How To Cite Secondary Resources When Doing Literary Research

The following are representative examples of publications republished in a different form or medium than the one in which they originally appeared, and how they would be listed in your "Works Cited." For detailed explanations, or for information on how to cite original publications or other types of resources, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.

1. Printed Publications Reprinted in a Compilation of Excerpts from Literary Criticism
   1. An Excerpt from a Book:

       Browning, Preston M. Flannery O'Connor. Carbondale: Southern
           Illinois UP, 1974. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism.
           Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1998.
           135-45. 

   2. An Excerpt from an Article in a Scholarly Journal:

       McDermott, John V. "Julian's Journey into Hell: Flannery
            O'Connor's Allegory of Pride." Mississippi Quarterly 28
            (1975): 171-79. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism.
            Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1998.
            145-48. 

   3. An Excerpt from an Article in a Book:

       Gordon, Caroline. "An American Girl." The Added Dimension: The
            Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor. Ed. Melvin J. Friedman
            and Lewis A. Lawson. New York: Fordham UP, 1977. 123-37.
            Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R.
            Gunton and Laurie Lanzen Harris. Vol. 15. Detroit: Gale,
            1980. 411-12. 

   4. An Excerpt from a Book Review:

       Howe, Irving. "Flannery O'Connor's Stories." Rev. of Everything
            That Rises Must Converge, by Flannery O'Connor. New York
            Review of Books 30 Sept. 1965: 16-17. Rpt. in Contemporary
            Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 104.
            Detroit: Gale, 1998. 110-13. 

2. Printed Publications Excerpted in an Online Reference Database
   1. An Excerpt from a Book:

       Browning, Preston M. Flannery O'Connor. Southern Illinois UP,
            1974. Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select. Gale.
            Orradre Library, Santa Clara University. 16 Oct. 2003
            <http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC>. 

   2. An Excerpt from an Article in a Scholarly Journal:

       McDermott, John V. "Julian's Journey into Hell: Flannery
            O'Connor's Allegory of Pride." Mississippi Quarterly 28
            (1975): 171-79. Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select.
            Gale. Orradre Library, Santa Clara University. 16 Oct.
            2003 <http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC>. 

   3. An Excerpt from an Article in a Book:

       Gordon, Caroline. "An American Girl." The Added Dimension: The
            Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor. Ed. Melvin J. Friedman
            and Lewis A. Lawson. Fordham UP, 1977. 123-37.
            Contemporary Literary Criticism - Select. Gale. Orradre
            Library, Santa Clara University. 16 Oct. 2003
            <http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC>. 

   4. An Excerpt from a Book Review:

       Howe, Irving. "Flannery O'Connor's Stories." Rev. of Everything
            That Rises Must Converge, by Flannery O'Connor. New York
            Review of Books 30 Sept. 1965: 16-17. Contemporary
            Literary Criticism - Select. Gale. Orradre Library, Santa
            Clara University. 16 Oct. 2003 <http://www.galenet.com/
            servlet/LitRC>. 

3. Printed Publications Republished in Full in an Online Reference Database
   1. An Article in a Scholarly Journal:

       Bolton, Betsy. "Placing Violence, Embodying Grace: Flannery
            O'Connor's 'Displaced Person.'" Studies in Short Fiction
            34.1 (1997): 87- . Literature Resource Center. Gale.
            Orradre Library, Santa Clara University. 16 Oct. 2003
            <http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC>. 

   2. An Article in a Book:

       Hyman, Stanley Edgar. "Flannery O'Connor." American Writers.
            Vol. 3. Scribner's, 1974. 337-60. Scribner Writers
            Series. Gale. Orradre Library, Santa Clara University. 16
            Oct. 2003 <http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC>. 

   3. A Book Review:

       Gentry, Marshall Bruce. Rev. of Flannery O'Connor and Cold War
            Culture, by Jon Lance Bacon. Studies in Short Fiction 32.2
            (1995): 274- . Academic Search Elite. EBSCO. Orradre
            Library, Santa Clara University. 16 Oct. 2003
            <http://www.epnet.com/>. 

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