MLA WORKS CITED
Information from
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th edition.
New York: MLAA, 2009.
Designed by Chris Bui and Tina Blaas
Revised by Savanna Richter
2010
© 2002 UWF Writing Lab
Defined
While parenthetical
documentation usually
includes the author
and page number of the source,
the full bibliographical entry of the
source must appear on the
Works Cited page.
The Works Cited page is the last page
of the paper.
It includes all secondary sources cited.
If a reference was consulted but not
cited in the paper, do not include it in
the Works Cited page.
Format
Center “Works Cited” at the top of the
page and begin entries on the
following line.
List reference entries alphabetically
according to author.
If the author’s name is unavailable, list
entries by title.
The first line of each entry is flush with
the left margin. Any subsequent lines
of each entry are indented (also known
as a hanging indent).
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Works Cited
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Herrick, Robert. “The Hock Cart.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. M. H.
Abrams, et al. 7th ed. Vol. 1. New York: Norton, 2000. 1650-1.
Macleod, Malcolm L. A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Herrick. New York: MSG
Hanging Indent
Haskell House, 1970.
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A typical entry includes the following:
Author’s Last Name and First Name
separated by a comma
Title of Work
City of Publication
Publisher and Year of Publication separated
by a comma
A period generally separates each field
and always ends the entry.
A colon separates the City of
Publication and Publisher fields.
Book
Author’s Last name, First name. Title.
City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Medium of
Publication.
Example:
Tatar, Maria. Off with Their Heads! Fairy
Tales and the Culture of Childhood.
Princeton: Princeton UP, 1992. Print.
If the book has an editor or translator,
include it after the title. Include Ed. for
editor or Trans. for translator before
the name.
Example:
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Ed.
Claudia Johnson. New York: Norton,
2001. Print.
Short Story, Poem, or Essay in a Book
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title
of Work.” Title of Book. Editor. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Page Numbers. Medium.
Example:
More, Hannah. “The Black Slave Trade: A
Poem.” British Women Poets of the Romantic
Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins UP, 1997. 472-82. Print.
Article in a Scholarly Journal
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Journal Volume
number. Issue number (Year of
publication): Page Numbers. Medium.
Example:
Williams, Linda. “Of Kisses and Ellipses: The Long
Adolescence of American Movies.” Critical
Inquiry 32.2 (2006): 288-340. Print.
Note that there is not a period between
the Title of Journal field and the
Volume and Issue Number field.
The issue number may be a month or a
season (Spring, Summer, Fall, or
Winter).
Article in a Newspaper
Author’s last name, first name. “Title
of Article.” Title of Newspaper Date,
Edition: Page Numbers. Medium.
Example:
Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the
Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New
York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+.
Print.
Note that most longer newspapers
articles are not printed on consecutive
pages. In that case, list only the first
page followed by a plus sign (+).
Article in a Magazine
Author’s last name, first name. “Title
of Article.” Title of Magazine Date: Page
Numbers. Medium.
Example:
McEvoy, Dermot. “Little Books, Big
Success.” Publishers Weekly 30 Oct.
2006: 26-28. Print.
If a multiple-page article is not
printed on consecutive pages,
then list only the first page
followed by a plus sign (+).
Entries for Miscellaneous Sources
An entry for a television or radio
program includes the title of the episode
or segment, title of the program or
series, name of the network, call letters
and city of the local station, broadcast
date, and the medium of reception.
Information relating to a particular
episode follows the title of the episode,
while information pertinent to a series
follows the title of the series.
Example:
“Death and Society.” narr. Joanne Silberner. Weekend
Edition Sunday. Natl. Public Radio. WUWM,
Milwaukee, 25 Jan. 1998. Radio.
If citing a specific person associated with the
work, begin the entry with that person’s name:
Wadey, Maggie, adapt. “The Buccaneers.” By Edith
Wharton. Perf. Mira Sorvino, Alison Elliott, and
Carla Gugino. 3 episodes. Masterpiece Theatre.
Introd. Russell Baker. PBS. WGBH, Boston, 27
Apr. – 11 May 1997. Television.
An entry for a film includes the title,
director, distributor, year of release,
and the medium consulted. Any
additional information, such as a
performer, writer, producer, etc. may
be included after the title of the film.
Example:
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf.
James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel
Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO,
1946. Film.
If citing a specific person associated with the
work, then begin the entry with the name of
the person:
Chaplin, Charles, dir. Modern Times. Perf.
Chaplin and Paulett Goddard. United
Artists, 1936. Film.
An entry for a work of visual art,
including sculptures, paintings, and
photographs, includes the artist, the
title, the date of composition, the name
of the institution or person who owns
the work, and city.
Example:
Perutz, Dolly Hellman. Bird Flying Machine. 1973.
Bronze. Central Park, New York.
If you cite a reproduction of a painting, sculpture,
or photograph, state not only the institution or
private owner and the city but also the complete
publication information for the source in which the
reproduction appears:
Eakins, Thomas. Spinning. 1881. Private collection.
Thomas Eakins. Ed. Darrel Sewell. Philadelphia:
Philadelphia Museum of Art in assn. with Yale UP,
2001. Plate 91. Print.
An entry for a personal interview
includes the name of the person
interviewed, title, interviewer’s name,
appropriate bibliographic information:
Wiesel, Elie. Interview with Ted Koppel.
Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18
Apr. 2002. Television.
Reed, Ishmael. Telephone interview. 10 Dec.
2007.
An entry for a speech or lecture
includes the name of the speaker, the
title of the presentation if applicable,
the meeting and sponsoring
organization if applicable, the location,
the date, and the form of delivery:
Alter, Robert, and Marilynne Robinson. “The
Psalms: A Reading and Conversation.”
92nd Street Y, New York. 17 Dec. 2007.
Reading.
For two or more works by the same
author, give the author’s name in the
first entry only. Then replace the
author’s name with three hyphens (---)
for the other entries with the same
author. Alphabetize the entries by the
title.
Example
Borroff, Marie. Language and the Poet: Verbal
Artistry in Frost, Stevens, and Moore.
Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1979. Print.
---, trans. Pearl. New York: Norton, 1977. Print.
---. “Sound Symbolism as Drama in the Poetry of
Robert Frost.” PMLA 107.1 (1992): 131-44.
JSTOR. Web. 13 May 2008.
Things to
remember…
Any fields that are not available may be
skipped.
Titles of books, journals, magazines,
newspapers, television shows, and
movies are underlined or italicized.
Put titles of poems, short stories,
articles, and episodes or segments
within television shows in quotation
marks.
A period always ends each entry.
For any questions on how to cite these
or other sources, please refer to the
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers
or call or stop by the
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