Works Cited Reference Guide
MLA (Modern Language Association) 7th edition format, 2009
I. PRINT SOURCES
These are books and periodicals that you read in hard copy. You must identify these sources as “Print.”
Book with one author
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication
Date. Print.
Fox, Michael. The History of Rock. Boston: Little Brown, 1992. Print.
Book with two or more authors: List two authors as shown below. For three authors or more, you
may list the first author and add 'et al.'
Smith, John and Mary Thomas. Field of Vision. Lincoln: U of Nebraska Press, 2002. Print.
Book that is an anthology / collection of works by different authors
Author of chapter, article, or story. "Title of Chapter/Article/Story." Title of Anthology. Editor of
Collection. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication Date. Page numbers. Print.
Danticat, Edwidge. "We Are Ugly, But We Are Here." The Water's Presence. 4th ed. Ed. Donald
McQuade. Boston: Bedford, 2003. 621-626. Print.
Derbyshire, John. "National ID Cards Would Threaten Civil Liberties." Opposing Viewpoints:
National Security. Ed. Helen Cothran. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2004. 2-32. Print.
Encyclopedia article
Author of article (if known). "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia. Edition. Publication Date.
Print.
Sturgeon, Theodore. "Hypnosis." The Encyclopedia Americana. 12th edition. 2004. Print.
Magazine or journal article Scholarly journals generally have volume and issue numbers; most
popular magazines do not.
Author. "Title of article." Magazine Title. Volume #, Issue #. Date: Page numbers. Print.
Allenberg, Tom. "Moody Teens: Diagnosis, But No Cure." Psychology Today. 36,2. March
2003: 24-26. Print.
Smith, John. "Why Johnny Can't Read." Time. 23 June 2004: 15-16. Print.
Newspaper article Newspaper citations vary widely depending on information available. Please ask
for help.
Author. "Title of article." Newspaper Title, Date, edition (if listed), section (if listed): page.
Print.
Haughney, Christina. "Women Unafraid." New York Times 10 Dec. 2006, late ed., sec.B: 12.
Print.
II. ONLINE WEB SOURCES
Information that you get directly from the world wide web must be identified as “Web,” and you must give
the date you accessed the site. The amount of information available to cite web sources varies greatly; you
should provide as much information as possible. Please ask for help if you do not find a good example to
follow.
Web Sites
Author or compiler, performer, etc. "Title of the work (if only part of a larger site)." Title of
overall Web site. Publisher or sponsor of the site, Date of publication. Web. Access
Date.
Dean, Alex. "Elite Team Rescues Troops." CNN.com. Cable News Network, 19 March 2007.
Web. 15 May 2008.
Eaves, Morris and Joseph Viscomi, eds. The Cold War Archive. Library of Congress, 8 May
2006. Web 1 September 2009.
"Maplewood, New Jersey." Map. Google Maps. Google, 15 May 2008. Web. 15 May 2008.
"Verb Tenses." Chart. The Owl at Purdue. Purdue U Online Writing Lab, 2001. Web. 15 May
2008.
Online books & magazine articles from the web: Write a citation just like the print citation, if
the information is available, followed by the title of the Web site, “Web,” and your access date.
Jacobs, Harriet A. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Ed. L. Maria Child. Boston: Harper,
1961. Documenting the American South. Web. 3 February 2009.
Komblum, William. “The Decade from Hell.” Time. 24 November, 2002. Time.com. Web. 8 May
2008.
III. ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES
Most libraries, including Newton North’s, have a number of online databases that compile information that
was previously printed in hard copy. For these sources, write a citation just like the print citation if the
information is available, followed by title of database, “Web,” and your access date.
Examples: magazine article, newspaper article, chapter in a book, encyclopedia article,
reference article directly from online database.
Allenberg, Tom. "Moody Teens: Diagnosis, But No Cure." Psychology Today. 36,2. March
2003: 24-26. Infotrac OneFile. Web. 25 September 2008.
Dorfman, David. "Boston's Love/Hate for Cars." Boston Globe. 7 Sept. 2006: All. Newsbank.
Web. 3 October 2008.
Elsinger, Chester. "Herzog: Overview." Guide to American Literature, 2nd ed. New York:
Harper. 1970. Literature Resource Center. Web. 9 September 2009.
"Global Warming." Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd ed. 6 vols. Gale, 2004. Student Resource
Center. Web. 25 September 2009.
Jackson, Lawrence C. "Tundra." World Book Online Reference Center. Web. 20 May 2009.