MLA Citation Style
PREPARING THE LIST OF
WORKS CITED
A Book by a Single Author (5.5.2)
Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. American Designs: The Late
Novels of James and Faulkner. Philadelphia: U of
Pennsylvania P, 1991. Print.
NOTE: See 3.6.1 for the rules for capitalizing titles.
A Book by Two or More Authors (5.5.4)
Adams, Carol J., Douglas Buchanan, and Kelly Gesch.
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion
to Jane Austen. New York: Continuum, 2008.
Print.
An Edited Book (5.5.4)
Quirk, Tom, and Gary Scharnhorst, eds. American
Realism and the Canon. Newark: U of Delaware P;
London, Associated U Presses, 1994. Print.
NOTE: This is an example with multiple publishers (see 5.5.18).
A Book in a Second or Subsequent Edition (5.5.13)
Soccio, Douglas J. Archetypes of Wisdom: An
Introduction to Philosophy. 5th ed. Belmont:
Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004. Print.
A Chapter in a Book (5.5.6)
Beattie, Ann. “Where Characters Come From.” The
Best Writing on Writing. Ed. Jack Heffron.
Cincinnati: Story, 1994. 106-11. Print.
An Electronic Book
DeNora, Tia. Beethoven and the Construction of
Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803.
Berkeley: U of California P, 1995. NetLibrary.
Web. 7 Dec. 2009.
An Article in a Scholarly Journal (5.4.2)
Paxman, David. “Metaphor and Knowledge in George Eliot‟s
Middlemarch.” Metaphor and Symbol 18.2 (2003): 107-23. Print.
OR
Paxman, David. “Metaphor and Knowledge in George Eliot‟s
Middlemarch.” Metaphor and Symbol 18.2 (2003): 107-23.
Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Dec. 2009.
An Article in a Scholarly Journal (5.4.2)
Quick, Paul S. “Hemingway‟s „A Way You‟ll Never Be‟ and Nick
Adams‟s Search for Identity.” Hemingway Review 22.2 (2003):
30-45. Print.
OR
Quick, Paul S. “Hemingway‟s „A Way You‟ll Never Be‟ and Nick
Adams‟s Search for Identity.” Hemingway Review 22.2 (2003):
30-45. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Dec. 2009.
An Article in a Scholarly Journal (5.4.2)
Solomon, Rajah. “A Study of Symbolism in Visual Arts and Its
Relevance to the Church in Malaysia.” Asia Journal of Theology
19.1 (2005): 30-67. Print.
OR
Solomon, Rajah. “A Study of Symbolism in Visual Arts and Its
Relevance to the Church in Malaysia.” Asia Journal of Theology
19.1 (2005): 30-67. Academic Search Premier. Web. 6 Dec. 2009.
An Article in a Newspaper (5.4.5)
Grotto, Jason, and Tim Jones. “Agent Orange‟s Lethal
Legacy.” Morning Call [Allentown] 6 Dec. 2009:
News sec.: 20. Print.
An Article in a Newspaper (5.4.5)
Grant, James. “Requiem for the Dollar.” Wall Street
Journal 5-6 Dec. 2009, weekend ed.: W1+. Print.
Grant, James. “Requiem for the Dollar.” Opinion. Wall
Street Journal. Wall Street Journal, 5 Nov. 2009.
Web. 6 Dec. 2009.
An Article in a Magazine (5.4.6)
Woodward, Richard B. “Shades of Ansel Adams.”
Smithsonian Nov. 2009: 71-74. Print.
McGinn, Daniel. “ The Decline of Western Innovation.”
Newsweek 23 Nov. 2009: 34-37. Print.
A Film or Video Recording (5.7.3)
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stuart,
Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell . 1946.
Republic, 2001. DVD.
Capra, Frank, dir. It’s a Wonderful Life. Perf. James Stuart,
Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO,
1946. Film.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.), 198-98.
A Performance (5.7.4)
Heartbreak House. By George Bernard Shaw. Dir. Robin
Lefevre. Perf. Philip Bosco and Swoosie Kurtz.
Roundabout Theatre Company. Amer. Airlines Theatre,
New York. 1 Oct. 2006. Performance.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.), 198.
Web Document (5.6.2)
Quade, Alex. “Elite Team Rescues Troops behind Enemy Lines.”
CNN.com. Cable News Network, 19 Mar. 2007. Web. 6 Dec. 2009.
<http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/15/
search.rescue/index.html>.
Note: URLs are no longer necessary. “You should include a URL as supplementary
information only when the reader probably cannot locate the sources without it or when
your instructor requires it” (MLA Handbook, 182). Place it immediately after the access
date, and enclose it in angle brackets.
Article in a Reference Book (5.5.7)
Allen, Anita L. “Privacy in Health Care.” Encyclopedia
of Bioethics. Ed. Stephen G. Post. 3rd ed. Vol. 4. New
York: Macmillan-Thomson, 2004. Print.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.), 160.
A Work in an Anthology (5.5.6)
More, Hannah. “The Black Slave Trade: A Poem.”
British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula
R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.
472-82. Print.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.), 158.