MLA Works Cited Guide
Tahoma Senior High School
Covington, WA
Revised 10.20.2011 Gillingham
© Tahoma School District
Avoid plagiarism and build credibility for your work by documenting your sources on a Works
Cited page.
Your sources (books, articles, web pages, pictures, etc.) should be listed
alphabetically
(disregard A, An or The). Be sure to double space your entries and use a
hanging indent format (meaning: if the source takes up more than one line, indent additional lines
five spaces).
Example:
Works Cited
Buccitelli, Anthony B. “Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: a Reader.” Western Folklore. 65.3 (Summer
2006): 343. Proquest. Web. 11 Oct. 2009.
Carpenter, Humprey. Tolkien: a Biography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Print.
Doughan, David. “A Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien.” The Tolkien Society. The Tolkien Society. 2002. Web.
4 Oct. 2009.
Owens, Lance S. J.R.R. Tolkien: An Imaginative Life, a Series of Three Illustrated Lectures.
Wasatch Gnostic Society. n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2009.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: a Selection. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000. Print.
Format for Books:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Last name, first name (if editor, use abbrev. ed after name, e.g. Johnson, Mike, ed.)
Title of book, in italics
City where book was published
Publisher
Year of publication
Print (medium of publication)
Basic form
Dolan, Edward F. Animal Rights. New York: Franklin Watts, 1986. Print.
Two or three
authors
March, Michelle S., Sydney L. Green, and Michael Horn. History Speaks. New York:
Wiley, 1997. Print.
Format for Periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Last name of author, first name
“Title of article” (in quotation marks)
Title of periodical (in italics)
Month (or volume and issue number, if scholarly journal)
Year
Page numbers
Print (medium of publication)
Basic form
Auster, Bruce B. “Heading Over There?” U.S. News & World Report 19 Dec. 1994: 4043. Print.
No author
“Drummer.” New Yorker 27 Oct. 1980: 45. Print.
Scholarly
Journal
Anderson, Paul. “Math and Manipulatives.” Arithmetic Teacher 91.1 (1994): 432-433.
Year
Print.
Volume # Issue #
Page #s
Medium of Publication
Format for Encyclopedias (hard copy)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Last name of author, first name (None given? Start entry with article title.)
“Article title” (in quotes)
Title of Encyclopedia (in italics)
Edition
Print (medium of publication
Author of Article
Basic form
Title of article
Markowitz, William. “Time, Measurement and Determination of.”
Encyclopedia Americana. 1990 ed. Print.
Title of encyclopedia
No author
Year/edition
“Algeria.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 13th ed. Print.
An Entire Website
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The name of the author or editor (No author given? Begin the entry with the title)
The title of the website (in italics)
The name of the publisher or sponsor of the website (None given? Use abbreviation N. p.)
The date of publication or latest update (No date given? Use abbreviation n.d.)
Web (medium of publication)
Look for the publisher/sponsor
The date of access (day, month, year)
& date at the bottom of the website
Sponsor
Author
Latest update
Date of access
Title of website
Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin Luther. HistoryLives.org, 1999. Web. 9 Mar. 2001.
Website, no author and no date (begin the entry with the title of the website; use n.d. for no date given)
Shakespeare’s Language. University of London, n.d. Web. 1 April 2000.
Article or Page on a Website
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The name of the author or editor (No author given? Begin the entry with the title)
“Title of the article or page” (in quotes)
The title of the website (in italics)
The name of the publisher or sponsor of the website (None given? Use abbreviation N. p.)
The date of article/page or latest update (No date given? Use abbreviation n.d.)
Web (medium of publication)
Look for the publisher/sponsor
The date of access (day, month, year)
& date at bottom of website
Sponsor of website
Date of article/page
Mirkwood, Mike. “Legolas lives!” The One Ring. Ringlord.org, 6 May 2008. Web. 17 May 2010.
Author
Title of Article
Title of Website
Medium of Publ.
Date of access
An Online Image
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Image author/artist (may be a username. If no author/artist is listed, start the entry with the image title)
“Image title” (in quotation marks)
Medium of work (e.g. photograph, drawing, painting, cartoon, etc.)
Website where image was found (in italics; e.g. Google Images, Flickr, Photobucket, etc.)
Sponsor/Publisher of image (none given? Use abbreviation N.p)
Image date (Not given? Use abbreviation n.d.)
Web (medium of publication)
Date of access (day month year)
Collins, Peggy. “Tulips Anyone?” Photograph. Flickr. Flowerpicsonline.com. 11 April 2007. Web.
15 May 2008.
Database (Subscription Service)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Publication information of the source (magazine, newspaper, reference book, etc.)
The name of the database or subscription service (in italics)
Web (medium of publication)
Date of access
Buccitelli, Anthony B. “Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: a Reader.” Western Folklore.
65.3 (Summer 2006): 343. Proquest. Web. 11 Oct. 2009.
Publication information
Database
Medium of Publication
Date of access
Listserve, Discussion Group, or Blog Posting
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Author – last name, first name (None given? Start entry with title.)
“Title of the posting” (in quotation marks)
Website name (in italics)
The Publisher (if unknown, use the abbreviation N.p.)
The posting date
Web (medium of publication)
Date of access
Maryanski, Mike. “A Communication Focus for Learning.” Seeking Shared Learning.
Tahoma School District. 29 Oct. 2009. Web. 6 Nov. 2009.
Online Book (eBook)
Entire eBook:
Gall, Timothy L. and Susan Bevin Gall, eds. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures.
Detroit: UXL, 1999. Web. 17 May 2008.
Article from the eBook:
“Australia” Gall, Timothy L. and Susan Bevin Gall, eds. Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World
Cultures. Detroit: UXL, 1999. Web. 17 May 2008.
An Interview
1. Person interviewed (last name, first name)
2. Personal Interview
3. Date of interview
Rossi, Jo. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2000.
Films or Movies
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Title of film (in italics)
Name of director, use abbrev. Dir. to head the list
Name of performers (if relevant), use abbrev. Perf. to head the list
Film studio or distributor
Release year
Medium of recording
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Dir. Peter Jackson. Perf. Ian McKellan, Elijah
Wood, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm and Christopher Lee. New Line, 2001. DVD.