Book by a Single Author
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book. Publication City:
Publisher, Date of Most Recent Copyright. Medium.
Light, Richard J. Making the Most of College. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 2001. Print.
A Book by Two or More Authors
First Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name, and Second Author’s First
Name Second Author’s Last Name. Title of Book. Publication City:
Publisher, Date of Most Recent Copyright. Medium.
Wynn, Charles M., and Arthur Wiggins. Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction.
Washington: National Academy, 2001. Print.
A Book with an Author and an Editor
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s name.
Publication City: Publisher, Date of Most Recent Copyright. Medium.
Toomer, Jean. Cane. Ed. Darwin T. Turner. New York: Norton, 1998. Print.
An Article in a Reference Book
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference
Book. Edition. Date. Medium.
Tobias, Richard. “Thurber, James.” Encyclopedia Americana. 2002 Ed. Print.
An Article in a Scholarly Journal
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal
Volume Number (Year of Publication): Page Numbers. Medium.
Madden, Thomas F. “Revisiting the Crusades.” Wilson Quarterly 26.4 (2002): 100-03.
Print.
An Article in a Newspaper
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper
Date, edition: Section Number. Medium.
Glanz, James. “Iraqi Insurgents Step Up Attacks after Elections.” New York Times 13
Feb. 2005, late ed.: A1. Print.
An Article in a Magazine
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine
Date: Page Numbers. Medium.
Fallows, Jane. “Success without Victory.” Atlantic Monthly Jan.-Feb. 2005: 80-90. Print.
A Work in an Anthology
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Essay.” Title of Anthology.
Name of Editor, Translator, or Compiler. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Medium.
Nietzke, Ann. “Doin’ Somebody Wrong.” The Writer’s Resource. Eds. Susan Day and
Elizabeth McMahan. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1991: 320-324. Print.
A Television or Radio Program
“Title of the Episode.” Title of the Program. Producer or Director Name(s).
Name of the network. Call Letters and City of the local station (if any).
Broadcast Date. Medium.
“Seeds of Destruction.” Slavery and the Making of America. Prod. Clara Gazit. PBS.
WNET, New York. 16 Feb. 2005. Television.
Personal Interview
Subject’s last name, Subject’s first name. Personal Interview. Date conducted.
Patterson, Annette. E-mail interview. 16 Feb. 2005
Basic Electronic Entry
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of document.” Title of website,
project, or book. Publisher name and Publishing date. Medium. Date of
Access. <URL>.
Article in an Online Periodical
Author’s name (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical. Publisher name,
Publication date. Medium. Date of access. <URL>
Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who
Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009. < http://
www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving>.
Article in an online Scholarly Journal
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal.
Volume (Publication Date): page range. Medium. Date of Access.
<URL>.
Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future
Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal 6.2
(2008): n. pag. Web. 20 May 2009.
Article form an Online Database
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Publication.
Date of Publication: Page Numbers. Database. Medium. Date of Access.
Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 Apr.
2005: 642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009.
According to MLA style, you must have a Works Cited page at the end of your research paper. All entries in the Works Cited page must correspond to the works cited in your main text.
Basic Rules
· Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page number header as the rest of your paper.
· Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page.
· Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
· Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations five spaces so that you create a hanging indent.
· List page numbers of sources efficiently, when needed. If you refer to a journal article that appeared on pages 225 through 250, list the page numbers on your Works Cited page as 225-50.
Additional Basic Rules New to MLA 2009
· For every entry, you must determine the Medium of Publication. Most entries will likely be listed as Print or Web sources, but other possibilities may include Film, CD-ROM, or DVD.
· Writers are no longer required to provide URLs for Web entries. However, if your instructor or publisher insists on them, include them in angle brackets after the entry and end with a period. For long URLs, break lines only at slashes.
· If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database, you should type the online database name in italics. You do not need to provide subscription information in addition to the database name.
Capitalization and Punctuation
· Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc, but do not capitalize articles, short prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle: Gone with the Wind, The Art of War, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
· New to MLA 2009: Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles)