WORK CITED – MLA STYLE

MLA STYLE

IN TEXT CITATIONS FORMAT

MLA style uses parenthesis for in text citations. Generally, the following format is used: (author's last name page #).

Example ? (Smith 82).

This comes at the end of the quote or sentence and before the period. Example ?

These are the reasons for the fall of the empire (Smith 82).

If you mention the author's name in your sentence then it does not need to be included in the citation. Example ?

As Smith argued, a lack of clear goals led to their downfall (83).

If the source has no author then a shortened version of the title is used. Example ?

Which is why the Romans did not last (Empire 125).

Internet sources (websites, database articles, etc.) will not have a page number. Just use the author's last name or a shortened version of the article's title. Example ?

These are the reasons for the fall of the empire (Smith). Or

These are the reasons for the fall of the empire ("Empire Falls").

WORK CITED FORMAT

Book ?

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example ?

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

If two authors ?

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.

Periodicals (Magazine, Newspaper) ?

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages.

Example ?

Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-8.

Scholarly Journal ?

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages.

Example ?

Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50.

Web Site ?

Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site [electronic address].

Example ?

Facing the Unknown. 22 June 2006. PBS. 29 Aug. 2007 .

Online Database ?

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal. Volume. Number (year): pages. Title of Database. Publisher. Name of Library, city, sate abbreviation. Date of Access

Example -

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Fighting Superbugs." CQ Researcher 17.29 (2007): 673-696. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Austin Prep Library, Reading, MA. 29 Aug. 2007 .

Encyclopedia/Reference Book entry ? "Title of Entry." Title of Book. Edition. Year.

Example ?

"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed., 1997.

Your Work Cited page should be the last page of your paper. All of the sources you used should be found on your Works Cited page. Your sources should be listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name. If no author then by the title of the book/article/website.

Source and examples: "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University

Writing Lab. 29 Aug. 2007 .

Works Cited

Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50.

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Fighting Superbugs." CQ Researcher 17.29 (2007): 673-696. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press. Austin Prep Library, Reading, MA. 29 Aug. 2007 .

Facing the Unknown. 22 June 2006. PBS. 29 Aug. 2007 .

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.

"Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed., 1997

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