Preparing a Works Cited List in MLA Style



Preparing a Works Cited List in MLA Style

Handout based on MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers(7)

A completed Works Cited must be arranged in one alphabetical list by author or by title if the author’s name is unavailable. Each entry should be double-spaced (no extra spacing between entries)

and have a hanging indention of one-half inch.

How to cite books:

|Basic format of citation |Sample citation |

|Single Author |Single Author |

|Author(last name listed first). Title. City: Publisher, Date. Medium. |Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. |

| |Print. |

|Joint Authors |Joint Authors |

|Author (last name listed first), and Author (first name listed first). |Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer |

|Title. City: Publisher, Date. Medium. |Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. |

|More than three authors |More than three authors |

|First Author Alphabetically (last name listed first), et al. Title. |Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications|

|City: Publisher, Date. Medium. |for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. |

| |Print. |

|No author indicated |No author indicated |

|Title. City: Publisher, Date. Medium. |Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993. Print. |

|A work with an author and editor |A work with an author and editor |

|Author (last name listed first). Title. Editor. City: Publisher, Date. |Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Ed. Margaret Smith. Oxford: Oxford UP, |

|Medium. |1998. Print. |

|An edition |An edition |

|Author(s). Title. edition. City: Publisher, year. Medium. |Crowley, Sharon and Debra Hawhee. Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary |

| |Students. 3rd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004. Print. |

|A work in an anthology or reference |A work in an anthology or reference |

|Author (last name listed first). "Title of Article." Title of |Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's |

|Collection. edition. Editor's Name(s). City: Publisher, Year. Pages. |Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: |

|Medium. |Heinemann, 2000. 24-34. Print. |

|A work with an editor only |A work with an editor only |

|Editor (last name listed first). Title. City: Publisher, Date. Medium. |Smith, Mary, ed. Statistical Record of Hispanic Americans. Detroit: Gale|

| |Research, 1995. Print. |

How to cite periodicals (magazines, newspapers, or scholarly journals):

|Basic format of citation |Sample citation |

|Article in a magazine |Article in a magazine |

|Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Day Month Year: pages. |Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: |

|Medium. |70-71. Print. |

|Article in a newspaper |Article in a newspaper |

|Author. "Article Title." Name of Newspaper Date edition.: section and |Krugman, Andrew. "Fear of Eating." New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed.: |

|page. Medium. |A1. Print. |

|If the newspaper is local, include the city name in brackets after the |If the newspaper is local, include the city name in brackets after the |

|title of the newspaper. |title of the newspaper. |

| | |

|Author. "Article Title." Name of Newspaper [City, State] Date: Section |Behre, Robert. "Presidential Hopefuls Get Final Crack at Core of S.C. |

|and page. Medium. |Democrats." The Modesto Bee [Modesto, CA] 29 Apr. 2007: A11. Print. |

|Scholarly journal |Scholarly journal |

|Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue (Year): |Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern|

|pages. Medium. |in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature |

| |15.1 (1996): 41-50. Print. |

How to cite electronic sources:

Here are some common features you should try and find before citing electronic sources in MLA style. Always include as much information as is available/applicable:

• Author and/or editor names

• Name of the database, or title of project, book, article

• Any version numbers available

• Date of version, revision, or posting

• Publisher information (name, date, and/or page numbers) When no publisher name appears on a website write N.p. (for no publisher given). When sites omit a date of publication, write n.d. (for no date).

• Date you accessed the material (It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later.)

• Medium (Web)

• Many web source entries now require a publisher name

|Basic format of citation |Sample citation |

|An Article in a Web Magazine |An Article in a Web Magazine |

|Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Online Publication. Date of |Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing The Living Web." A List Apart: For |

|Publication. Medium. Date of Access. |People Who Make Websites. No. 149 (16 Aug. 2002). Web. 4 Oct. 2006. |

|An Article in an Online Scholarly Journal |An Article in an Online Scholarly Journal |

|Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Online Publication. Volume.Issue|Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the |

|(Date): Number of paragraphs. Medium. Date of access. |Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases |

| |6.6 (2000): 33 pars. Web. 8 May 2006. |

|An Article in a Publication in Print and Electronic Form |An Article in a Publication in Print and Electronic Form |

|If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued | |

|in print form but that you retrieved from an online database that your | |

|library subscribes to, you should provide enough information so that the| |

|reader can locate the article either in its original print form or | |

|retrieve it from the online database (if they have access). | |

|Provide the following information in your citation: |Smith, Martin. "World Domination for Dummies." Journal of Despotry Feb. |

|Author. "Title of Article." Periodical Name Volume Number (if necessary)|2000: 66-72. Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group Databases. Purdue |

|Publication Date: page number-page number. Database name. Service name. |University Libraries, West Lafayette, IN. Web. 19 Feb. 2003. |

|Library Name, City, State. Medium. Date of access. | |

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