GENERAL ORDER OF INFORMATION FOR WORKS CITED CITATIONS
(based on MLA Handbook Seventh Edition)
For Books (print):
1. Author’s or authors’ name(s) Example: Smith, Jennifer K. and Paul James. (Invert first author’s name only.)
2. Title of a part of the book (chapter, essay, subject, poem, short story title) in quotation
marks and punctuation inside quotation marks
Examples: “African Masks.” “The Raven.” “Civil Disobedience.”
3. Title of the book in italics Example: World Cultures.
4. Name of editor, translator, or compiler Example: Ed. Ernest L. Freud or
Trans. James Stern or Comp. Allan Brown
5. Edition used Example: 3rd ed.
6. Number(s) or the volume(s) used Example: 77 (just the number)
7. Name of a series Example: Great Book Series
8. Place of publication (first city listed and ONLY the city; NO state or country): publisher,
year of publication Example: Chicago: DK Publishing, 2003.
9. Page numbers used Example 2003. 54-60. Please note: there is a PERIOD after the publication year and
before the pages used.
10. Medium (Print, Television, Radio, CD, DVD, Radio, Performance, E-Mail) Example Print. (Period following)
Smith, Jennifer K. and Paul James. “African Masks.” World Cultures. Comp. Allan Brown. 3rd ed. 77.
Great Book Series. Chicago: DK Publishing, 2003. 54-60. Print.
For Periodicals (print):
1. Author’s or Authors’ name(s) Example: Johnson, Craig T. and James Downy.
2. Title of the article in quotation marks, punctuation inside quotation marks.
Example: “Top Ten Beaches in the U.S.”
3. Name of the periodical in italics Example: Newsweek (no punctuation after)
4. Date of publication Example: 6 July 2001 (if no pages numbers, end with a period)
5. Page number(s) of the article Example: 6 July 2001: 45-48. Please note: there is a COLON after the
publication year and before the page numbers used.
Johnson, Craig T. and James Downy. “Top Ten Beaches in the U.S.” Newsweek 6 July 2001: 45-48. Print.
For Electronic Sources:
1. Author’s or authors’ names(s) Example: Levy, Steven.
2. Title of the article or document in quotation marks, punctuation inside quotation
marks Example: “Great Minds, Great Ideas.”
3. Title of the publication in italics Example: Newsweek (no punctuation after)
4. Volume number (which is rare, primarily used for a scholarly journal – Newsweek is not a scholarly journal)
5. Date of publication Example: 27 May 2002. or 2003. (Period following)
6. Medium (Web) Please note: Web is the only medium that is documented this way; otherwise, all other
media are documented at the end of an entry.
7. Date of your access of this electronic source Example: 20 June 2007. (Period following)
Levy, Steven. “Great Minds, Great Ideas.” Newsweek 27 May 2002. Web. 20 June 2007.
For Electronic Databases (subscription):
1. Author’s or authors’ name(s)
2. Title of the article in quotation marks, punctuation inside quotation marks.
3. Title in italics of the journal, magazine, or newspaper, portion of database in which the article originally
appeared (no punctuation following online periodicals, but a period follows online books)
4. Volume number
5. Date of publication
6. Page numbers if provided
7. Name of database, publishing, or sponsoring company in italics followed by a period (Ebscohost, CNN.com)
8. Medium (in this case, Web, followed by a period)
9. Date of your access of this site, followed by a period
10. URL or web address of an unauthored, obscure website followed by a period
*See Samples attached
Works Cited Sample Entries – Electronic (Non-Print)
For a Film:
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore,
and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946. Film.
For a Television Show:
“The Proposal.” The Office. NBC. KGW, Portland. 22 May 2008. Television.
For a Song:
“Pour Some Sugar On Me.” Def Leppard. Hysteria. Island/Mercury. 3 August 1987. CD.
An Interview:
(Published)
Wiesel, Elie. Interview with Ted Koppal. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18 April 2002. Televsion.
(Personal)
Rowling, J.K. Telephone interview. 12 May 2002.
A Photograph, Comic Strip, or Advertisement:
Evans, Walker. Penny Picture Display. 1936. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Web. 30 May 2002. Print.
Ohman, Jack. “One Final Carrier Landing Attempt.” Cartoon. USNews.com 8 April 2002. Web. 29 May
2002. Print.
The Fitness Fragrance by Ralph Lauren. Advertisement. GQ Apr. 1997: 111-12. Print.
E-mail Communication:
Boyle, Anthony. “Re: Utopia.” Message to Daniel J. Cahill. 21 June 1997. E-mail.
Harner, James L. Message to author. 20 August 2002. E-mail.
General Website:
“American Steroids in 2008.” AmericanHealth.org. 2 February 2008. Web. 11 November 2008.
Personal Homepage:
Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 28 March 2002. Web. 15 May 2002. <http:// www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/>.
*Online Library Database (subscription):
EBSCO
Nason, David. “Bindi Draws US Eyes to Oz Promo.” Australian 17 May 2007: 16. EBSCOHost.
Web. 19 May 2007.
SIRS (Full Text Article)
Frick, Robert. “Investing in Medical Miracles.” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Feb. 1999: 80-87.
SIRS Researcher. Web. 25 February 2004.
CQ Researcher
Price, Tom. “Science in America.” Congressional Quarterly 18.2 (2008): 25-48. CQ Press. Web. 16 January
2008.
ABC-CLIO
Chan, Evans. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” World History. 2009. ABC-CLIO. Web. 9 January
2009.
Works Cited
Cohen, Sheldon S. A History of Colonial Education. 1607-1776. Eds. Henry J. Perkinson and Vincent
P. Lannie. Studies in History of American Education Series. New York:
Wiley, 1974. Print.
“First Landing.” The Burns Family Voyage of Discovery. 19 Sept. 2009. Web. 24 Sept. 2009.
http://www.sailblogs.com/member/winddancer/.
Freud, Sigmund. The Letters of Sigmund Freud. Ed. Ernest L. Freud. Trans. Tania and
James Stern. New York: Basic Books, 1960. Print.
Frick, Robert. “Investing in Medical Miracles.” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Feb. 1999: 80-87.
SIRS Researcher. Web. 16 January 2008.
Gopnik, Blake. “Art and Design Bring Fresh Ideas to the Table.” Washington Post 21 April
2002: G1. Print.
Isbell, Dan. Personal interview. 14 March 2008.
Leet, L. Don. “Earthquakes.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1982 ed. Print.
A Man for all Seasons. Dir. Fred Zimmerman. Perf. Paul Scolfield, Orson Wells, Robert Shaw,
And Leo McKern. Columbia Pictures, 1966. Film.
Romance Languages and Literatures Home Page. 1 January 1997. Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Web. 4 October 2002.
Winston, Charles. “Cooling Trends in Antarctica.” Futurist May-June 2002: 15.
EBSCOhost. Web. 22 May 2002.
______________. “Science for the 21st Century.” Scientific American 16 January 2007: 45-48. Print.
Works Cited Sample Entries – Print
For a book by one author, editor, compiler, or translator:
Muller, Priscilla E. Goya’s ‘Black’ Paintings. Truth and Reason in Light and Liberty.
New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1984. Print.
Kepner, Susan Fulop, ed. and trans. The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction about
Women. Berkeley: U of California Press, 1996. Print.
For a book by two or more authors or editors:
Garraty, John A. and Peter Gray, eds. The Columbia History of the World. New York:
Harper and Row, 1972. Print.
For a selection from a collection of work:
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Joseph Quincy Adams. New York: Houghton
Mifflin, 1929. Print.
Yeats, William Butler. “The Wind Blows Out of the Gates of the Day.” In W.B. Yeats,
The Poems. Ed. Richard Finneran. New York: Macmillan, 1983. Print.
For a book in a series:
Cohen, Sheldon S. A History of Colonial Education, 1607-1776. Eds. Henry J. Perkinson
and Vincent P. Lannie. Studies in the History of American Education Series. New
York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. Print.
For a work in two or more volumes (this is also an example of multiple works by one author):
Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows Up. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Print.
____________. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1993. Print.
For an article in an encyclopedia or similar reference work:
Leet, L. Don. “Earthquake.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1982 ed. Print.
For a signed article in a magazine or other periodical publication:
Tobias, Sheila. “Math Anxiety and Physics: Some Thoughts on Learning ‘Difficult’
Subjects.” Physics Today June 1985: 60-68. Print.