Works Cited Examples
Book with one
author
Albrecht, Mark. The Making of a Woman Cop. New York:
William Morrow, 1986. Print.
Book with two
authors
James, Andrew, and Bruce Johnson. Drama for Classroom and Stage.
South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1989. Print.
Book with more
than 2 authors
Johnson, Hal, Darrell P. Miller, and Morris Smith. The Bay of Pigs.
New York: Norton, 1964. Print.
Book with an editor Kahn, Jay, ed. Open at Your Own Risk. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
Print.
Book with 2 editors Harris, Laurie Lanzen, and Cherie D. Abbey, eds. Biography Today Author
Series. Detroit, Michigan: Omnigraphics, Inc., 2000. Print.
Encyclopedia with
an author
Kosak, Alvin. “Camping.” Encyclopedia Americana. 1997. Print.
Encyclopedia with- “Blood Clotting.” Encyclopedia International. Vol. 2. 1998. Print.
out an author
Magazine article
with an author
Butler, Don. “Rich Men, Poor Men.” Newsweek 28 May 1997: 59-59.
Print.
Magazine article
without an author
“Where Consumers Buy Legal Advice at Retail.” Business Week 2 July
2000: 44. Print.
Newspaper article
Hovey, Guy. “U.S. Official Will Fly to Turkey to Discuss Economy and
Unrest.” New York Times 6 May 1992: A12. Print.
Pamphlet
An Environmental Impact of Electrical Power Generation: Nuclear and
Fossil. Harrisburg, PA: Department of Education, 1973. Print.
TV program
“Language of Genes.” NOVA. PBS. WGHB, Boston. 28 March 1996.
Television.
CD-ROM database “Rachel Carson.” World Social Leaders. ABC- CLIO, Web. 1999. CDarticle
ROM.
Poster
“Title of poster.” Fort Atkinson, WI: Highsmith, Inc., date.
Interview
Bush, George W. Personal interview. 7 Oct. 2001.
Internet website
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov.
2003. Web. 10 May 2006.
Stolley, Karl. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” The Owl at Purdue.
A page/article
on a website
Purdue University Writing Lab, 10 May 2005. Web. 12 May 2006.
“The One Where Chandler Can’t Cry.” Friends: The Complete Sixth Season.
DVD
Writ. Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. Dir. Kevin Bright. Warner
Brothers, 2004. DVD.
Article from an
Online Database
Junge, Wolfgang. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.”
Historical Journal 50.1 (2007): 88-97. ProQuest. Web. 27 May 2009.
Kunka, Andrew. “Re: Modernist Literature.” Message to the author. 15 Nov.
E-mail
2000. E-mail.
Format to follow:
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Works cited goes on the last page of the report and includes page number and last name –
center title Works Cited – example: Sousa 5
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Alphabetize by author’s last name (or editor’s) or first word in title –
other than A, An, The
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Margins are one inch and entries are double space throughout the page
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Do not indent the first line of an entry, but indent any additional lines one-half inch
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Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries
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One space after period and other punctuation marks
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Use n.p. (no page number) and n.d. (no date) when these items are not available for
internet/online sources
Basic MLA Format
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Double space the text of paper – size 12 pt., Times New Roman
One inch margins on all sides
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Leave one space after periods or other punctuation marks
Center the title of paper - no bold, italics, quotes or underlining
Indent the first line of a paragraph
Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right hand corner, one-half inch
from the top and flush with the right margin. Include your last name with page number except on
the first page. Example: Sousa 2
Heading on first page includes
o Your name
Example:
Martin Smith
o Instructor’s name
Mrs. Sousa, Miss Rosenthal
o The course
Eighth Grade Project
o The date
12 May 2012
MLA Formatting Quotations
In-Text Citation:
After quotation (authors last name page number) – period to follow if at the end of a sentence. Example:
“I thought it was a very interesting comment to make” (Smith 97).
If author is unknown – use tile of work and page number.
Example: (Impact of Global Warming 6).
Citing Indirect Sources:
This is used for a source cited in another source.
Example: (qtd. in Smith 259). Meaning quoted in …
Citing Non-print or Sources from the Internet:
Use the name of the author, article name, website name directly in the text.
Example: According to Smith, ….
Electronic Sources:
Include the last name of the author if known.
Example: (Smith).
If author is not known, give the title of the article. If the article is long, give an abbreviated form of title.
Example: (“The Life of Ryan”).
Short Quotations:
Include last name of author and page number
Example: (Smith 187).
Long Quotations: (for quotations that extend more than 4 lines or for verse or prose).
Place quotation in a free-standing block of text and omit the quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new
line and indent one inch from the left margin (only the first line) and continue to double space. At the end
of the quote, use a period and then author’s last name and page number.
Example:
….the house. (Smith 19)
Material taken from Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide