All Works Cited entries must be double spaced.
MLA Style
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MLA format for citing COMMON sources
Type of Source
Format
Example
In-Text Citation
(Don’t include authors’ names
if identified in sentence cited.)
Book by One Author
Book by Two or Three
Authors
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of
Book. Place of Publication: Name
of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium.
st
1 Author’s Last Name, First Name, 2nd
Author’s First Name Last Name,
and 3rd Author’s First Name Last
Name. Title of Book. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher,
Year of Publication. Medium.
Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future:
Consequences of the Biotechnology
Revolution. New York: Farrar, 2002.
Print.
Eggins, Suzanne, and Diana Slade. Analyzing
Casual Conversation. London: Cassell,
1997. Print.
(Fukuyama 23).
(Eggins and Slade 18).
(Order them as they are listed, not alphabetically.)
Books by Four or More
Authors
Electronic Books
(ebooks)
Author’s Last Name, First Name, et al. Title
of Book. Place of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Year of
Publication. Medium.
Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of
Book. Ed. Editor’s Name (if
applicable).Place of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Year of
Publication. Source of eBook.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access.
Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Guide
of the English Language. London:
Longman, 1985. Print.
Stoker, Bram. Dracula. Ed. Glennis Byron.
Ontario: Broadview Literary Texts,
1998. TriCounty Technical College.
Web. 26 July 2011.
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe. London: Seely,
Service, and Co. Limited: 1919. Project
Gutenberg. Kindle file. 28 July 2011.
(Quirk et al. 73).
(Stoker 68).
(Defoe Ch.2, location
16, par.1).
(This is specific to Kindles
without standard pagination.)
Anthology with One
Editor
(Use when citing the entire book
or explanatory or introductory
material not attributed to a
specific author; this is a rare
citation.)
Story, Poem, or Essay
from a Compilation or
Anthology
Article/Section in a
Reference Book with
Identified Author
(Authors’ names are often listed
at the END of an article.)
Entry in a Dictionary or
Encyclopedia without
Identified Author
Editor’s Last Name, First Name, ed. Title of
Book. Place of Publication: Name
of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium.
Weisser, Susan Ostrov, ed. Women and
Romance: A Reader. New York: New
York UP, 2001. Print.
(Weisser).
Story/Poem/Essay’s Author’s Last Name,
First Name. “Title of Story/Poem/
Essay.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s
Name. Place of Publication: Name
of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Entry.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s
Name. Volume Number. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher,
Year of Publication. Medium. Day
Month Year of Access if Online.
“Title of Entry.” Title of Book. Volume or
Edition Number. Year of
Publication. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access if Online.
Wilbur, Richard. “The House of Poe.” Edgar
Allan Poe: Bloom’s Modern Critical
Views. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York:
Chelsea House, 1985. Print.
(Wilbur 62).
Hopkins, Nicholas S. “Egypt.” Countries and
Their Cultures. Eds. Melvin Ember and
Carol R. Ember. Vol. 2. New York:
Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. Print.
“Culture.” American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd
ed. 1997. Print.
(Hopkins 543).
(“Culture”).
(“Symbolism”).
“Symbolism.” Merriam-Webster.com. n.d.
Web. 21 June 2011.
(Use the abbreviation n.d. when no publication date is available.)
Magazine/Newspaper
Article
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Magazine
/Newspaper. Day of Month Year of
Publication: Page Numbers.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access if Online.
(Note the lack of period after the magazine title.)
Journal Article
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Journal Volume
Number (Year of Publication): Page
Numbers. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access if Online.
McGirk, Tim. “The Monster Within.” Time 26
Jan. 2004: 32-35. Print.
Abend, Lisa. “World’s First Tickle Spa Opens in
Spain.” Time 28 June 2011: n.pag.
Web. 29 June 2011.
(McGirk 34).
(Abend).
(Use “n.pag” when no pages are indicated.)
Hanks, Patrick. “Do Word Meanings Exist?”
Computers and the Humanities 34
(2000). 205-215. Print.
(Hanks 211).
Article without an
Identified Author
Article or Web Page by
a Company, Institute,
Association, or Club
without Individual
Author(s)
(Known as a Corporate Author)
Holy Texts
(Only italicize specific published
editions of the holy text, such as
The NIV Study Bible, but never
when just writing generally
about it, such as the Bible or the
Qur’an.)
Web Page
Entire Website
“Title of Article.” Title of Magazine
/Newspaper Day of Month Year of
Publication: Page Numbers.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access if Online.
"Study Findings on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Are Outlined in Reports from L. Yasar
and Colleagues." Women's Health
Weekly 16 June 2011: 65. Web. 23
June 2011.
Name of Company/Institute/Association.
“Title of Article or Web Page.” Title
of Book or Website. Title of
Publisher or Sponsor of Site, Year
of Publication or Revision.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access if Online.
Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s Name or Trans.
Translator’s Name if applicable.
Place of Publication: Name of
Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access if Online.
Ecological Research and Development Group.
“About the Species.” The Horseshoe
Crab. Ecological Research and
Development Group, 2009. Web. 17
Mar. 2010.
(Ecological Research
and Development
Group).
The Oxford Annotated Bible with the
Apocrypha. Ed. Herbert G. May and
Bruce M. Metzger. New York: Oxford
UP, 1965. Print.
1st Citation:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Web Page.” Title of Website. Name
of Institution/ Organization
Sponsoring or Publishing Site, Date
of Creation. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access.
Editor/ Author/ Compiler’s Last Name, First
Name. Title of Website. Name of
Institution/ Organization
Sponsoring or Publishing Site, Date
of Creation. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access.
The Qur'an: A New Translation. Trans. M.A.S.
Abdel Haleem. Oxford: Oxford UP,
2008. Print.
“Essential Oils.” Aromatherapy.com. n.p. 2010.
Web. 01 July 2011.
(“Study” 65).
(You can abbreviate titles in intext citations as long as they
remain distinct from others in
the paper. You must start at
the BEGINNING of the title.)
(Oxford Annotated
Bible, Gen. 3.8).
Subsequent Citations:
(Gen. 3.12).
(al-Baqarah 2:177.4).
(“Essential”).
(Use “n.p.” when no publisher is indicated.)
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical
Theory. Purdue U, 31 Jan. 2011. Web.
14 Apr. 2011.
(Felluga).
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Cite sources from databases in the same format as you
would for them in print, just adding in the title of the
database before the medium and date of access.
MLA Style
MLA format for citing DATABASE sources
Type of Source
Format
Example
In-Text Citation
(Don’t include authors’ names
if identified in sentence cited.)
Database Journal
Article
Database Newspaper
Article
Database Reference
Article with Identified
Author
Database Reference
Article without
Identified Author
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Journal Volume
Number (Year of Publication): Page
Numbers. Title of Database.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access if Online.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Magazine
/Newspaper Day of Month Year of
Publication: Page Numbers. Title of
Database. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Source. Name of
Publisher, Day of Month Year of
Publication: Page Numbers. Title of
Database. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access.
“Title of Entry.” Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s
Name. Volume Number. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher,
Year of Publication. Page Numbers.
Title of Database. Medium. Day
Month Year of Access.
Klassen, Teri. "Representations of African
American Quiltmaking: from Omission
to High Art." Journal of American
Folklore 122.485 (2009): 297+.
Academic OneFile. Web. 29 July 2011.
(Klassen).
Firmrite, Peter. “Censorship Suit at Novato
High; Racial Writings Stifled, Student
Says.” San Francisco Chronicle 31 May
2002: A17. Gale Opposing Viewpoints
in Context. Web. 12 Dec. 2011.
(Firmrite A17).
Smith, John. “Kennedy, John Fitzgerald.”
Historic World Leaders. Gale, 1994:
n.pag. Biography in Context. Web. 15
Jan. 2011.
(Smith).
"Berbers." Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures
and Daily Life. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and
Jeneen Hobby. 2nd ed. Vol. 1: Africa.
Detroit: Gale, 2009. 78-84. Gale Virtual
Reference Library. Web. 28 July 2011.
(“Berbers”).
Opposing Viewpoints
in Context (Gale)
Viewpoint Essays and
Reference Articles
Author’s Last Name, First Name. ”Title of
Essay.” Title of Book/Topic. Ed.
Editor’s Name. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher,
Year of Publication. Title of
Database. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access.
Katz, Jon. “Campus Speech Codes Violate Free
Speech.” Censorship. Ed. Tamara L.
Roleff. San Diego: Greenhaven Press,
2002. Gale Opposing Viewpoints in
Context. Web. 12 Apr. 2011.
(Katz).
Journal Articles
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Journal Volume
Number (Year of Publication): Page
Numbers. Title of Database.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access if Online.
Francois, Aderson Bellegarde. "To Go into
Battle with Space and Time:
Emancipated Slave marriage,
Interracial marriage, and Same-sex
Marriage." Journal of Gender, Race and
Justice Fall 2009: 105+. Gale Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 07 May.
2011.
(Francois)
Magazine/Newspaper
Articles
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of
Article.” Title of Magazine
/Newspaper Day of Month Year of
Publication: Page Numbers. Title of
Database. Medium. Day Month
Year of Access.
Firmrite, Peter. “Censorship Suit at Novato
High; Racial Writings Stifled, Student
Says.” San Francisco Chronicle 31 May
2002: A17. Gale Opposing Viewpoints
in Context. Web. 19 Mar. 2011.
(Firmrite A17).
(Source information is typically
found at the END of each essay.)
(Source information is typically
found at the BEGINNING of each
essay.)
MLA Style
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MLA format for citing OTHER COMMON sources
Type of Source
Format
Example
In-Text Citation
(Don’t include authors’ names
if identified in sentence cited.)
Film or Movie
Title of Film. Dir. Director. Perf. Main
Performers/Actors. Distributor,
Year of Release. Medium.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Dir.
Alfonso Cuaron. Perf. Daniel Radcliff,
Rupert Grint, Emma Watson. Warner
Bros., 2004. DVD.
(If the movie is still in theaters or not yet released, identify
the medium as Film.)
Recorded Television
Show
Broadcast Television or
Radio Show
Online Video Clip
Song Recording
Television Interview
“Title of Episode.” Title of Series Collection.
Dir. Director. Distributor, Year of
Release. Medium.
“Title of Episode.” Title of Series. Name of
Network. Call Letters of Station,
City of Broadcast Station. Day
Month Year of Broadcast. Medium.
Name of Director/Creator if available.
“Title of Video.” Title of Website.
Day Month Year of Release.
Medium. Day Month Year of
Access.
Artist/Performer/Band. “Title of Song.”
Title of Album. Manufacturer /
Record Label, Year of Release.
Medium.
Last Name of Interviewee, First Name.
Interview by Name of Interviewer.
Title of Television Show. Name of
Network. Day Month Year of
Interview. Medium.
“Hush.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The
Complete Fourth Season. Dir. Joss
Whedon. Warner Bros., 2003. DVD.
“Unfriendly Skies.” CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation. CBS. WSPA, Spartanburg.
08 Dec. 2000. Television.
(Harry Potter).
(You can abbreviate titles in intext citations as long as they
remain distinct from others in
the paper. You must start at
the BEGINNING of the title.)
(“Hush”).
(“Unfriendly Skies”).
FrancisVachon. “Time Lapse of Baby Playing
With Toys.” YouTube. 24 Jan. 2009.
Web. 4 July 2011.
(FrancisVachon).
Dale, Heather. “Mordred’s Lullaby.” Avalon.
Amphisbaena Music, 2000. MP3.
(Dale).
Williams, Robin. Interview with Larry King.
Larry King Live. CNN. 03 June 2007.
Television.
(Williams).
Interview Conducted
by Author of Paper
E-mail
Introduction, Preface,
Forward, or Afterword
to a Book
Brochure or Pamphlet
Government
Publication
Last Name of Interviewee, First Name.
Personal interview. Day Month
Year of Interview.
E-mail Author’s Last Name, First Name.
“Subject Line of E-mail.” Message
to Name of Recipient. Day Month
Year Message Sent. Medium.
Gamgee, Samwise. Personal interview. 23 May
2011.
(Gamgee).
Reynolds, Malcolm. “RE: Shuttle Rental.”
Message to Inara Serra. 20 Sept. 2002.
E-mail.
(Reynolds).
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Part Being
Cited. Title of Work. By Book’s
Author’s Name. Year of Book’s
Publication. Place of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Year of Part’s
Publication. Page Numbers of
Part. Medium.
Title of Pamphlet. Place of Publication:
Organizer, Year of Publication.
Medium.
Author’s Last Name, First Name (if
Available) or Name of National
Government. Government Agency
or Subdivision. Title of Document.
Place of Publication: Name of
Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium.
Skilton, David. Introduction. Lady Audley’s
Secret. By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
1998. New York: Oxford UP, 1987. viixxiii. Print.
(Skilton xvi).
How to Write a Thesis Statement. Bloomington,
IN: Writing Tutorial Services of Indiana
University, 2008. PDF.
United States. Government Accountability
Office. Climate Change: EPA and DOE
Should Do More to Encourage Progress
Under Two Voluntary Programs.
Washington: GPO, 2006. Print.
(How to Write a Thesis
Statement).
(Use “Message to the author” if the email was sent to you.)
(US documents are typically published by the Government
Printing Office, abbreviated in MLA as GPO.)
(United States 28).
When using two or more
government publications,
include the Agency Name or
the Agency Name and title as
needed to differentiate.
(U.S. Government
Accountability Office,
Climate Change 28).