SAMPLE MLA FORMATS AND PARENTHETICAL
CITATIONS FOR A WORKS CITED PAGE (11_12)
A bibliographic citation should include the following basic information:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Article title.” Title of
the resource. Place of publication: Publisher
name, publication date: page(s), if an article.
Source Type.
This information will vary according to what source you use.
SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS
Book with One Author:
An Article in an Encyclopedia or Alphabetically Arranged
Reference Work:
Unsigned Article (author’s name not stated)
“Learning.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2010 ed. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Learning 285)
Signed Article (author’s name present)
Horowitz, Leonard M. “Learning.” The World Book Encyclopedia.
2010 ed. Print
In-text parenthetical: (Horowitz 582)
Multi-volume Work:
Smith, Samuel S. The Correct Way to Approach Studying. New York:
Macmillan, 2008. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Smith 8)
Book with Two Authors:
If you used one volume
Child, Francis James, ed. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads.
Vol. 1. 5 vols. New York: Dover, 1995. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Child 1:378)
Brown, John, and Samuel Smith. The Correct Way to Approach
Studying. New York: Macmillan, 2008. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Brown and Smith 345)
Book with an Editor – No Author:
Doe, John, ed. The Correct Way to Approach Books. New York:
Macmillan, 2009. Print.
A Reprinted Article or Essay (e.g. Literary Criticism):
Smith, Gary. “Gwendolyn Brook’s ‘A Street in Bronzeville,’ the
Harlem Renaissance and the Mythologies of Black Women,”
MELUS, Vol.10, No. 3 (Fall 1983), 33-46. Rpt. in World
Literature Criticism. ed. James P. Draper. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1992. pp. 459-61. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Smith 459)
Book by a Corporate Author:
Newspaper Article:
American Medical Association. The American Medical Association
Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York: Random, 2005. Print.
Naish, Connie. “Another Report for the Ninth Grade.” Buffalo News.
10 Nov. 2008: C2+.Print.
In-text parenthetical: (AMA 320)
In-text parenthetical: (Naish C2)
Magazine Articles:
Walsh, John. “U.S.- Japan Study.” Science 16 January 2006: 19-28. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Walsh 19)
Online Databases Any online source mentioned in the booklet
Computer Based Library Resources e.g. Opposing Viewpoints, SIRS
SAMPLE WORKS CITED PAGE
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Source of Article.
Date of Publication: Pages. Name Of Database. Web. Date
Accessed.
Lock, Robert. "Investing in Medical Miracles." Kiplinger's Personal
Finance. Feb 1999: 80-87. SIRS Researcher. Web. 22 Feb.
2009.
In-text parenthetical: (Lock)
Works Cited
Internet
Site
Essay in a Collection or Anthology
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title Of Essay." Name Of Collection Online
Or Anthology. Place Of Publication: Publisher, Date. Print.
Database
Troy, Tevi. “The Cathartic Effects of Violent Films.” Violence in Film
and Television: Examining Pop Culture. San Diego, CA.:
Green haven Press, 2000. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Troy 129)
Internet Sites With an Author
Teacher’s Name
Your Name
Allingham, Philip V. Biographical context of Great
Expectations (1861): Positioning the novel.
Web. 27Jan2003.
Bruce, Robert. “Dickens and his times.” New York
Post: Feb. 2003: 101-5. Proquest. Web. 25
Dec.2004.
Johnson, Edgar. “The Scope of Dickens.” Saturday
Review. 29 Nov 1952: Supplement. Print
Newspaper
Book with an
editor
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Site. Web. Day
Month Year Accessed.
Magazine
Lippert, Eric. The J.R.R.Tolkien Information Page. Web. 5 May 2001.
Book
Leone, Bruno, ed. Readings on Great Expectations.
San Diego, CA.: Greenhaven Press, 1999.
Print.
Long, Richard. “The England of Charles Dickens.”
National Geographic. April 1974: 443-483.
Print.
Mitchell, Sally. Daily Life in Victorian England. CT.:
Greenwood Press, 1996. Print.
In-text parenthetical: (Lippert)
Internet Sites With NO Author
Title of Website. Web. Day Month Year you accessed the website.
Check with your teacher for the inclusion of URL information!
IMPORTANT NOTE
Your Works Cited Document Should Be:
 Alphabetically arranged
 Within a citation, indent every line after the first
 Double spaced
 Have 1” margins
Scott-Kilvert, Ian, ed. British Writers. Vol. 5. 10 vol.
N.Y.: Scribners, 1982. Print
Multi-volume