Annotated Bibliography Cheat Sheet
This sheet helps you understand the most commonly used bibliographic models for MLA style. For any models not listed, please use NoodleTools.
Book with one author
Last, First Middle, Jr. Title of the Book. Publication City: Publisher, 1999. Print.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. New York: Houghton, 2004. Print.
Book with two or three authors
Last, First Middle, Jr., and First Last. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication.
Orwell, George, and William Golding. The Best Book Ever. New York: Penguin, 2015. Print.
Journal from database NOT in PDF format (HTML)
Last, First Middle. “Title of Article.” Name of Publication Volume number of journal. Issue number of journal (year of publication): Page number. Title of Database. Medium of publication. Date of access.
McCarthy, Jeffrey Allen. "The Benefits of Turbo Engines." Journal of American Motors 2.4 (2014): 15-27. Discovery Education Health. Web. 4 Apr. 2016.
Journal from an actual print source (or printed as a PDF)
Last, First Middle, and First Middle Last. “Title of Article.” Name of Publication Volume number of journal. Issue number of journal (year of publication): page numbers. Medium of publication.
Smith, Sam Michael, and Christina Carol Jones. "The Effect of Feminism in Literature." American Journal of Literature 6.12 (2015): 25-35. Print.
Periodicals
(Magazine from an actual print source or PDF file)
Last, First Middle. “Article Title.” Magazine Title MLA Date of Issue Publication: pages.
Nash, J. Madeline. “The New Science of Alzheimer’s.” Time 17 July 2000: 51.57.
Newspaper Article (from an actual newspaper or a PDF file)
Last, First Middle. “Article Title.” Newspaper Title MLA Date of Publication: Page number. Medium of Publication.
Morrison, Blake. "Sierra Fire Continues Rampage." USA Today 31 July 2012: 10A. Print.
Library Databases
(Ex. Gale, EBSCO and SIRS)
For electronic database sources you are basically formatting them the same way as you would format all the above, but you are adding the database information to the end as follows:
1. Title of database (italicized)
2. Medium of publication consulted (web)
3. Date of access (day, month and year: 4 May 2016)
For example: MasterFile Elite. Web. 4 May 2016)
Hanging Indents (how to get the second and subsequent lines indented and not the first) from Microsoft Word
1. Place your cursor in front of the first letter of the first word in the citation.
2. Click on the small arrow located next to the word “Paragraph” on the top, middle of the page.
3. In the middle of the box that pops up is the word “Indentation.” Pull the drop down box down under the word “Special” and select “Hanging.”
4. Click “OK.”