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Theses & Dissertations | MLA Works Cited

Author. Title. Title of container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, publication date, location.The format of the thesis or dissertation dictates how you will create its entry on your MLA Works Cited page. If you have a hard copy of the thesis or dissertation, you will need just one container for the document’s information. However, since you are more likely accessing the work via a database, you will probably need a second container to communicate the database information.

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Samuelson, Michael Lynn. Contending with Foucault. 2003. Florida State U, PhD dissertation.
Elements
Elements used in this citation example are author, title, publication date, and place and type of work as a supplemental element at the end.

Database

Samuelson, Michael Lynn. Contending with Foucault. 2003. Florida State U, PhD dissertation. ProQuest, search.proquest.com/docview/502312254.
Elements
Elements used in this citation example are author, title, publication date, place and type of work as a supplemental element, title of container 2, and location.

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