Terryville High School
MLA Citation Guide
The examples in this guide are designed to provide a reference for citing various types of print and
electronic resources in a Works Cited page for a research paper or project. If questions arise, the most
current edition of Joseph Gibaldi’s MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers should be consulted.
Notes:
1. The Works Cited page is the last page of the research paper and should be titled
Works Cited (no quotation marks or underscore) in the top center portion of the page.
2. Double-space the entire page. Do not add extra spaces between entries. Use one
space after each punctuation mark. For each source listed, begin the first line at the
left-hand margin and use a hanging indent (five spaces) for each line that follows.
3. Arrange each entry alphabetically by the first word in each entry. The first word may
be the author’s last name or the first significant word in the title. (Words such as “a,”
“an,” or “the” that begin titles are not considered significant words by which to
alphabetize entries.)
4. Italicize the titles of books and periodicals. Titles of articles (as well as other short
works such as poems and short stories) are enclosed in quotation marks.
PRINT SOURCES
Book with one author
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. City of Publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication.
Example
Berners-Lee, Tim. Weaving the Web: The Original Design of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor. New
York: HarperCollins, 2000. Print.
Book with two authors
Author’s last name, first name, and second author’s first and last name. Title of book. City of publication:
Publisher, Date. Medium of publication.
Example
Tieger, Paul D. and Barbara Barron-Tieger. Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career Through the
Secrets of Personality Type. United Kingdom: Little, Brown & Co., 2001. Print.
(Note: For more than two authors, add the remaining authors’ names; punctuate with a comma.)
Article in a reference book (e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries)
“Title of article.” Title of encyclopedia or reference set. Edition. Date of publication. Medium of
publication.
Example
“Acoustic Noise.” McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 8th ed. 1997. Print.
A Play
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Editor’s first and last name(s). City of publication: Publisher,
Date. Medium of publication.
Example
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York:
Washington Square-Pocket, 1992. Print.
Translation
Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Translator’s first and last name. City of publication:
Publisher, Date. Medium of publication.
Example
Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Eagles. New York: Viking, 1996. Print.
Multi-volume work
“Title of article.” Title of book. Editor’s first and last name(s). Volume number. City of Publication:
Publisher, Date. Medium of publication.
Example
“Stephen King.” Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Eds. Agnes Garrett and Helga P. McCue. Vol. 30.
Detroit: Gale, 1989. Print.
Work in an Anthology or Collection
Author ‘s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of anthology. Trans., Ed., or Comp. First name last
name. City of publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication.
Example
Bradner, Leicester. “The Growth of “Wuthering Heights.” Wuthering Heights: An Anthology of
Criticism. Comp. Alastair Everitt. London: Frank Cass, 1967. Print.
An Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword
Author’s last name, first name. Name of part cited. Title of book. By author’s last name. City of
publication: Publisher, Date. Range of pages. Medium of publication.
Example
Figes, Eva. Introduction. Tragedy and Social Evolution. By Figes. New York: Persea Books, 1976. 7-18.
Print.
Article in a newspaper
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of newspaper Day Month Year edition.:
Page number(s). Medium of publication.
Example
Keating, Christopher. “State Priority: Setting Aside Funding For Energy Relief.” Hartford Courant 29
July 2008, West Central ed.: C17. Print.
Article in a magazine or e-zine
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of magazine Day Month Year: pages. Medium of
publication.
Example
Lehrer, Jonah. “The Eureka Hunt: Why Do Good Ideas Come to Us When They Do?” The New Yorker 28
July 2008: 40-45. Print.
NON-PRINT SOURCES
Videocassette
Title of the video. Director’s name. Performers’ names. Publisher, Date. Medium of publication.
Example:
Yu-Gi-Oh:Master of Magicians Saga. Funimation Productions, 2004. Videocassette.
Sound Recording
Last name of composer/performer, first name. “Title of recording.” Title of album. Manufacturer, Date.
Medium of publication.
Example
Coldplay. “Green Eyes.” A Rush of Blood to the Head. Capitol, 2002. CD.
Lecture, Speech or other Oral Presentation
Speaker’s last name, first name. “Title of presentation.” Name of meeting. Organization. Location of
occasion. Date. Description of presentation (keynote, address, lecture, reading.)
Example
Adams, Jane. “Learning Macromedia Flash.” What’s New in Educational Technology. Education
Connection. Litchfield, CT. 2 Jan. 2002. Guest lecture.
Painting, sculpture, or photograph
Artist’s last name, first name. Title of work. Date of composition. Medium of composition . Name of
institution housing work, location of institution.
Example
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig. Bathers Throwing Weeds. 1909. Oil on canvas. Museum of Mod. Art, New York.
“Photo of Earth From Space by Terra.” Space Today Online. Web. 21 July 2008.
Map or Chart
“Average Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1992.” Agricultural Atlas. Chart. U. S. Census Bureau.
5 May 2002. Print.
ONLINE RESOURCES
The rule for citing electronic or Internet resources is to provide as much information and detail as
possible. In the event that some information cannot be found, move on to the next numbered item.
Information retrieved online should contain the following elements:
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Author’s and/or editor’s last name, first name, if given
Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
Title of the website, project, periodical, newsletter, conference, or database in italics
Any version numbers such as volume number, posting date, or issue number
Publisher information such as publisher name and date
Page numbers (if available)
Medium of publication
Date of access
Examples
Professional or personal site
Van Oech, Roger. Creative Think. 2003. Web. 10 Dec. 2003.
Document within a scholarly project or information database (iCONN, ABC-CLIO)
"Immigration Act (1924)." American Government. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 2 Feb. 2010.
“National Institute of Standards and Technology.” The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
2003. Infoplease.com. Web. 6 Mar. 2004.
“The IBM Personal Computer is Introduced, August 12, 1981.” Discovering World History
Collection. Thomson Gale, 2003. Web. 19 May 2003.
Kirkpatrick, David. “How the Open-Source World Plans to Smack Down Microsoft, and
Oracle, and...” Fortune. 23 Feb. 2004. InfoTrac Student Edition. Thomson Gale, 2003. Web.
3 Mar. 2004.
Technical or research paper
Keser, Claudia. “Trust and Reputation Building in e-Commerce.” IBM Research Division.
30 July 2002. Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York. Web. 2 Jan. 2003.
Article in a newspaper
Van Natta Jr., Don and Desmond Butler. “How Tiny Swiss Cellphone Chips Helped
Track Global Terror Web.” New York Times. New York Times, 4 Mar. 2004. Web. 12 Mar. 2004.
Article in a magazine
Nash, J. Madeleine. “The Geek Syndrome.” Time. Time, 4 Apr. 2002. Web. 6 May 2002.
Online or e-book
Ware, Willis H. The Cyber-Posture of the National Information Infrastructure. Rand, 1998. Web. 15 Mar.
1999.
OTHER ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Examples
E-mail communication
Smith, John. “Re: Technology Assignment.” E-mail to Susan Davis. Web. 15 Mar. 2002.
Online posting
Rossi, Julie. “Interesting Wi-Fi Article.” Online posting. 4 June 2002. Virtual Classroom. Web. 15 June
2002.
YouTube video
TEDxTalks. “TEDxRyersonU – Julie Rochefort – Shift the Focus.” YouTube. 15 Feb. 2012. Web. 3 May
2012.
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Double-space
Works Cited
Adams, Jane. “Learning Macromedia Flash.” What’s New in Educational Technology. Education
Connection. Litchfield, CT. 2 Jan. 2002. Guest lecture.
Berners-Lee, Tim. Weaving the Web: The Original Design of the World Wide Web by Its
Inventor. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Print.
"Immigration Act (1924)." American Government. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 2 Feb. 2010.
Keser, Claudia. “Trust and Reputation Building in e-Commerce.” IBM Research Division.
Hanging
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spaces
30 July 2002. Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York. Web. 2 Jan. 2003.
Kirkpatrick, David. “How the Open-Source World Plans to Smack Down Microsoft, and
Oracle, and...” Fortune. 23 Feb. 2004. InfoTrac Student Edition. Thomson Gale, 2003.
Web. 3 Mar. 2004.
Nash, J. Madeleine. “The Geek Syndrome.” Time. Time, 4 Apr. 2002. Web. 6 May 2002.
“Stephen King.” Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Eds. Agnes Garrett and Helga P. McCue.
Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 1989. Print.
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Secrets of Personality Type. United Kingdom: Little, Brown & Co., 2001. Print.
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