Works Cited Worksheet – MLA Format (Revised 11/09)
Pearl City High School Library (http://www.pchs.k12.hi.us); UserID & Password: pearlcityhs
Citation Machine (http://citationmachine.net)
NOTE: For Dates, use the following format: Day Month Year. For Months, abbreviate except for May, June, and July.
BOOK
Author’s name. Title of the book. Publication information.
Example:
Gore, Albert. An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming. New York:
WEB SITE
Author’s Name. “Title of Web Page.” Title of the Overall Web Site. Version or
Edition. Publisher or Sponsor, Date. Web. Date of Access.
Viking, Rodale, 2007. Print.
Author’s Last, First Name:________________________________
Title of Book.:__________________________________
Publishing City:__________________________________
NOTE: For Date: Look either at the top or bottom of the page. Use the
following format: Day Month Year; Abbreviate the name of month except
for May, June, July. If only the year is given, just write the year.
For Author’s name, look either at the top or bottom of the page.
Publishing Company:_________________________________________
Publishing Year:______________________________
Medium: ____Print______
Example:
Fujimori, Leila. “Kalaupapa Exults ‘Saint’ Damien.” StarBulletin.com. Star Bulletin,
3 July, 2008. Web. 1 Nov. 2009.
Landau, Elizabeth. “CDC: Swine Flu Viruses in U.S. and Mexico Match.” CNN
Health.com. Cable News Network, 2 Apr. 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.
ENCYCLOPEDIA - ONLINE
Author’s Name (if any). “Title of article.” Title of Reference Book. Edition of Reference Book
(if any). Publisher, Year. Type of Material.
Example:
“de Koning, Willem.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2008.
Web. 15 May 2008.
Author’s Last, First Name (if any):________________________________________
“Title of article.”:______________________________________________________
Title of Reference Book:_________________________________________________
Edition of Reference Book: ________________ (e.g., 1st ed., Rev. ed., etc.)
Year published: ____________ yyyy
Medium: ___Web___
Date Retrieved: ____________________ (dd mmm yyyy)
Author’s Last, First Name (if any):_______________________________________
“Title of Web Page”:__________________________________________________
Title of Web Site:_____________________________________________________
Date Published or Last Revised:__________________________ dd mmm yyyy
Publishing Organization:__________________________________________
Date Retrieved: __________________________ dd mmm yyyy
Medium: ___Web ____
Work from a Subscription Service (e.g., EBSCOhost; Biography Resource
Center; Literature Resource Center; Science Resource Center )
REFERENCE – PRINT (ex., Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Something About The
Author, Authors & Artists for Young Adults)
Author’s Name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Publication Publication information. Online
Database Name. Type of material. Date Retrieved.
Examples:
Wenner, Melinda. “The Return of Swine Flu.” Popular Science 275.4 (2009): 50-51. MAS
Ultra – School Edition. Web. 1 Nov. 2009.
Fellman, Michael. "Three Views of the Lincoln-Douglass Dynamic.” Civil War Times 48.14
(2009): 59. Biography Resource Center. Web. 1 Nov. 2009.
Author’s Name (if any). “Title of the Article.” Title of the work. Edition. Year of publication.
Volume number: page(s).
Examples:
Pelley, Patricia M. “Vietnam.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2008 ed. Print.
“Noon.” Def. 4b. The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. Print.
Butwell, Richard. “Vietnam.” Lands and Peoples. Vol. 2. Danbury: Grolier, 2001. 293-302.
Print.
Author’s Last, First Name (if any):_____________________________
“Title of the Article.”:_________________________________________
Source or Title of the Publication:______________________________________
Volume & Issue Number(s): ______________________________
Year Published:____________________________________
Page Number(s):________________________ ppp-pp (i.e., 314-19)
Medium: __Web__
Article author’s last, first name (if any):_____________________________________
“Title of Article.”:______________________________________________________
Title of the Work:_________________________________________________
Edition of Reference Book: _____________________ (e.g., 2008 ed., 1st ed., etc.)
Volume Number: ____________
Publishing City: ____________________
Publishing Company: _______________________________
Date Retrieved: ________________________ (dd mmm yyyy)
Year Published:____________________________________________________
Database or
Subscription Service Name: _ e.g., MAS Ultra – School Edition; Biography Resource Center
Page Number(s): ___________________ ppp-pp (i.e., 214-19)
Medium: ___Print ___
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
Name of the Person Interviewed. Type of interview. (Personal or Telephone) Date.
Example:
Lingle, Linda. Personal interview. 30 Oct. 2009.