MLA 7th ed. Quick Reference Sheet
Source
A Book By One
Author
A Book By Two
Authors
Parenthetical
Note
(Stoker 23)
(Kelly and
Schwabe 23)
Works Cited
Stoker, Bram. Dracula. England: Wordsworth Editions, 2000. Print.
Kelly, Francis M. and Randolph Schwabe. European Costume and Fashion, 1490-1790. New York: Dover
Publications, 2002. Print.
A Book with an
Editor
A Signed Article in a
Reference Book
An Article From a
Monthly or BiMonthly Periodical
A Signed Article from
a Daily Newspaper
(Narins 23)
Narins, Brigham ed. The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. New York: Thomson Gale, 2005. Print.
(Allison 23)
Allison, Lincoln. “Political Science.” Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics. 1996 ed. Print.
(Righton 23)
Righton, Barbara. “America is Thirsty.” Maclean’s Dec. 2005: 23-30. Print.
(Reid A1)
Reid, Robert H. “Blast Tips Iraq Closer to Civil War.” Toronto Star 23 Feb. 2006: A1+. Print.
Films; Radio and
Television Programs
Personal or Telephone
Interview
(“Sideshow
Bob Roberts”)
(Stronach)
"Sideshow Bob Roberts.” The Simpsons. Prod. Matt Groening. FOX. WGRZ, New York. 5 Mar. 2006. Television.
World Wide Web (Ripley,
Louise)
(general web site)
Stronach, Belinda. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2006.
Ripley, Louise. “The Glass Ceiling”. Gender Issues in Management. M. Louise Ripley, n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~lripley/gimUglassceiling.htm>.
Article in an online
magazine (not
accessed through a
subscription service)
(“Electrician”)
“Electrician.” Career Cruising. n.p. n.d. Web. 15 January 2010. <http://www.careercruising.com>.
(Greenmeier,
par. 1)
Greenmeier, Larry. “The Ultimate Hack: Reverse Engineering the Human Brain”. Scientific American News Blog.
Scientific American. Web. 17 Jan. 2010. <www.scientificamerican.com>.
Article in an online
encyclopedia:
Journal material
accessed from a
subscription service
(EBSCO, Gale
Cengage, etc.):
E book from a
subscription service
(Whittaker,
pars. 1-2)
(Cameron, 22)
Whitaker, Reg. “Trudeau, Pierre Elliot.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Web. Historica Foundation, 5 Mar.
2009. <http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com> .
Cameron, Laura. “Pine-Beetle Payback”. Canadian Business, 82.20 (2009):22. Canadian Points of View Reference
Center.
(Colburn,
1342)
Web. 17 January 2010. <http://web.ebscohost.com> .
Colburn, Lisa L. “Madagascar”. Countries and Their Cultures. Ed. Melvin Ember and Carol Ember. New York:
Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. 1342-1354. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 13 Jan. 2010.
<http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=huronhse>.
CD-ROMs
Non-periodical
(encyclopedias, etc.)
(Bramburgh,
par. 1,5,6)
Online
Images/Sound/Video
Clips
(Da Vinci)
Online video clip
(“Balloon
Bowl”)
Brumbaugh, Robert S. “Aristotle.” Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2004. Redmond, WA: Microsoft, 2004.
CD-ROM.
Da Vinci, Leonardo. “La Joconde.” WebMuseum, Paris. Nicolas Pioch, 1 Jan.1996. JPEG file. 19 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/joconde/>.
“Balloon Bowl.” Online video file. You Tube. You Tube, 8 June 2007. Web. 29 June 2011.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_r9joWNXQ>.
WORKS CITED RULES
• Works Cited entries must be arranged in alphabetical order and must be double
spaced.
• The second line in a Works Cited entry must be indented 5 spaces.
• Each source in the Works Cited must have at least one embedded reference, footnote, or endnote in your
essay.
• When referencing a web page you must include the paragraph number if a page number is not provided.
• The MLA Handbook no longer recommends using specific URLs for Web publications but there must be
sufficient information to locate the item on the web.