MLA Works Cited Formats rev. 1/09
This list is based on the 3rd ed. of the MLA Style Manual to provide examples for the most basic types of citations. Because there are so many possible variations, please refer to the handbook for a more exhaustive list of examples. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing 3rd ed. (REF 808.027 MLA 2008)
BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR
MacCaulay, David. The Way Things Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Print.
BOOK BY MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR
Thomas, Frank, and Tom Johnston. Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.
New York: Abbeville Press, 2002. Print.
BOOK WITHOUT A NAMED AUTHOR
A Guide to Our Federal Lands. Washington: National Geographic Soc., 2004. Print.
BOOK WITH AN AUTHOR AND EDITOR
Wolfe, Thomas. The Thomas Wolfe Reader. Ed. Hugh Holman. New York:
Scribners, 1962. Print.
BOOK WITH AN EDITOR BUT NO AUTHOR
Roleff, Tamara L., ed. Guns and Crime. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000. Print.
WORK WITHIN AN ANTHOLOGY
Dimock, George E., Jr. "The Name of Odysseus." Essays on the Odyssey. Ed.
Charles Taylor. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. Print.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH AN AUTHOR GIVEN
(Look for the author's name at the beginning or the end of the article. Sometimes only initials
are provided in which case find the author’s name in the list of contributors)
Drake, Frank D. "Black Hole." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. Print.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH NO AUTHOR GIVEN
"Magnetism." Encyclopedia Americana. 1979 ed. Print.
SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cavendish, Richard. “Druids.” Man, Myth & Magic: the Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Mythology, Religion and the Unknown. New York: Marshall
Cavendish, 1995. Print.
MAGAZINE (MONTHLY)
Diamond, Jared. "The Worst Mistake in Human History." Discover Feb. 1987: 64-67. Print.
MAGAZINE (WEEKLY/BIWEEKLY)
MacManus, Yvonne. "Interstellar Clouds." Science News 5 June 1980: 5-10. Print.
MAGAZINE NO AUTHOR GIVEN
"Campus Control of Crystal Growth in Space." Science News 16 Mar. 1996: 165.
Print.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (follows same basic format as a magazine)
Greeley, Andrew. "Today's Morality Play: The Sitcom." Los Angeles Times 17
May 2006, Orange Co. ed.: Dl 2-13+. Print.
INTERVIEW
Frankin, Ann. Personal interview. 3 Sept. 1983. OR: Reyes, Octavio. Telephone interview.
23 Feb. 2007. Print.
ADVERTISEMENT
Toyota. Advertisement. Time 28 Feb. 2000: 49.
FILM or VIDEOTAPE
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946. Film.
TELEVISION PROGRAM
“The Trouble with Taxes.” 20/20. ABC. 26 Nov. 2007. Television program.
CD ROM
"John Steinbeck." DISCovering Authors. Detroit: Gale Research, 2000. CD-ROM.
PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH
Begin with a description of the photo. Do not use underlining or quotation marks. Indicate who took the photo and the date it was taken.
Grandpa Al at Home. Personal photograph by Susan Student. 28 May 2003.
ONLINE RESOURCES
(It is optional, based on your instructor’s requirements to include the URL of the website for and online resource.)
ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Benjamin, Medea. "Minimum Factory Standards Will Not Prevent Human Rights Abuses." Opposing Viewpoints: Human Rights. 1998. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Web. 10 Sept. 2007.
PROQUEST Magazine, Newspaper and Periodical Database
Buckley, William F., Jr. “Colin Powell Says It Almost Right.” National Review 28 Aug. 2000: 59. Proquest Database. Proquest. Troy High School Library, Fullerton, CA. 13 Sept. 2007 <http://www.proquest.com>.
Newsbank (from Orange County Public Library)
Peres, Judy. “Steady Maternal Death Rate Troubles CDC.” Los Angeles Times. 4 Sept. 1998, Home ed.: A18. Newsbank. Web. 13 Sept. 2000. [opt.] <http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.
Gale Discovering Collection
Buchanan, Janet A. "Genetic Testing." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 2004. Discovering Collection. Thomson Gale. Troy High School Library, Fullerton, CA. 10 Sept. 2007. [opt.] <http://find.galenet.com/srcx/infomark.doc>.
World Book Online
Reimer, Michael J. "Egypt." World Book Online Reference Center. 2007. Web. 10 Sept. 2007 [opt.] <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar175040>.
INTERNET WEBSITES
AUTHOR (if available – last name, first name). TITLE OF PARTICULAR PAGE (if available) in quotation marks. TITLE of web site underlined.
Date of publication or update. Medium (Web). Date of access. [opt.] URL (<Web site address in angle brackets>.) Click on “Backspace” or “Delete” once to remove any hyperlinks immediately after they appear.
Internet Website Examples:
Dawe, James. “Family Life.” Jane Austen Page. N.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2004.
“Sylvester Stallone.” Biography.com. Web. 21 Mar. 2005.
ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE MAGAZINE (not accessed through an online database)
Smith, Jane. “Who Really Invented the Internet?” Web Weekly 26 Feb. 2001. Web. 4 May 2001.
ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Simon, Raul. “Athena.” Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. 22 Mar. 2006. Web. 22 Feb. 2007.
Meredith, Paige. “Re: Museums in Paris.” 5 May 2005. E-mail to Daniel J. Cahill. 21 June 2005.
ONLINE IMAGE / SOUND / VIDEO CLIP
Cite as you would any other Web page, but make sure you're crediting the original creator of the image/sound/video clip.
(In the example from Webshots.com, an online photo-sharing site, "brandychloe" is a username)
brandychloe. “Great Horned Owl Family.” Online image. 22 May 2006.
“This Week’s Saturday Radio Address.” 22 Oct. 2004. Online sound. Whitehouse Briefing Room. 7 May 2005.
EBOOK
“Richard Attenborough.” Encyclopedia of World Biography. Ed. Paula K. Byers. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale. Web. 22 Feb. 2007.
LISTSERV
Williams, Jim. “Computer to T.V. Screen.” 5 July 2005. Online posting. Global Technology Discussion Group. 22 Jan. 2007.
ONLINE CHAT or SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
Johnson, Kaya. “Online discussion of future fuels.” 24 Oct. 2003. EnvironMOO. 16 Sept. 2005 <telnet://>.
BLOG ENTRY – Just like a website (You can put the publication date and date of access)
Ratliff, Clancy. CultureCat: Rhetoric and Feminism. 7 May 2006. Web. 11 May 2006. [opt.] <http://culturecat.net>.
NOTE: If you cannot find some of the information required, cite what is available.