MLA Style Citations
Formatting Guidelines
Teacher _________
Team ___________
Name____________
Period ___________
Use the spaces below each example to fill in the details of your source. Remember:
You need to reverse indent the second line (and subsequent lines) of the citation.
Pay close attention to punctuation.
Book with one author
Example:
Campbell, Gregory. How to Give a Detention. N.Y., NY: Random
House, 2003.
______________, _______________. _______________________.
(author last name, first name)
(title - underline)
______________, _____: ___________________, ________.
(publishing city, state)
(publishing company, year)
Book with two authors
Example:
Le, Barbara, and Leslie Poulos. Behaving in the Library Media Center.
Minneapolis, MN: Holt Rinehart Inc, 2000.
______________, ___________, and ________________________.
(1st author last name, first name)
(2nd author first and last name)
________________________. _________________, ______:
(title – underline)
(publishing city, state)
_________________, ________.
(publishing company, year)
Book with more than 2 authors
Example:
Smith, John, et al. How to Write Research Papers. N.Y.,NY: Penguin, 2002.
______________, _____________, et al. _____________________.
(1st author last name, first name)
(title – underline)
________________, _____: ___________________, _______.
(publishing city, state)
(publishing company, year)
Prepared By: L. Poulos, C. McCann, J. Olsen
Spring 2006
MLA Style Citations
Formatting Guidelines
Teacher _________
Team ___________
Name____________
Period ___________
Encyclopedia
Example:
Smith, John. “Tubman, Harriet.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2003 ed.
_________________, __________________. “_____________________.”
(author last name, first)
(title of article)
________________________________. ____________ ed.
(name of encyclopedia – underline)
(year)
Internet: World Wide Web
Example:
Ward, Cheryl. “Electronic Resources.” East Hartford High School. 2004. East
Hartford Public Schools. 12 February 2005 <http://www.easthartford.org
/page.cfm?p=323>.
________________, ______________. “__________________________.”
(author last name, first name)
(page title – in quotes)
________________________________________. ____________.
(site title - underlined)
(year page updated)
________________________________________. ____________
(organization responsible for site)
(date accessed)
<___________________________________________________>.
(website address)
Subscription Database (ex: iConn)
Example:
“Acetone.” Discovering Science. Discovering Collection. 2000. Gale Group
Databases. EHMS Library, East Hartford, CT. 4 February 2004
<http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
“_________________.” ___________________. ___________________.
(article title)
(database name – underline) (collection name – underline)
__________. __________________________. ________________,
(publish year)
(database service name)
(place of access)
____________________, _______. _________________________
(city, state of access)
(date of access – day month year)
<________________________________________>.
(web address of the database service)
Prepared By: L. Poulos, C. McCann, J. Olsen
Spring 2006
MLA Style Citations
Formatting Guidelines
Teacher _________
Team ___________
Name____________
Period ___________
eLibrary Article
Example:
Nalk, Gautam. “Dolly’s Arthritis Fuels Concerns of Health Woes Tied to Cloning.”
Wall Street Journal 17 July 2002:A20. EHMS Library, East Hartford, CT.
4 February 2004 <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>.
________________________________. “_________________________________.”
(author last name, first)
(title of article)
________________________________________ _________
(name of periodical – underlined)
(volume)
________:
(pub. yr.)
________. _____________________________, ______________, ______.
(pg #)
(Place of access)
(city, ST. of access)
_________________________________________. __________________
(name of online service)
(day month year of access)
<____________________________________________________________>.
(URL of website’s search page, or main page)
CD ROM
Example:
“Athletic Trainer.” Career Futures. CD-ROM. Bridges.com, 2004.
“______________________________.” __________________________. CD-ROM.
(title of article)
(title of CD-ROM – underline)
______________________________, ____________.
(publishing company, publish year)
Online Reference Center (internet encyclopedia)
Example:
Smith, John. “Tubman, Harriet.” World Book Online Reference Center. 2003.
4 February 2004 <http://www.worldbook.com>.
_________________, __________________. “_____________________.”
(author last name, first)
(title of article)
_______________________________________. ____________.
(name of encyclopedia – underline)
(year)
__________________ <______________________________________>.
(day month year of access)
(web address of reference site)
Prepared By: L. Poulos, C. McCann, J. Olsen
Spring 2006
MLA Style Citations
Formatting Guidelines
Teacher _________
Team ___________
Name____________
Period ___________
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Prepared By: L. Poulos, C. McCann, J. Olsen
Spring 2006