MLA Format



MLA Format

& Works Cited

“Go To” Guide

Works Cited Page Guidelines

Plagiarism is copying someone else’s writing or ideas and then using them as if they were your own. To avoid plagiarism, prepare a Works Cited page to indicate where you found the information you have borrowed. To create a Works Cited page, follow these instructions.

1. EVERYTHING IS DOUBLE-SPACED in 12pt font… no spaces between the title or entries.

2. The Works Cited page is the last page of your research paper.

3. Use the same margins as the rest of the pages of your research paper.

4. Continue MLA running header in the top right corner of the page.

5. Each entry begins at the left margin; if it runs more than one line, indent the next line(s) five spaces from the left margin.

6. Do not number the entries. Hanging Indent format will not work if you number your sources … hanging indents are used instead of numbering. Alphabetize the order of the entries by author’s last name; if there is no author, alphabetize by the first letter of the entry.

7. Italicizing is now used in place underlining. New MLA guidelines no longer permit underlining.

Works Cited Page EXAMPLE

EVERYTHING is Double Spaced – Entries are ALPHABETICAL – 12pt Traditional Font

Works Cited

Coyle, William and Joe Law. Research Papers, 15th Edition. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010. Print.

Thompson, Clay. “You Can Quote Me: Don’t Believe All You See on the Web.” Column. The Arizona Republic. 5 Nov 2009: B8. Print.

Vaca-guzman, Maria. “Normalizing Passive Cruelty: The Excuses and Justifications of Animal Hoarders,” Anthrozoos 18 (2005): 344. Print

Weeks, Louis. “John P. Parker: Black Abolitionist Entrepreneur, 1827-1900.” Ohio History 80 (1971): 161. Web 30 Apr 2009. .

Works Cited Formats

Formats vary depending on the TYPE of source

The 2008 MLA Update requires the two following changes:

1. “Stand Alone” works such as books and journals must be italicized … the option to underline no longer exists.

2. Sources must be followed by either “Print.” or “Web.”

|Article- from a journal |Brown, Erella. “The Lake of Seduction: Silence, |

|2 is the volume #, may also be a season |Hysteria, and the Space of Feminist Theatre.” |

|(spring, winter) or month |Journal of Theatre and Drama. 2 (1996): 175-200. Print. |

|Book- one author |Fleming, Thomas. Liberty!: The American Revolution. |

| |New York: Viking, 1999. Print. |

|Book- two authors |Sennett, Richard, and Jonathan Cobb. The Hidden |

| |Injuries of Class. New York: Vintage Books, 1972. Print. |

|Book- more than 3 authors |Pratt, Robert, et al. Masters of British Literature. |

| |Boston: Houghton, 1956. Print. |

|Book- no author- start with the title |Population Explosion. New York: Simon and Schuster, |

| |1998. Print. |

|Book- editor |Lynn, Kenneth (ed.). Huckleberry Finn: Text, Sources |

| |and Criticism. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, |

| |1961. Print. |

|Encyclopedia |Lumiansky, R. M. “Chaucer.” The New Encyclopedia |

| |Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1998. Print. |

|Magazine article- author |Smith, John. “DNA Folly Continues.” Newsweek. 13 |

| |Jan. 2001: 12-15. Print. |

|Newspaper article- author |Ross, Martin. “Sadam Capture Boosts GI Morale.” |

| |Washington Post. 20 Dec. 2003: A1. Print. |

|Newspaper article- editorial |“Right and Remedies.” Editorial. The New York Times. |

| |25 Jan. 2002: A2. Print. |

|Newspaper article- column (remember |Montini, E.J. “Gun Control is Good.” Column. The |

|columns are opinion articles) |Arizona Republic. 20 Feb. 2003: B3. Print. |

|Motion Picture |Platoon. Prod. Arnold Kopelson. Dir. Oliver Stone. Perf. |

| |Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen. |

| |Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986. DVD. |

|Interview - Personal |Hardin, Ellie. Personal Interview. 15 July 2013. |

|Internet- stand alone document |Last name, First name. “Abraham Lincoln Birthplace |

|(the first date is when the publication |National Historic Site.” 11 Feb. 2003. National Park |

|was written, the second date is when it |Service. Web. 13 Feb. 2003. |

|was accessed) | |

| |Key: Author of article. “Title of Article.” Date of Article. Organization sponsoring the site. Web. Date |

| |retrieved. |

| |*If there is no sponsoring organization, you may not use it!!* |

Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases)

Here are some common features you should include for online sources, in MLA style. Not every Web page will provide all of the required information. Collect as much of the information for the type of sources as possible both for your citations and for your research notes, and be sure to include:

• Medium of publication: Web.

• Date you accessed the material. You must follow your publication information with the date you retrieved the information (websites change; this documents that on that date the information was available)

In-Text, or Parenthetical,

Citation

1. Whether your quote information directly, or paraphrase it, you must use in-text/parenthetical citation:

No author: “If man does not keep pace with his companions…perhaps he steps to the beat of a different drummer” (Thoreau 124).

Since 1954, more than 50 ships and aircraft have vanished near the Bermuda Triangle (Burgess 208).

2. Notice that there is no punctuation (comma) between the author and page number. Do not use the words “page,” “pages,” or the abbreviations “p.” or “pp.” (Goddard 13). Notice the period is AFTER the parentheses.

3. If you are citing a source from the internet, there is no page number – simply cite the source. (Goddard).

4. Authors:

• No author: use the name of the source: (Academic American Encyclopedia 99).

• Two authors: last names separated by “and”: (Graham and Ledbetter 46).

• Three authors: last name of the first two, (followed by a comma) with the final name preceded by “and”: (Witting, Barry, and Harvey 125).

• More than three authors: first author’s last name, followed by “et al.” (Latin for “and others”).

(Brandes et al. 32).

5. No author, long title: it is permissible to shorten the title to key words with an ellipsis.

(Full title is still on the Works Cited page.) E.g. “Artificial Hip Goes Pro With Bo,” may read (“Artificial Hip…” 10).

6. A source within a source: use the abbreviation: qtd. in (quoted in.) You must give credit to the person who said the words, and you must give credit to the person who wrote the words down.

New York Fire Chief Bill Ross said, “The devastation is unbelievable” (qtd. in Irwin 2).

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“xxxxxx” (Jones 4).

“xxxxxx” (Jones). Examples

“xxxxxx” (“Article”).

“xxxxxx” (Book 6).

Mrs. Goodman said, “xxxxxx” (qtd. in Smith 2).

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