA’s deep-space craft readying for launch

CNN

Cable News Network

26 June 2014

www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/tech/innovation/nasa-orion-

spacecraft/index.html

Maguire, Carter. “ NASA’s deep-sapce craft readying for launch.” CNN, Cable News Network,

26 June 2014, www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/tech/innovation/nasa-orion-spacecraft/index.html.



Author(s):

Title:


Publisher/Sponsor:

Date of

Published/Modified:

URL:

Title

Date Published

Web Site

Publisher

Author

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Electronic Resource


No Author

New Accountability: Framework Raises the Bar for State Special Education

Programs

Ed

U.S. Department of Education

24 June 2014

www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-accountability-framework-raises-bar-state-

special-education-programs

“New Accountability Framework Raises the Bar for State Special Education Programs.” Ed, U.S.

Department of Education, 24 June 2014, www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-

accountability-framework-raises-bar-state-special-education-programs.

*Publisher was located at the top of the page.



Author(s):

Title:


Publisher/Sponsor:

Date of

Published/Modified:

URL:

Title

Date Published

Web Site Publisher

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Electronic Resource:

Dictionary (Online):

Citation

Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, Inc.

2014

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/citation

“Citation.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam- Webster, Inc., 2014, www.merriam-

webster.com/dictionary/citation.



Title:


Publisher/Sponsor:

Date of

Published/Modified:

URL:

Title

Date Published

Web Site

Publisher

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Electronic Resource:

Encyclopedia (Online):

No Author

Michael Jordan

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

28 May 2014

www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jordan

“Michael Jordan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 28 May 2014,

www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jordan.



Author(s):

Title:


Publisher/Sponsor:

Date of

Published/Modified:

URL:

Title

Date Published

Web Site

Publisher

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Electronic Resource

Print Image found Online:

Vinci, Leonardo da.

Mona Lisa

1503-1505

Louvre

Paris

Encyclopedia Britannica

www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting

8 Oct. 2019

Vinci, Leonardo da. Mona Lisa. 1503-1505. Lourve, Paris. Encyclopedia Britannica,

www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting, Accessed 8 Oct. 2019.

* You may have to do additonal research to find some of the information needed for this citation

(i.e. Date of Creation).

Artist(s):

Title of Work (Italicized):

Date of Creation:

Institution Housed:

City Housed:

Website (Italicized):

URL:

Date of Access:

Title

Date of Creation

Web Site

Institution

Artist

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Electronic Resource

Digital Files:

* Use this same citation format for all digital files (images/JPEG’s/PNG’s, PDF’s, MP3’s,

etc)

No Author

ANIMAL CLIP ART AND POETRY FOR CHILDREN – TOAD

ClipArt Best

2014

cliparts.co/clipart/2343569

“ANIMAL CLIP ART AND POETRY FOR CHILDREN – TOAD.” ClipArt Best, 2014,

cliparts.co/clipart/2343569.



Artist(s):

Title of Work:

Publisher:

Date Published/Modified:

URL:

Title

Date Published

Web Site

Publisher

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Electronic Resource

Sound Recording (CD):

Adele

Rolling in the Deep

Adele 21

XL Recordings LTD.

2011

* When citing CD’s, when possible, use the actual CD information, not the case.

Adele. “Rolling in the Deep.” Adele 21, XL Recordings LTD., 2011.

Artist(s):

Title of Song:

Album Title (Italicized):

Publisher:

Date Published/Modified:

Title

Date Published Title of Song

Publisher Artist

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Electronic Resource

Recorded Films/Movies (DVD/VHS):

Schindler’s List

Steven Spielberg

Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan

Sagalle, and Embeth Davidtz

Universal Studios

2004

* Use Perf. to head list of performers if applicable.

* When citing DVD’s, when possible, use the actual DVD information, not the case.

Schindler’s List. Directed by Steven Spielberg, performances by Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley,

Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, and Embeth Davidtz, Universal Studios,

2004.

Title:

Director:

Performer(s) if applicable:

Distributor:

Release Year:

Title Date Released

Performers Distributor

Director

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Citation Rules Page

Rules:

#1. Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your paper.

#2. The Works Cited page should have 1 inch margins, and include the same MLA header as

your paper (i.e. last name, page number located in header).

#3. Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize, bold, quote, or change the font size of this

label).

#4. Double space all citations.

#5. Indent the 2nd and subsequent lines of citations (i.e. if there are 2, 3, or more lines of a

citation they will all be indented).

#6. List page numbers of sources when applicable. If you are viewing pages 1-17 (1 through

17), or just 1,17 (1 and 17) besure to follow the correct format.

#7. Citations are required to include URL’s, permalinks or DOI’s. When adding this

information always remove Http:// from URL.

#8. Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc, but do not capitalize articles (the,

an), prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle (ex: Gone

with the Wind or The Art of War).

#9. When citing author’s names, do not include titles (Dr., Sir, Saint, etc) or degrees (PhD,

MA, DDS, etc). However, you must include suffixes (Jr., II., etc.) when citing names (ex: King,

Martin Luther, Jr.).

#10. If not author or editor exist, then begin the citation with the title of the article/book.

#11. If citing more than one work by a particular author, order the entries alphabetically by

title, and use three hypens (---) in place of the author’s name foreach entry after the first.

For additional information on in-text citations, please view the following resource:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

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Works Cited

Adele. “Rolling in the Deep.” Adele 21, XL Recordings LTD., 2011.

“ANIMAL CLIP ART AND POETRY FOR CHILDREN – TOAD.” ClipArt Best, 2014,

cliparts.co/clipart/2343569.

Berglund, Jennifer. “Searching for Life in Mexico’s Underwater Caves.” Discover. Kalmbach

Publishing Co., July/Aug. 2014, discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/16-cave-man.

Bourne, Joel K. Jr. “The Next Breadbasket.” National Geographic, July 2014, pp. 47-77.

Callow, Alexander B., Jr., editor. American Urban History: An Interpretive Reader with

Commentaries. 3rd ed., New York, Oxford University Press, 1982.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales, edited by Jill Mann. Penguin Books, 2005.

“Citation.” Merriam-Webster. Merriam- Webster, Inc., 2014, www.merriam-

webster.com/dictionary/citation.

Damm, Richard. “World War II Submarine Warfare – rare footage.” YouTube, 18 Mar. 2013,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DxhS8wpoI, accessed 27 June 2014.

Denton, Gillian, et al, editors. The Dorling Kindersley History of the World. New York, Dorling

Kindersley Publishing Inc., 1994.

Gladstone, Rick. “U.S. Plans to Reduce Its Land Mine Stockpile.” The New York Times. The

New York Times Company, 27 June 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/us/us-to-cut-its-

land-mine-stockpile.html.

Grosswirth, Marvin, et al. Match Wits with Mensa: The Complete Quiz Book. Cambridge, Da

Capo Press, 1998.

Holmsten, Brian and Alex Lubertozzi, editors. The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars’ Invasion

of Earth from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles. Sourcebooks, Inc., 2001.

Kreager, Derek A. “Guarded Borders: Adolescent Interracial Romance and Peer Trouble at

School.” Social Forces, vol. 87, no. 2, Dec. 2008, pp. 887-910. EBSCOhost,


“Lanark, Illinois.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc., 6 April 2014,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark,_Illinois.

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Maguire, Carter. “ NASA’s deep-sapce craft readying for launch.” CNN, Cable News Network,

26 June 2014, www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/tech/innovation/nasa-orion-spacecraft/index.html.

Masteralexis, Lisa P., Carol A. Barr, and Mary A. Hums, editors. Principles and Practice of

Sport Management. 4th ed., Sudburg, Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2012.

“Michael Jordan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 28 May 2014,

www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jordan.

Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Illus. Philippe Lardy, Houghton Mifflin Company,

2005.

“New Accountability Framework Raises the Bar for State Special Education Programs.” Ed, U.S.

Department of Education, 24 June 2014, www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-

accountability-framework-raises-bar-state-special-education-programs.

Paterson, Thomas G., J Garry Clifford, and Kenneth J. Hagan. American Relations: History to

1920. 4th ed., Vol. 1, D.C. Heath and Company, 1995.

Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. The Ballantine Publishing Group, 1982.

Rosen, Yigal, and Dawne Beck-Hill. “Intertwining Digital Content and a One-to-One Laptop

Environment in Teaching and Learning: Lessons from the Time to Know Program.”

Journal of Research on Technology in Education, vol. 44, no. 3, Sept. 2012, pp. 225-241.

EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ976467&site=ehost-

live.

Ryan, Kevin, and Tina Kelley. Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope.

Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.

Schindler’s List. Directed by Steven Spielberg, performances by Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley,

Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle, and Embeth Davidtz, Universal Studios,

2004.

Stevens, Dan. “Happy Birthday USA.” Village Voices, 9-15 July 2014, p. A1.

Vinci, Leonardo da. Mona Lisa. 1503-1505. Lourve, Paris. Encyclopedia Britannica,

www.britannica.com/topic/Mona-Lisa-painting, Accessed 8 Oct. 2019.

32


Warner, Stacy, Marlene A. Dixon, and Laurence Chalip. “The Impact of Formal versus informal

Sport: Mapping the Differences in Sense of Community.” Journal of Community

Psychology, vol. 40, no. 8, Nov. 2012, pp. 983-1003. EBSCOhost,


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