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How to Cite Sources on an MLA Works Cited Page
Use the following guidelines when formatting a works cited page in MLA style. For
more information, see: The Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.
1. Basic Book Format: A Book by a Single Author
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Place of Publication: Name of
Publishing Company, Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender Is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1961.
Print.
2. Book with Two or Three Authors
First Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name and Second Author’s First Name
then Last Name. Title of the Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publishing
Company, Copyright Date. Medium of Publication.
Jencks, Christopher and David Riesman. The Academic Revolution. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Print.
3. Book with an Editor
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Ed. Editor’s name as it appears.
Place of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Copyright Date. Medium of
Publication.
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
Ed. David W. Blight. Boston: Bedford, 1993. Print.
4. Work in an Anthology or Essay Collection
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Work.” Title of the Anthology or
Collection. Ed. Editor(s) of the collection. Place of Publication: Name of
Publishing Company, Copyright Date. Inclusive page numbers. Medium of
Publication.
Hemingway, Ernest. “Old Man at the Bridge.” Literature: The Human Experience. Ed.
Richard Abcarian and Marvin Klotz. New York: St. Martin’s, 1984. 36-37. Print.
Long, Lisa A. “The Postbellum Reform Writings of Rebecca Harding Davis and
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.” The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century
American Women’s Writing. Ed. Dale M. Bauer and Philip Gould. Cambridge:
Cambridge UP, 2001. 262-283. Print.
5. Book Published in a Second or Subsequent Editions
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of the Book. Number of the edition [ed.]. Place
of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Copyright Date. Medium of
Publication.
Baker, Nancy L., and Nancy Huling. A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students:
English and American Literature. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2006. Print.
6. Article in a Journal
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Journal Volume
Number.Issue number (Year of Publication): Inclusive page numbers. Medium
of Publication.
Casebeer, Daniel. “Edgar Poe and the Enigma of Transcendence.” Poe Studies/Dark
Romanticism 35.1 (2006): 13-27. Print.
7. Article in a Monthly Magazine
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Magazine Month.
Year: Inclusive page numbers. [Do NOT give volume and issue numbers even if
they are listed.] Medium of Publication.
Ecker, Thelma. “The Winter Survival Guide” GQ Jan. 2005: 3-5. Print.
8. Article in a Weekly Magazine
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Magazine Day Month
Year: Inclusive page numbers. [Do NOT give volume and issue numbers even if
they are listed.] Medium of Publication.
Thompson, Robert. “The War in Iraq.” Time 17 Oct. 2005: 15+. [Put plus sign if article
is not printed on consecutive pages.] Print.
9. Online Article from a Scholarly Database
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article.” Title of Journal Volume
Number.Issue number (Year of Publication): Inclusive page numbers. Name of
Database. Medium of publication consulted. [Web.] Day Month Year of access.
Boutin, Aimee. “Shakespeare, Women, and French Romanticism.” Shakespeare
Quarterly 37.3 (2002): 34-47. Project Muse. Web. 6 Nov. 2006.
10. Document from an Internet Site
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Document.” Title of the Site. Name of
Institution or Organization that Sponsors the Site (usually appears at the
bottom of the site’s home page), Day Month Year of Publication/Latest Update.
Medium of publication consulted. [Web.] Day Month Year of access.
Latts, Julia. “20 Tips.” Budget Travel Online. Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc., 13 July
1999. Web. 2 August 1999.