Library Guide to MLA STYLE (7 ed.): WORKS CITED

[Pages:2]PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION ? MLA 6.2 (page 215)

Library Guide to

MLA STYLE (7th ed.): WORKS CITED



In your essay, document quotes, facts, or ideas from your sources by placing the author's last name and page number in parentheses. If the source does not have page numbers, list the author in parentheses. See URL above for more information.

1 author = (Allen 45) | 2 = (James and Tho 17) | 3 = (Allen, Brown, and Hess 361) | 4+ = (Lee et al. 52) | web article no author or pages = ("Capping Executive Pay")

GENERAL RULES

BOOKS IN PRINT

A COLLECITON

STORY/POEM REPRINTED ARTICLE REPRINTED IN

WORKS CITED PAGE

Double-space all lines. Use hanging indentation and alphabetize all entries by author. Invert the name of the first author listed. If no author is listed, begin the citation with the next element. Italicize titles of databases and independent works such as plays, books, periodicals, and websites. Enclose in quotation marks titles of articles, chapters, essays, poems, & short stories. Abbreviate the publisher's name. If article does not have consecutive pages, use only the first page number and a plus sign: 192+. Date order: day abbreviated month year. In the text of your essay, spell out the months, but on the Works Cited page, abbreviate all months except May, June, and July.

BOOK BY A SINGLE AUTHOR ? MLA 5.5.2 (page 148) Johnson, Roberta. Gender and Nation in the Spanish Modernist Novel. Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 2003. Print. KEY: author title city of publication publisher year of publication medium of publication

BOOK BY TWO AUTHORS ? MLA 5.5.4 (page 154) Brown, Nathan, and Sheryle A. Proper. The Everything Paying for College Book. Avon: Adams, 2005. Print.

ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK ? MLA 5.5.7 (page 160) Allen, Anita L. "Privacy in Health Care." Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Stephen G. Post. 3rd ed. Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan-Thompson, 2004. Print.

SCHOLARLY ARTICLE REPRINTED IN A COLLECTION ? MLA 5.5.6 (page 157) IN A SERIES ? MLA 5.5.6 (page 159) Shippey, T. A. "The Magic Art and the Evolution of Words: The Earthsea Trilogy." Mosaic 10.2 (1977): n.pag. Rpt. in Ursula K. Le Guin. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea, 1986. 183-209. Print. Modern Critical Views. KEY: author of the article title of article journal title, volume, issue, and year published pagination Rpt. in title of the book editor city of publication, publisher, year of publication, and pagination medium of publication series

SHORT STORY OR POEM IN AN ANTHOLOGY ? MLA 5.5.6 (page 157) PUBLISHED IN SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS ? MLA 5.5.13 (page 167)

Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 8th ed. New York: Longman, 2002.

535-50. Print. KEY: author of worktitle of work title of anthology editors edition city of publication, publisher, and year of publication pagination of work in the anthology

medium of publication

E-BOOK FROM A DATABASE (Google Books, Project Gutenberg, library subscription, etc.) ? MLA 5.6.2 C (page 187) Barrish, Philip J. The Cambridge Introduction to American Literary Realism. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2011. eBook Collection. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.

E-BOOK FORMATTED FOR A READING DEVICE (Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc.) ? MLA 5.7.18 (pages 210-211) and MLA BLOG Rowley, Hazel. Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage. New York: Farrar, 2010. Kindle file. KEY: author title of book date of release city of publication, publisher, and date medium of publication which will be the electronic file such as Kindle file, Nook file, EPUB FILE, or PDF file. If you cannot identify the file, use Digital file.

INTERVIEWS - PERSONAL INTERVIEW ? MLA 5.7.7 (page 202) Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 11 Sept. 2012. KEY: name of person interviewed kind of interview (Personal or Telephone) date of interview

[To cite an e-mail, list the sender, title of the message taken from the subject line, description of the message that includes the recipient, date of the message, and medium of delivery.] ? MLA 5.7.13 (page 205)

Smith, John. "Re: Mechanic Career Information." Message to Norma Drepaul. 11 Feb. 2013. E-mail.

VIDEO FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE ? MLA 5.7.3 (page 197) & 5.6.2d (page 189) Future of Fusion. Films Media Group, 2010. Films on Demand. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. KEY: video title distributor date of release title of website medium of publication date of access

IN A COLLECITON

E-BOOKS

INTERVIEWS

VIDEO

JOURNAL ARTICLES FROM DATABASES

JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE ? MLA 5.6.4 (page 192) WITH THREE AUTHORS Martis, Elvis A., Rewa R. Badve, and Mukta D. Degwekar. "Nanotechnology Based Devices and Applications in Medicine: An Overview." Chronicles of Young Scientists 3.1 (2012): 68-73. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. KEY: author article title journal title volume number, issue & year published page numbers database name medium of publication date of access

JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE CONTAINING TITLES WITHIN TITLES Gruesser, John. "Walker's `Everyday Use.'" Explicator 61.3 (2003): 183-85. Academic Search Complete. Web. 7 Sept. 2012. Meyerson, Gregory, and Jim Neilson. "Pulp Fiction: The Aesthetics of Anti-Radicalism in William Faulkner's Light in August." Science & Society 72.1 (2008): 11-42. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 July 2012.

PERIODICAL ARTICLES FROM DATABASES

REPRINTED ARTICLES FROM DATABASES

JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM A DATABASE WITH FOUR OR MORE AUTHORS

Lee, Joyce M., et al. "Short Stature in a Population-Based Cohort: Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Functioning." Pediatrics 124.3 (2009): 903-10. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Oct. 2012.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE ? MLA 5.6.4 (page 192) Hess, Lisa W. "Tightrope Walker." Forbes 27 Apr. 2009: 156. Academic Search Complete. Web. 19 Apr. 2012.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE ? MLA 5.6.4 (page 192) Lichtblau, Eric. "Administration Plans Defense of Terror Law." New York Times 19 Aug. 2003, late ed. (East Coast): A1. National Newspapers Core. Web. 15 Sept. 2012.

ONLINE PERIODICAL FROM A SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE ? MLA 5.6.4 (page 192) Clemmitt, Marcia. "Student Aid." CQ Researcher 25 Jan. 2008: 73-96. CQ Researcher. Web. 2 Feb. 2012. KEY: author article title name of periodical publication date page numbers database name medium of publication date of access

BOOK ARTICLE REPRINTED IN MULTIVOLUME ANTHOLOGY FROM A DATABASE ? MLA 5.5.6 (page 159) and 5.6.4 (page 192) Ferguson, James. "Patterns." Faulkner's Short Fiction. Knoxville: U of Tennessee P, 1991. N. pag. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Jelen O. Krstovic. Vol. 92. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 50-83. Literature Resource Center. Web. 3 Feb. 2012.

JOURNAL ARTICLE REPRINTED IN MULTIVOLUME ANTHOLOGY FROM A DATABASE ? MLA 5.5.6 (page 159) and (page 192) Stone, Carole. "The Female Artist in Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Birth and Creativity." Women's Studies 13 (1986): 23-32. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 127. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 32-36. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2012.

ARTICLE REPRINTED WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE IN A BOOK ? MLA 5.5.6 (page 159) IN A SERIES ? MLA 5.5.15 (page 170) FROM A DATABASE For any article reprinted under a different title, state the new title and publication facts, followed by Rpt. of (Reprint of), then list the original title and publication facts.

Ivanka, Katarina. "Prisons Should Rehabilitate Inmates." America's Prisons. Ed. Roman Espejo. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2002. N. pag. Opposing Viewpoints Ser. Rpt. of "Shifting Gears to Rehabilitation." Corrections Today Apr. 1997: n. pag. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 2 Feb. 2013.

NONPERIODICAL WEB PUBLICATION WITH NO AUTHOR AND ABBREVIATED PUBLISHER ? MLA 5.6.2 (page 184) and 7.5 (page 247) "Capping Executive Pay." Issues and Controversies. Facts on File, 24 Apr. 2009. Web. 6 May 2012. KEY: title of article title of overall website publisher or sponsor of site, if none available use N.p. date of article published (if no date use n.d.) medium of publication date of access

INTERNET PAGES ? MLA 5.6.2 (page 184)

Sarnoff, Nancy. "Web's Role in House Hunt Grows." Chron. Houston Chronicle, 1 Dec. 2007. Web. 18 Feb. 2008.

KEY: author title of article title of overall website publisher or sponsor of site, if none available use N.p. date of article published (if no date use n.d.) medium of publication date of access

"Climate Policy Update." Global Warming. Union of Concerned Scientists, 5 May 2006. Web. 2 June 2006.

ONLINE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT ? No Named Author ? MLA 5.6.2 c (page 187-189) and 5.5.20 (page 174-177)

United States. Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Registered Nurses." Occupational Outlook Handbook. 29 Mar. 2012. Web. 14 Aug. 2013.

KEY: government, agency, etc. title of article title of publication publication date format of publication date of access

---. ---. Employment and Training Administration. "Summary Report for: 29-1141.00 - Registered Nurses." O*Net Online. 2010. Web. 14 Aug. 2013.

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