How to Cite from: MLA Style

Cismaru, Alfred. "Making the Best of It." The New Republic 7 Dec. 1992: 30,32. 
	Excerpted and reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Christopher Giroux. 
	Vol. 85. Detroit: Gale, 1995. 73-74. 

Salkey, A. "Review of ‘At the Bottom of the River' by Jamaica Kinkaid." World Literature Today 58.2 (Spring 1984): 316. Excerpted and reprinted in 
        Short Story Criticism. Ed. Joseph Palmisano. Vol 72. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 263.

Kent, George E. "Gwendoyn Brooks."  Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955. 
        Ed. Trudier Harris. Vol. 76.  Detroit: Gale, 1988. 11-24. 

Harte, Bret. "Review of the innocents abroad." Discussion of Mark Twain. Ed Guy A. Cardwell. 
	N.p.: D. C. Health and Co.: 1963. 1-3. Excerpted and reprinted in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.
	Ed. Sharon K. Hall. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale, 1982. 453-454. 

Excerpt with NO title

Todd, Mabel Loomis. Preface. Poems. By Emily Dickinson. Reprinted in 
	Ancestors Brocades: the Literary Debut of Emily Dickinson. 
	By Millicent Todd Bingham. N.p.: Harper & Brothers, 1945. 417-419. Excerpted and 
	reprinted in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Robyn V. Young. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 
	1991. 78-79. 

The CQ Researcher

 Clark, Charles S. "The Obscenity Debate."The CQ Researcher 20 Dec. 1991: 969-992.

A Matter of Fact

Blender, William and Margaret Smith. "Population, Food and Nutrition." Population Bulletin 
	Feb. 1997: 2-47. Excerpted and reprinted in A Matter of Fact. Vol. 26. Ann Arbor, MI: 
	Pieran Press, 1997. 431. 

An entire book (in a series):

Petrikin, Jonathan S., ed. Male/Female Roles. Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1995.

Williams, Donald C., ed. Urban Sprawl: a Reference Handbook. Contemporary World Issues. 
	Santa Barbara, CA: ACC-CLIO, 2000.

An article/chapter of a book (in a series):

Donnelly, Elaine, and Phyllis Schlafly. "Women's Opportunities in the Military are Dangerous." 
	Male/Female Roles. Ed. Jonathan S. Petrikin. Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: 
	Greenhaven, 1995. 122-128. 

 "Women in the Labor Force." Women's Changing Role. Ed. Carol Foster and others. 
	Information Plus. Wylie, TX: Information Plus, 1990.15-28.

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