Sample Works Cited Entries
– MLA Handbook 7 th Edition
(Skip any information which is not available.)
Book
Author(s). Title of Book . City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies . New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
Article in a Reference Book or Edited Collection ( Page numbers may be omitted for alphabetized sources.
)
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Book . Editor. Volume. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages. Print.
"Poseidon." UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology . Vol. 4. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 848-854. Print.
Newspaper or Magazine Article
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Magazine or Newspaper . Date: Pages. Print.
Stohr, Greg. "Errant Online Profile Sparks Suit." Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 3 Nov. 2015: A7-A8. Print.
Gross, Daniel. “The Recession is over! Now What We Need is a New Kind of Recovery.”
Newsweek . 3 Aug.
2009: 32-37. Print.
Academic Journal Article
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Journal Title Volume.Issue (Year): Pages. Print.
Musgrave, Gerald L. "Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes, 4th ed." Business
Economics 43.2 (April 2008): 78(2). Print.
Article or eBook from an Online Database
For a database article, use the normal citation for a similar print source (or as much of it as you can find), then add the following information:
…
Database Name . Web. Date of Access.
"The Fire This Time (and the Next Time)." Rolling Stone 1244 (2015): 38-41. MasterFILE Elite . Web. 2 Nov.
2015.
Tumulty, Karen, and Sophia Yan. "Can Obama Find a Cure?" Time 174.4 (10 Aug. 2009): 26. MAS Ultra -
School Edition . Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
Daschle, Tom, Jeanne M. Lambrew, and Scott S. Greenberger. Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-
Care Crisis . New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008. Google Books . Web. 9 Jan. 2015.
Webpage (Include a URL after Date of Access only for sources that are difficult to locate without it. MLA7: 5.6.1)
Author(s) or Editor(s). “Title of Page.” Title of Web Site . Publisher or sponsor of site, Date of Publication. Web.
Date of Access.
Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?”
Newsweek . Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 14 Aug. 2015.
An Online Image, Video or Sound (See MLA7: 5.6.2d for additional information.)
Artist. Title of Work . Year. Medium. Database or Web site . Publisher or sponsor, Date of Publication. Web.
Date of Access. (“Title of Work” is displayed in quotation marks if the work is part of a larger work.)
Max, Ernst. The Hat Makes the Man . 1920. Drawing. MoMA . Web. 14 Aug. 2015.
“Houston, Texas.” Map.
Google Maps . Google, 24 May 2013. Web. 24 May 2015.
See page two of this document for an example of a properly formatted Works Cited page. V. Bryan - Updated 11/3/2015

Double space and use hanging indent, Ctrl-T.
Works Cited
Lastname 2
Daschle, Tom, Jeanne M. Lambrew, and Scott S. Greenberger. Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis . New York: St. Martin’s, 2008. Google Books . Web. 9 Jan. 2015.
"The Fire This Time (and the Next Time)." Rolling Stone 1244 (2015): 38-41. MasterFILE Elite .
Web. 2 Nov. 2015.
Alphabetize entries, ignoring an initial A,
An or The.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies . New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.
Gross, Daniel. “The Recession is Over! Now What We Need is a New Kind of Recovery.”
Newsweek . 3 Aug. 2009: 32-37. Print.
“Houston, Texas.” Map.
Google Maps . Google, 24 May 2009. Web. 24 May 2015.
Max, Ernst. The Hat Makes the Man . 1920. Drawing. MoMA . Web. 14 Aug. 2015.
Musgrave, Gerald L. "Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes,
4th ed." Business Economics 43.2 (April 2008): 78(2). Print.
"Poseidon." UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology . Vol. 4. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 848-854. Print.
Stohr, Greg. "Errant Online Profile Sparks Suit." Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 3 Nov. 2015:
A7-A8. Print.
Tumulty, Karen, and Sophia Yan. "Can Obama Find a Cure?" Time 174.4 (10 Aug. 2009): 26.
MAS Ultra - School Edition . Web. 13 Mar. 2015.
Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?” Newsweek . Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 14
Aug. 2015.
In-text Parenthetical Citation Examples
(Daschle, Lambrew, and Greenberger 6)
(“Fire This Time” 40)
(Golding 54)
(Gross 33)
(“Houston, Texas”)
(Max)
(Musgrave 78)
("Poseidon" 851-52)
(Stohr A7)
(Tumulty and Yan 26)
(Tyre)