MLA Style – 7th Edition
Source
Book, three or
fewer authors
Works Cited
surname, given name(s),
In-text Citations
and last author’s given name surname
book title.
Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R. Soresen. The Rope, the Chair, and
city of publication: publisher, year of publication. medium.
{Authors are listed as
they appear on the
title page.}
Book, more
than three
authors
given name(s) surname(s),
the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990. Austin: U of Texas P, 1994. Print.
first author, et al.
book title.
city:
publisher,
year.
medium.
Capital punishment … (Marquart,
Olson, and Soresen 127-31).
{The word “and” is also used in parenthetical
citations to separate the last author from the others.}
During Freud’s lifetime, “people
commonly …” (Gilman et al. 56).
Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. Print.
OR
surname, given name(s), given name(s) surname(s), and last author’s given name surname
book title.
Gilman, Sander, Helen King, Roy Porter, George Rousseau, and Elaine Showalter. Hysteria
city:
publisher,
year.
medium.
beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993. Print.
organization
book title.
Book with an
organization as
author
National Research Council. China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration.
Edited book
{Begin the entry with the author’s name if you refer primarily to the text itself.}
author(s).
title of work.
Ed. given name(s) surname(s) of editor(s). city: publisher, year.
city:
publisher,
According to a study sponsored by
the National Research Council, the
population of China … (15).
year. medium.
Washington: Natl. Acad., 1992. Print.
Austen draws a sharp contrast
between … (35).
medium.
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Ed. Claudia Johnson. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.
{If your citations are generally about the work of the editor, begin the entry with the editor’s name.}
editor(s),
ed. or eds.
book title.
By
Bowers, Fredson, ed. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. By
author(s)
original year of publication. city:
publisher,
year.
“The soldiers plodded…” (Bowers
55).
medium.
Stephen Crane. 1895. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1975. Print.
Book with an
edition number
author(s).
book title.
Cheyfitz, Eric. The Poetics of Imperialism: Translation and Colonization from The Tempest to
edition information.
city:
publisher,
year.
medium.
a work in its entirety, it is preferable to include the
author’s name in your text.}
Tarzan. Expanded ed. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1997. Print.
Work in an
anthology or
multi-volume
work
author(s).
“title of piece.”
title of work.
book title.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. “The General Prologue.” The Canterbury Tales. Norton Anthology of
Gen. ed.,
editor(s).
numbered edition. volume.
city:
publisher, year,
English Literature. Gen. ed., M. H. Abrams. 4th ed. Vol. 1. New York: Norton, 1979.
page range. medium.
author(s).
“title of article”
reference book
Ed.
editor(s)
Allen, Anita L. “Privacy in Health Care.” Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Stephen G. Post.
numbered edition. volume.
The narrator refers to the Squier as
“A lovere and a lusty bachelor”
(Chaucer line 80).
{When citing by line number, initially use the word
“line” or “lines”.}
122-39. Print.
Reference
book
Eric Cheyfitz’s The Poetics of
Imperialism includes… {When referring to
city:
publisher,
year.
print.
3rd ed. Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan-Thompson, 2004. Print.
{You may omit page numbers if the reference book arranges articles alphabetically.}
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Milton’s description of the moon at
“her highest noon” signifies…
(“Noon,” def. 4b).
MLA Style – 7th Edition
Source
Multiple works
by the same
author
Bible
Works Cited
author
work.
Ed.
In-text Citations
given name(s) surname(s)
city:
The protagonist asserts, “Haste me to
know’t…” (Ham. 1.5.35-37), but …
publisher,
year. medium.
Another tragic figure, described as “too
Washington Square-Pocket, 1992. Print.
full o’ the’ mild of human kindness”
{The dashes replace the author’s name.}
---. Macbeth. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington Square-Pocket, (Mac. 1.5.17) …
1992. Print.
Bible title
editor(s),
gen. ed.
city: publisher,
year. medium.
Ezekiel saw “what seemed to be …”
The New Jerusalem Bible. Henry Wansbrough, gen. ed. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.
(New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.5-10).
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York:
{first citation}
author(s).
“article title.”
Journal article
with volume and
issue numbers
Albada, Kelly F. “The Public and Private Dialogue about the American Family on
Journal article
with volume
number only
Mann, Susan. “Myths of Asian Womanhood.” Journal of Asian Studies 59 (2000): 835-62.
Article with a
print version,
retrieved from a
database
Article in a
periodical on the
Web
journal title
volume number.issue number (year): page range. medium.
The faces of the creatures … (Ezek.
1.5-11). {subsequent citations}
Television … about what defines a
group of people as family (Albada 88).
Television.” Journal of Communication 50.4 (2002): 79-110. Print.
author(s).
“article title.”
journal title
volume (year): page range.
… for Asian women (Mann 835).
medium.
Print.
author(s).
“article title.”
journal title
Jackson, Gabriel. “Multiple Historic Meanings of the Spanish Civil War.” Science and Society
volume.issue (year): page range.
database.
medium. date accessed.
{When using electronic documents for which no page,
paragraph, screen or section numbers are given, the
citation should refer to the text in its entirety. Try to
include the author’s name in your sentence.}
68.3 (2004): 272-76. Academic Search Elite. Web. 7 Mar. 2005.
author(s).
“article title.”
Gold, David. “Ulysses: A Case Study in the Problems of Hypertextualization of Complex
journal title
The Spanish Civil War served …
(Jackson 275).
volume.issue (year): page range.
“Ulysses demonstrates the tension…”
(Gold).
Documents.” Computers, Writing, Rhetoric and Literature 3.1 (1997): n. pag.
medium. date accessed.
Web. 4 Dec. 1999.
Online
document, no
author
Non-periodical
web publication
“document title.”
{Write n. pag. if no page number is given.}
website title. sponsoring organization. date of publication. medium. date accessed.
“City Profile: San Francisco.” CNN.com. Cable News Network. 2002. Web. 14 May 2002.
author.
“document title.”
website.
publisher or sponsor,
date of publication
Green, Joshua. “The Rove Presidency.” The Atlantic.com. Atlantic Monthly Group, n.d.
medium. date accessed.
Web. 15 May 2008.
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Today, San Francisco houses … (“City
Profile”).
“Rove was a…” (Green).