Books:
Mag. Example- with author:
Author’s name(s) (if given). Title of book.
City: Publisher, copyright year.
Example - Book with one author:
Howard, Beth. “How Safe is the Food
You Eat?” Harper’s Bazaar. October
2003: 144.
Nestle, Marion. Safe Food: Bacteria,
Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism.
Berkeley: U of California, 2003.
“An Amber Light for Agri-business.”
Economists. 4 October 2003: 35.
Example - Book with two or more
authors (154, 5.6.4):
Teitel, Martin, and Kimberly A. Wilson.
Genetically Engineered Food: Changing
the Nature of Nature. Rochester: Park
Street Press, 1999.
Example- Book with editors:
Stock, Gregory, and John Campbell,
eds. Engineering the Human Germ Line:
An Exploration of the Science and Ethics
of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our
Children. New York: Oxford U Press,
2000.
Encyclopedia Article:
Author’s name (if given). “Title of Article.”
Name of Encyclopedia. Edition.
Example - signed:
Gates, David M. "Astronomy."
Encyclopedia Americana. 1996 ed.
Example - unsigned:
"Onomatopoeia." Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. 2003.
Magazines:
Author’s name (if given). “Title of
Article.” Magazine Name. Date Month
Year of Publication: Page Numbers.
Mag. Example- no author:
Anthology (short stories, poems, etc.):
Author (if given). “Title of work.” Trans. (if
translated by someone). Title of book.
Editor. City: Publisher, Copyright.
Page numbers.
Example- with author:
Sneed, Pamela. “Teaching.” Holler if You
Hear Me. Ed. William Ayers. New York:
Teachers College Press, 1999. 20.
Websites:
Author (if known). “Title of page or
document.” Title of site or larger work
(if applicable). Date of electronic
publication, last update, or date of
posting. Name of any associated
institution. Date of download
<http://address/filename>.
Example:
Smith, George. “Graf Has Look of a
Champion.” ESPNET SportsZone. 29
August 1996.
<http://www.espn.com/gen/top/010871600
1.html>.
* All online sources should have at least a
title, date of download, & URL.*
Online Databases:
Author. “Title of article.” Name of
Journal (if applicable). Copyright date:
page range (if available). Name of
Database. Publisher of Database.
Date of Access.
<http://address/filename>.
Example:
PROQUEST
Lichtblau, Eric. “Administration Plans
Defense of Terror Law.” New York
Times. 19 August 2003, late ed. (East
Coast): A-1. ProQuest. ProQuest
Direct. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood.
15 September 2003.
<http://www.proquest.com >.
EBSCOHOST
"Diabetes Increases Risk for Caesarean
Delivery." Nutrition Research
Newsletter October 1999: 6-7.
Ebscohost. Kingwood Coll. Lib.,
Kingwood. 27 October 2003
<http://www.epnet.com>.
Online Images:
Artist if available. "Description or title of
image." Date of image. Online image.
Title of larger site. Date of download.
<http://address.website.org>.
Example:
"Mars Landing." Online image. 3
November 1999. NASA.
<http://www.nasa.org>.
Remember to have your sources in alphabetical order and indent all lines except the first one of each source.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research of Papers. 6th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.