Works Cited—MLA Style
How to List Publication
Information for All the Sources
You Quote, Paraphrase, or
Summarize
Works Cited Format
Arrange your sources in alphabetical order by
the last name of the author.
If an author is not given in the source,
alphabetize the source by the first main word
of the title (excluding A, An, or The).
Double space both within and between entries.
Indent the second and subsequent lines of each
entry.
For Books:
Give Author(s), Title, and
Publication Information
Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice:
Psychological Theory and Women’s
Development. Cambridge: Harvard
UP, 1982.
For Periodicals: List
Author(s), Title, and
Publication Information
Lever, Janet. “Sex Differences in the
Games Children Play.” Social Problems
23 (1976): 478-87.
Electronic Resources: Article
Accessed from a Subscription
Service (EBSCO).
Payton, Brian. “Grizzlies in the Mist.”
Canadian Geographic Mar. 2001: 13 pp.
Academic Search Elite. EBSCOHost.
Clackamas Community Coll. Lib.,
Oregon City, OR. 22 May 2001.
Electronic Resources: Page from
an Organization’s Website
Ciszek, Debbie. “Heterocephalus glaber:
Naked Mole Rat.” Animal Diversity
Web. 19 Jan. 1996. U of Michigan
Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor. 28 Feb.
2002<http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich
.edu/accounts/heterocephalus/h._glaber.
html>.
Electronic Resources: Websites
Provide any of the following that can
be determined, in this order:
 Author
 “page title”
 Website title
 Date posted/updated
And . . .
 Website editor
 Sponsoring organization
 Date accessed
 URL
Electronic Resources: Page from
an Organization’s Website
Ciszek, Debbie. “Heterocephalus glaber:
Naked Mole Rat.” Animal Diversity
Web. 19 Jan. 1996. U of Michigan
Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor. 28 Feb.
2002<http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich
.edu/accounts/heterocephalus/h._glaber.
html>.
Interviews
Picard, Jean-Luc. Personal interview. 18
Sept. 2001.
Christopher, Warren. Interview.
Frontline. PBS. WGBH, Boston. 13
Feb. 1998.
Note: Document All Sources
Books
Government
Publications
Interviews
Anthologies
Periodicals
Electronic
Sources
Pamphlets
Video
Recordings
Lectures
Online
or Addresses Newspapers
Reference
All Outside
Works
Sources
Works Cited
Conte, Christopher. “Networking the
Classroom,” CQ Researcher 5 (1999): 92343.
Hardy, Henry Edward. “A Short History of
the Net,” Ocean Home Page. 18 Jan. 1996.
U of Alaska Pacific Center. 12 Mar. 2000
<http://www.ocean.ic.net/doc/snest.html>.
Stoll, Clifford. Silicon Snake Oil. New
York: Doubleday, 1995.
The Benefits
You let the reader know where to look for
more information.
You ethically give credit and avoid any
chance of plagiarism.
You add to the credibility of your report by
showing you have researched the matter.
You need to document sources throughout
college and for professional projects after
that.