ENGLISH 1302 - ‘WORKS CITED’ PAGE - MLA FORMAT FOR SOURCES FROM THE NORTON READER
All primary sources must have accurate and specific parenthetical documentation throughout your paper, including the last
name(s) of authors and page or paragraph number for prose – example: (Goodman 980), line number(s) for poetry – example:
(Blake, line 28) – for all textbook references, follow the documentation principles in the MLA Handbook.
With reference to the “Works Cited” page at the end of the research paper, the MLA guidelines for formatting a specific work as
a primary source (the thesis author) appear in the MLA Handbook (5.5.6. A Work in an Anthology). Other books, articles, webbased materials, JSTOR, and other print and non-print media about the author or thesis subject of your research paper and
thesis, that is, secondary sources, may be from both inside (Research Scenario 2, over) and outside the textbook. Please note
the following two research scenarios and relevant MLA documentation for your primary and secondary sources:
RESEARCH SCENARIO 1: REFERENCE TO A SINGLE PRIMARY WORK IN THE NORTON READER
Citing only one primary source from the textbook with no additional secondary sources from the textbook:
MLA 5.5.6. A Work in an Anthology
The documentation below appears in the Works Cited page if the research paper and thesis has only one primary source from
The Norton Reader. Please follow this order (3 consecutive sets of information):
1. Author (Last name, first name), title (in quotation marks – a period precedes the end quotation mark).
Example: Baron, Dennis. “Who Owns Global English?”
2. Name of the anthology, edition (abbreviation 'ed.', lower-case 'e,' follows number), editor(s) (preceded by the
abbreviation 'Ed.', capital E) or compiler(s) (Comp.) of the book being cited. Note: lowercase and capital as well as
placement before or after the name and number respectively differentiate edition (ed.) from editor (Ed.). For multiple
editors, list the full name of the first editor, and then the Latin phrase ‘et al’ (from others) to indicate that the textbook
has more than three editors, preceded by the corresponding plural abbreviation ‘Eds.”
Example: The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. 13th ed. Eds. Linda Peterson, et al.
3. Publication information:
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Place of publication (followed by a colon),
Publisher (followed by a comma),
Date of publication (followed by a period),
Page number(s) (without 'p.' or 'pp.', followed by a period).
indicate ‘Print.’ (followed by a period).
Example: New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. 978-83. Print.
Complete example for Works Cited citation for a single primary source from the textbook:
Baron, Dennis. “Who Owns Global English?” The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. Eds. Linda Peterson, et al.
13th ed. New York: Norton, 2012. 435-38. Print.
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RESEARCH SCENARIO 2: CROSS-REFERENCING MULTIPLE WORKS FROM THE NORTON READER
Citing one primary textbook source + additional secondary sources from the textbook (The Norton Reader)
The documentation below appears in the Works Cited page (alphabetized) if the research paper has a single primary source
+ references and parenthetical citations to other secondary works from The Norton Reader. The following citations reflect a
shorter cross-reference format for multiple references from the course textbook (The Norton Reader), cross-referencing
internally within the Works Cited page all primary and secondary works to one single MLA citation to the course textbook
(entry 3 below, MLA 5.5.3. An Anthology or a Compilation).
Step 1: cite the textbook (The Norton Reader) separately (MLA 5.5.3. An Anthology or a Compilation):
Editor’s last name, followed by 'ed.' or 'eds.' (if more than one), title of the anthology or textbook, edition,
and publication information (see description in Research Scenario 1 for order and punctuation).
Example (in Works Cited):
Peterson, Linda, et al, eds. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. 13th ed. New York: Norton, 2012. Print.
Step 2: cite the primary textbook source (Baron), cross-referenced alphabetically to the textbook (Peterson):
Author (Last name, first name), “Title.” (in quotation marks – the period precedes the end quotation mark),followed
by the capitalized last name of the editor for cross-referencing the textbook within the Works Cited page (followed by
a period), page numbers of the work (followed by a period), and then ‘Print,” (followed by a period).
Example:
Baron, Dennis. “Who Owns Global English?” Peterson, et al. 435-40. Print.
Peterson, Linda, et al, eds. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. 13th ed. New York: Norton, 2012. Print.
Step 3: cite alphabetically by the author’s last name the other secondary textbook sources:
Baron, Dennis. “Who Owns Global English?” Peterson, et al. 435-40. Print.
Franklin Benjamin. “Learning to Write.” Peterson, et al. 440-43. Print.
King, Stephen. "On Writing.” Peterson, et al. 443-45. Print.
Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.” Peterson, et al. 463-73. Print.
Peterson, Linda, et al, eds. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. 13th ed. New York: Norton, 2012. Print.
Thomas, Lewis. “Notes on Punctuation.” Peterson, et al. 450-52. Print.
Sample Works Cited entries with mixed textbook cross-references + additional JSTOR article:
Baron, Dennis. “Who Owns Global English?” Peterson, et al. 435-40. Print.
Franklin Benjamin. “Learning to Write.” Peterson, et al. 440-43. Print.
King, Stephen. "On Writing.” Peterson, et al. 443-45. Print.
Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.” Peterson, et al. 463-73. Print.
Peterson, Linda, et al, eds. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. 13th ed. New York: Norton, 2012. Print.
Phillipson, Robert. “English for Globalisation or for the World's People?” International Review of Education.
47: 3/4 (July 2001), 185-200. JSTOR. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3445340>.
Thomas, Lewis. “Notes on Punctuation.” Peterson, et al. 450-52. Print.
* Remember that you must cite a minimum of five secondary sources + one primary source in the final copy.