MLA Format Works Cited
Books
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One Author
Embedded Reference
MLA Style
(Bissoondath 19)
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
Bissoondath, Neil. Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada. Toronto: Penguin Books, 2006. Print.
Two or Three Authors
(Shelley, Yong, and Mok 249)
Shelley, Rex, Teo Chuu Yong, and Russell Mok. Japan. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2004. Print.
More than Three Authors
A Work in an Edited Anthology
(Findley et al. 36)
(Halberg 110)
Editor
(Gair 67)
Findley, Isobel M., et al. Introduction to Literature. Toronto: Thompson, 2004. Print.
Halberg, Robert. “Uncle Sam.” A Collection of American Short Stories. Ed. William Bixby. Detroit: The Williams
Publishing Company, 2007. 105-139. Print.
Gair, Angela, ed. Artist’s Manual. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. Print.
No Author, No Editor
(Foods 54)
Foods That Harm Foods That Heal: An A to Z Guide to Safe and Healthy Eating . Montreal: The Reader’s Digest
Association (Canada) Ltd., 2007. Print.
(Watson cited in Bain and Colyer 25) Bain, Colin M. and Jill S. Colyer. The Human Way: Introducing Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology.
or
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
(Watson qtd. In Bain and Colyer 25)
Speech from Shakespearean Play
Embedded Reference
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
MLA Style
Speech from Hamlet in Act 3 Scene 1, lines (3.1.56-60)
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Edward Hubler. New York: The New American Library of World Literature Inc.,
56-60
2003. Print.
Magazines or Journals
Embedded Reference
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
MLA Style
Article with an Author (Monthly)
(Phillips 234)
Phillips, Angus. “Simple Gifts of The Shenandoah.” National Geographic December 2006: 234-265. Print.
Citing a Source Quoted Within Another
Source
Article with an Author (Weekly)
(Wallace 37)
Wallace, Bruce. “An English Seaside Whodunnit.” Maclean’s 7 April 2007: 37.Print.
Unsigned Article
(“Laptop Computers”)
“Laptop Computers: What to Buy?” Weekly Computer Buying Guide. 14 January 2008: 23-26. Print.
Newspapers
Article with an Author
Embedded Reference
MLA Style
(Burg C1)
Burg, Robert. “Furniture Tide Turns.” Toronto Star 13 January 2007: C1. Print.
Unsigned Article
(“Stock Market” B1)
“Stock Market Freefall.” Toronto Star 14 October 2007: B1. Print.
Encyclopedias
Signed Article
Embedded Reference
MLA Style
(Beardsley 697)
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
Beardsley, Richard K. “Japan: People.” Encyclopedia Americana. Danbury, Connecticut: Scholastic Inc., 2002 ed.
Print.
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“China.” Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World Volume 1. Detroit: UXL Gale Group,
2002. Print.
Unsigned Article
(“China” 94)
Media/Recordings
Sound
Embedded Reference
MLA Style
(Aglukark)
Aglukark, Susan. This Child. EMI Music Canada, 2005. Performance.
Video, Film or DVD
(Manufactured Landscapes)
Manufactured Landscapes. Dir. Jennifer Baichwal. Mongrel Media, 2007. DVD.
Television Program
(“Animals”)
“Animals.” North of 60. CBC-TV, CBLT, Toronto. 8 September 2004. TV.
Electronic Resources
A Web Page with an author
Embedded Reference
MLA Style
(Borowitz)
A Web Page without an Author
(“City Profile”)
A PDF Document from the Internet
(Author Known)
A PDF Document from the Internet
(Association is Author)
(Smith 14)
Article in an Online Periodical
(Viviano)
An Online Book
(Melville 10)
(World Health Organization 4)
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
Borowitz, Stephen M. “Asthma.” Children’s Medical Center of the University of Virginia. University of Virginia,
2011. Web. 27 January 2012 <http:www.people.virginia.edu/~smb4v/tutorials/asthma1/html>.
“City Profile: San Francisco.” CNN.com . Cable News Network, 2011. Web. 27 January 2012
<http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL//city/SanFrancisco.html>.
Smith, Nicola. Healthy Eating for a Healthy Baby. Toronto: Best Start and Nutrition Resource Centre, 2002. Web. 27 January
2012 <http://www.beststart.org/resources/nutrition/pdf/beststart_08eng.pdf>.
World Health Organization. Investing in Mental Health. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2003. Web. 27 January 2012
<http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/investing_in_mnh_final.pdf>.
An Online Book Retrieved from a Library (Pelleschi 8)
Database
A Work from an Online Database Service (Burrett 48)
(e.g. Advanced Placement Source available
through EBSCO)
A work from an Online Encyclopedia from a (Cockrum )
Subscription Database
A Picture from a Website
(Marshall)
An Online Video
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
(“Manufactured Landscapes”)
Viviano, Frank. “The New Mafia Order.” Mother Jones Magazine May-June 2005. Web. 27 January 2012
<http://www.mojones.com/MOTHER_JONES/MJ95/viviano.html>.
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick, or The White Whale. Ed. Howard Vincent. New York: Viking Press, 1957. Web. 27
January 2012 <http://www.guttenberg.com/melville/moby.html>.
Pelleschi, Andrea. Countries of the World: China. Edina, Minnesota:
ABDO Publishing Company, 2012. ABDO Digital. Web. 27 January 2012
<http://my.abdodigital.com/browse/title/?pid=7757&bb=subject&sid=37>.
Burrett, Tina. "Volunteering Offers New Purpose: In the Aftermath of the Tsunami, Young
Japanese Have Been Galvanized into Action." New Internationalist Nov. 2011: 48.
Advanced Placement Source. Web. 27 January 2012 <http://web.ebscohost.com>.
Cockrum, E. Lendell. “Manatee.” Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier Online, 2012. Web.
16 February 2012 <http://go.grolier.com>.
Marshall, Brian. “How Cars Work.” Howstuffworks. How Stuff Works, Inc., 2012. Web. 27 January 2012
<http://www.howstuffworks.com/engine2.htm>.
“Manufactured Landscapes Intersititials.” Online Video File. TVO. The Ontario Educational Communications
Authority, 6 December 2011. Web. 27 January 2012 <http://ww3.tvo.org/video/169019/manufacturedlandscapes-interstitials>.
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Other sources
Note: Double-space your entries!
Embedded Reference
MLA Style
(Portugal Culturegram 589)
Portugal Culturegram. ProQuest and Brigham Young University, 2009. Print.
An Interview Conducted by You
(with John Wilson)
Teacher’s Handout Provided in Class
(Wilson)
Wilson, John. Telephone interview. 27 January 2012.
(McClorey)
McClorey, Phil. “Laboratory Safety Overview.” Course handout. Grade 11 Biology Course Pack. King City Secondary School
Science Department. 28 February 2012.
Works of Art Reproduced in Books
(Casson Plate 86)
A Definition from a Dictionary
(“Mug”)
Casson, A. J. Mill Houses. 1928. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston. Northern Lights: Masterpieces of Tom
Thomson and The Group of Seven. By Joan Murray. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2004. Plate 86. Print.
"Mug." Def. 2. The New Lexicon Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language. Canadian ed. 2007.
Print.
Pamphlet/Fact Sheet/Culturegram
Works Cited Entry, MLA Style
Adapted from: Seneca Libraries. (2011). Guide to Research & Citation, MLA Style (3rd ed.). Toronto.
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