MLA Quick Guide
Print Sources
Citing Book Sources
Source
Example Citation
Book by a single author
Rollin, Bernard E. Science and Ethics. New York: Cambridge University Press,
2006. Print.
Book by two authors
Sherman, Chris, and Gary Price. The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information
Sources Search Engines Can’t See. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2001.
Print.
Book by three or more
authors
Goodpaster, Kenneth E., Laura L. Nash, and Henri-Claude de
Bettignies. Business Ethics: Policies and Persons. 3rd ed. Boston:
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006. Print.
Part of a book (e.g. essay, Winne, Philip H. “Self-regulated Learning Viewed from Models of Information
story or poem in a
Processing.” Self-regulated Learning and Academic Achievement. Eds.
collection, chapter or
Barry J. Zimmerman and Dale H. Schunk.Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
section of a text)
Erlbaum Associates, 2001. Print.
Translated Book
Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. Trans. Anthony Briggs. New York: Viking, 2006.
Print.
Dictionary
Barber, K. (ed.). Canadian Oxford Dictionary. (2nd ed.) Toronto: Oxford
University Press, 2004.
Government Publication
Ontario Ministry of Education. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12:
Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002. Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario,
2002.
Citing Articles from Print Periodicals
Source
Example Citation
Article
Swedin, Eric G. “Designing Babies: A Eugenics Race with China?”The
Futurist May/June 2006: 18-21. Print.
Article in a daily
newspaper
Dougherty, Ryan. “Jury Convicts Man in Drunk Driving Death.”Centre Daily
Times 11 Jan. 2006: 1A. Print.
Rimer, Sara. “A Campus Fad That’s Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism Seems
on the Rise.” New York Times 3 Sept. 2003, late ed.: B7. Print.
Article in a scholarly
journal
Stock, Carol D. and Philip A. Fisher. “Language Delays Among Foster Children:
Implications for Policy and Practice.” Child Welfare 85.3 (2006): 445462. Print.
Work Cited
Penn State University Libraries. MLA Quick Citation Guide. 17 December 2012. Web. 23 January 2013.
MLA Quick Guide
Electronic Sources
Citing from the Henry’s Online Subscription Databases and Encyclopedias
Source
Example Citation
Magazine or journal article
Poe, Marshall. “The Hive.” Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2006: 86-95.
ProQuest. Web. 27 Nov. 2008.
Article from an On-Line
Encyclopedia
Wechsler, Howard J. "China, History of." Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 23 Jan. 2013.
Entry from Gale Virtual
Reference Library
Rey, Georges. "Behaviorism.” Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006. Gale
Virtual Reference Library. Web. 11 Nov. 2010.
Citing Articles in Online Magazines and Newspapers
Source
Article in an online magazine
or newspaper
Example Citation
Ervin, Kathleen A. “Some Kind of Wonderful: Frank Capra Examines
Failure.” Failure Magazine. Mar. 2001. n. pag. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.
Citing Web Sites
Source
Web site with author
Example Citation
Kraizer, Sherryll. Safe Child. Coalition for Children, Inc. 2008. Web. 5
Feb. 2009.
Web site with unknown author The Nittany Lion Mascot. Penn State University. 2006. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.
On-line Video
Penn State University. "This Is Penn State, This Is Your Career." YouTube.
Web. 21 Sep. 2012.
Photograph/Image with title of Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del
work and artist
Prado, Madrid. Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006.
Photograph/Image with no
title of work and artist
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24
Feb. 2009.
Work Cited
Penn State University Libraries. MLA Quick Citation Guide. 17 December 2012. Web. 23 January 2013.