BOOKS – MLA Style (Correct Way To List Sources)
African American Culture and History
“Article title.” Title of Reference Book. Editor (Ed). Volume number. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.
“Economics.” African-American Culture and History: A Student’s Guide. Ed. Jack Salzman. Vol. 2. New York:
Macmillan, 2001. Print.
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
Author of article. “Article title.” Title of Reference Book. Editor (Ed). Edition. Volume number. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.
Duncan, Garrett Albert. “Education in the United States.” Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History.
Ed. Colin A. Palmer. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Thomson, 2006. Print
Literature and Its Times
“Article Title.” Title of Reference Book. Editors (Eds). Volume number. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Print.
“Roots: the Saga of an American Family.” Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the
Historical Events that Influenced Them. Eds. Joyce Moss and George Wilson. Vol. 5. Civil Rights Movement
to Future Times (1960-2000). New York: Gale, 1997. Print.
African American National Biography
Author of Article. “Article Title.” Title of Reference Book. Editors (Eds). Volume number. City of Publication:
Publisher, Year. Print.
Lindberg, Richard C. “DuSable, Jean Baptiste Point.” African American National Biography. Eds. Henry Louis Gates,
Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. Vol.3. New York: Oxford, 2008. Print.
Notable Black American Women
Author of article. “Article title.” Title of Reference Book. Editors (Eds). Volume number. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.
Kretschmer, Kevin. “Angela Bassett.” Notable Black American Women. Ed. Jessie Carney Smith. Vol.3.
Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson-Galen, 2000. Print.
Contemporary Black Biography
Author’s Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or Initial. “Article Title.” Title of Book. Volume number. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
Ring, Deborah A. “James L. Bevel.” Contemporary Black Biography. Vol.75. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Print.
BOOK (General Collection – books to take home – 3rd & 4th Floors of the Library
Author’s Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or Initial. Title of Book. City where published:
Publisher’s name, Year of publication. Print.
Jeter, Jon. Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People. New York: W.W. Norton,
2009. Print.
DATABASES – MLA Style
Biography in Context
“Article Title.” Original Print Source. Date of article. Database Title. Year of Publication. Database Name. Web.
Date accessed.
“William Leo Hansberry.” Contemporary Black Biography. 1996. Biography in Context. Web. 28 Sept. 2010.
Literary Reference Center
Author’s Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or Initial. “Article Title.” Journal Title. volume number. issue
number (Year of Publication): page numbers. Database Title. Publisher. Web. Date accessed.
Faulkner, Howard. "A Note on Sonnet 2 of Brooks's the Children of the Poor." Explicator 67.1 (2008): 51-53.
Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 27 Sept. 2010.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Author’s Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or Initial. “Article Title.” *Periodical Title. Date. Database title.
Publisher. Web. Date accessed.
Dun Dungee, Ron. "A Leader in Early Fight for Fair Housing Dies.” Sentinel. 2 Jul 1998. Ethnic NewsWatch. ProQuest.
Web. 22 Sept. 2010.
*Periodical: A magazine, journal or newspaper.
Web Page
Author. “Title of Page” Web Site Title. Web Site Owner. Publication Date. Web. Date accessed.
Wessler. Seth. “Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and How to Change the Rules.” Applied
Research Center . ARC, May 2009. Web. 28 Sept. 2010.
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