MLA 7.0 Documentation Guide
Sample Works Cited Entries
Book with One Author
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Publication Medium.
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
(If there is no author, start with book title.)
Book with Two or More Authors
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Publication Medium.
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston:
Allyn, 2000. Print.
(Only the first author’s name is last name first. All other authors’ names are first name first.)
A Single Work in an Anthology, Reference, or Collection
Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Essay.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s Name(s). Place of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Range of Entry. Publication Medium.
Harris, Muriel. “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers.” A Tutor’s Guide: Helping
Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 24-34.
Print.
Article in a Reference Book (e.g. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries)
“Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book. Edition. Year of Publication. Publication Medium.
“Ideology.” The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print.
Article in a Magazine
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Day Month Year: Pages. Medium
of Publication.
Poniewozik, James. “TV Makes a Too-Close Call.” Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
Article in a Scholarly Journal
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): Pages.
Medium of Publication.
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta
Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50.
Print.
Article in a Newspaper
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper Day Month Year: Pages. Medium
of Publication.
Brubaker, Bill. “New Health Center Targets County’s Uninsured Patients.”
Washington Post 24 May 2007: B01. Print.
Personal Interview
Last Name of Person interviewed, First Name. Personal interview. Date of Interview.
Purdue, Pete. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.
Broadcast Television or Radio Program
“Title of episode.” Title of show. Network. Call letters, City. Date of Broadcast. Publication
Medium.
"The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox. WXIA, Atlanta. 19 Jul. 1998. Television.
Sound Recordings
Artist. “Song Title.” Title of album. Recording Manufacturer, Copyright Date. Publication
Medium.
“Best of You.” Foo Fighters. In Your Honor. RCA, 2005. CD.
A Page on a Web Site
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Page.” Name of Web Site. Publisher or Sponsor, Date of
Publication. Publication Medium. Day Month Year accessed. <URL optional>.
“Hawaii Drunk Driving Statistics.” Alcohol Alert. KeRo, 2009. Web. 17 Mar. 2009.
“How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
Landau, Elizabeth. "CDC: Swine Flu Viruses in U.S. and Mexico Match." CNN
Health.com. Cable News Network, 25 Apr. 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.
Lehrman, Lewis E. Lincoln at Peoria. Lincoln Institute, n.d. Web. 17 June 2009.
“The Norwegian Pirate Whaling Fleet.” Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd Conservation
Society, 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.
<http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/norway.html>.
(Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given. If no author is
given, start with the title of the webpage. URL is optional. Use URL if it is helpful in locating
your source. Do not use if it is extremely long. For online publications, refer to the print format
for the source and add the necessary web and date of access information.)
An Article from an Online Database (or Other Electronic Subscription Services)
(Cite articles from online databases (e.g. Gale, LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, ScienceDirect)
and other subscription services just as you would print sources. In addition to this information,
provide the title of the database (italicize), the publication medium, and the date of access.)
Magazine
Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature’s Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 Apr.
2005: 642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009.
Scholarly Journal
Langhamer, Claire. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.” Historical
Journal 50.1 (2007): 173-96. ProQuest. Web. 27 May 2009.
Book: Single Work from an Anthology
Fotuhi, Majid. "Exercise May Help Prevent Alzheimer's." Alzheimer's Disease. Ed. Adela
Soliz. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Contemporary Issues Companion.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 9 July 2011.
Parenthetical Citations
Document the use of other’s ideas and/or words by using parenthetical citations within the body
of your text. The information needed in the parenthesis depends on the medium of the source
(print or online) and the source’s entry on the works cited page.
Source information that is provided in your paper must match the first words of the
corresponding entry on the Works Cited Page.
Citing Print Material with Known Author
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings" (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
(The period is placed after the parenthesis. If the author’s name is used in your sentence, it does
not need to be repeated in the parenthesis.)
Corresponding Works Cited Entry
Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford U.P., 1967. Print.
Citing Print Source with No Known Author
People see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region
has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to
monitor and study environmental change” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).
(When no author is given, use an abbreviated title of the article or book.)
Corresponding Works Cited Entry
“The Impact of Global Warming in North America.” GLOBAL WARMING: Early Signs.
1999. Web. 23 Mar. 2009.
Citing an indirect source
Sociologist Susan Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social service
centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman 259).
(The author of the whole article is Weisman; however, Weisman quotes Ravitch in his article.)
Corresponding Works Cited Entry
Weisman, John. Schools pulled too far. Norton: Boston, 2007. Print.
Citing an internet source with known author
Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Laundau).
(Because no page numbers are used online, use only the author’s name, when known.)
Corresponding Works Cited Entry
Landau, Elizabeth. "The evolution of the human brain." CNN Health.com. Cable News
Network, 25 Apr. 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.
Citing an internet source with no author
“In 2006, out of all traffic fatalities, 40% involved a blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
of 0.08 or higher” (“Hawaii Drunk Driving Statistics”).
(Make sure that your in-text citation corresponds to the first words of the works cited entry for
that source.)
Corresponding Works Cited Entry
"Hawaii Drunk Driving Statistics." Alcohol Alert. KeRo, 2009. Web. 17 Mar. 2009.
Citing a long quotation
Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration:
They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I
had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be
gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept
to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber.
(Bronte 78)
(If your quotation is more than four lines, use this form. Indent the whole quote, keep it double
spaced, and place the parenthetical citation after the end punctuation of the quote.)
Works Cited
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 7 July 2011.