WRITING
CENTER TIPS
MLA Works Cited Guidelines*
At the end of the paper, on a separate page titled “Works Cited,” alphabetize each cited source by author’s last name.
 State how you accessed the source, via print or Web.
 Precede “Web” with a database name (e.g., LexisNexis) or the title of a Web site and a publisher (an
exception: Online scholarly journal with no print equivalent). Follow “Web” with your date of access.
 Note the use of punctuation and italics.
Article from a scholarly journal
Accessed via print (include volume and issue numbers)
Ivanenko, Anna, and Clifford Massie. “Assessment and Management of Sleep
Disorders in Children.” Psychiatric Times 23.11 (2006): 90-95. Print.
Accessed via Web (identical to print version)
Ivanenko, Anna, and Clifford Massie. “Assessment and Management of Sleep
Disorders in Children.” Psychiatric Times 23.11 (2006): n. pag. Psychiatrictimes.com. Web.
3 Mar. 2009.*
Accessed via database (identical to print version)
Ivanenko, Anna, and Clifford Massie. “Assessment and Management of Sleep
Disorders in Children.” Psychiatric Times 23.11 (2006): n. pag. Academic
OneFile. Web. 3 Mar. 2009.
Accessed via Web (article exists on Web only; no print equivalent)
Peterson, Karen. “Teens, Literature, and the Web.” The Alan Review 31.3
(2004): n. pag. Web. 3 Mar. 2009.
A Book
Accessed in print
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York: Scribner’s, 1920. Print.
Accessed via database
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. New York: Scribner’s, 1920.
Bartleby.com. Web. 20 Oct. 2008.
Selection from an anthology
Hardy, Melissa. “The Heifer.” The Best American Short Stories 2002. Ed. Sue
Miller. Boston: Houghton, 2002. 97-115. Print.*
Second or subsequent edition
Whitten, Phillip. Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectives. 8th ed.
Boston: Allyn, 2001. Print.*
A Web site
Entire Web site
McMillan, Gail, dir. Love Letters of the Civil War. Va. Tech., 5 Mar. 2008. Web.
18 Dec. 2008.*
Part of a Web site
McGirt, Ellen. "The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse: Our Crumbling
Infrastructure." Fast Company. Mansueto Ventures LLC, 2 Aug.
2007. Web. 12 Sept. 2008.
*[as compiled by Leonard Rosen, author of Academic Writers Handbook]
Article from a magazine
Accessed via print
Packer, George. “The Choice.” New Yorker 28 Jan. 2008: 28-35. Print.
Accessed via Web (identical to print version)
Packer, George. "The Choice." New Yorker 28 Jan. 2008: n. pag.
NewYorker.com. Web. 8 Nov. 2008.*
Accessed via database (identical to print version)
Packer, George. “The Choice.” New Yorker 28 Jan. 2008: n. pag. Academic OneFile. Web. 8 Nov.
2008.
Article via Web (article exists on Web only; no print version)
Benjamin, Daniel. "The Mumbai Terrorists' Other Targets." Slate. Washington
Post Newsweek Interactive, 1 Dec. 2008. Web. 4 Dec. 2008.
Article from a newspaper
Accessed via print
Reynolds, Maura. "Recession Could Last into 2010." Los Angeles Times
2 Dec. 2008: Al+. Print.*
Accessed via Web (identical to print version)
Reynolds, Maura. "Recession Could Last into 2010." Los Angeles Times
2 Dec. 2008: Al+. LA Times.com. Web. 2 Dec. 2008.
Accessed via database (identical to print version)
Reynolds, Maura. "Recession Could Last into 2010." Los Angeles Times
2 Dec. 2008: Al+. LexisNexis. Web. 2 Dec. 2008.
Accessed via Web (article exists on Web only; no print equivalent)
Brown, Campbell. “Plan for Bailout Money Doesn’t Make Sense.” CNN.com.
Cable News Network, 4 Dec. 2008. Web. 4 Dec. 2008.
*
MLA abbreviations include n. p. = no publisher or place of publication given; n. d. = no date given; n.
pag. = no page(s) given—typical of sources found online; ed.= editor; ed.= edition; dir.= director; trans.=
translator; comp.= compiler; + = non-consecutive pages beyond first listed. Capitalize the first letter of an
abbreviation that follows a period.
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