Research Topics:
MLA (Modern Language Association) Works Cited
The Works Cited page shows all of the research you have done, and it comes after the last page of your paper. You should
list the references in alphabetical order. Here are the formats for the most common kinds of entries.
A BOOK
Last name, First name. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Latest Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. New York: Riverhead, 2007. Print.
A CHAPTER, ESSAY, POEM, OR STORY IN A BOOK
Last name, First name. “Chapter Title.” Book Title. Ed. Editor First Name and Last name. City: Publisher, Year.
First Page Number-Last Page Number. Medium of Publication.
Marx, Karl. “Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts.” Karl Marx: Selected Writings.
Ed. David McLellan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 75-112. Print.
A JOURNAL ARTICLE (A JOURNAL IS SCHOLARLY, AND INTENDED TO BE READ BY EXPERTS.)
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Journal Volume.Number (Year): First Page Number- Last Page Number.
Medium of Publication.
Kerr, David. “Arthur Conan Doyle and the Consumption Cure.” Literature & History
19.2 (2010): 36-51. Print.
A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE READ BY EVERYONE.)
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Publication. Date: First Page Number-Last Page Number. Medium of
Publication.
Gavin, Jim. “Costello.” The New Yorker. 6 Dec. 2010: 70-81. Print.
A WEBSITE
Last name, First name (or institution name). “Page Title.” Website Name. Publisher, Year. Medium of Publication.
Date of Access. <url>.
Cornell University Library. “MLA Citation Style.” Cornell University Library.
Cornell University, 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla>
A JOURNAL, MAGAZINE, OR ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE DATABASE
When you download a source from an online database, the “Medium of Publication” is considered to be “Web.”
After the page numbers, put the name of the database in italics, then “Web,” and then the Date when you
downloaded the source.
Kerr, David. “Arthur Conan Doyle and the Consumption Cure.” Literature & History
19.2 (2010): 36-51. JSTOR. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.
A SOURCE WITH MULTIPLE AUTHORS
Add the additional authors after the first author, but list them as “First Name Last Name.” If there are more than
three authors, you can simply write “et al” (Latin for “and others”) after the first author’s name. Put the authors’
names in the order they are listed, not in alphabetical order.
Winthrow, Jean, Gay Brookes, and Martha Clark Cummings. Inspired to Write. Cambridge
MA: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Print.
Kuklinski, James H., et al. “The Cognitive and Affective Bases of Political
Tolerance Judgments.” American Journal of Political Science 35.1 (1991): 1-27.
JStor. Web. 15 Jan. 2011.
Last Name Page Number
Works Cited
Cornell University Library. “MLA Citation Style.” Cornell University Library. Cornell
University, 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla>
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. New York: Riverhead, 2007. Print.
Gavin, Jim. “Costello.” The New Yorker 6 Dec. 2010: 70-81. LexisNexis. Web. 15 Jan. 2011.
Kerr, David. “Arthur Conan Doyle and the Consumption Cure.” Literature & History 19.2
(2010): 36-51. JSTOR. Web. 30 Dec. 2010.
Kuklinski, James H., et al. “The Cognitive and Affective Bases of Political Tolerance
Judgments.” American Journal of Political Science 35.1 (1991): 1-27. JStor. Web. 15
Jan. 2011.
Marx, Karl. “Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts.” Karl Marx: Selected Writings. Ed.
David McLellan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 75-112. Print.
Winthrow, Jean, Gay Brookes, and Martha Clark Cummings. Inspired to Write. Cambridge MA:
Cambridge University Press, 2004. Print.