Works Cited Page – MLA Print Resources

Works Cited Page ? MLA Print Resources

Based on MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.

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Begin the list of works cited on a new page at the end of your research paper. Include your last name and the page number at the upper right corner of the page, continuing the page

numbers of the text. Title the page Works Cited. Center the title 1" from the top of the page. Double-space within and between entries. Place the first line of each entry at the left margin. Additional lines are indented ? inch. This is called a

"hanging indent." Place entries in alphabetical order by the last name of each author. If the author's name is unknown,

alphabetize by the title, ignoring any initial A, An or The.

This is an example of what the top of your Works Cited page should look like:

There is a proper way to cite every kind of source. Some of the most common are listed below. Remember, your

entire list should be in alphabetical order and double-spaced. Don't group each type of source by category

(like books, articles, etc.). Categories shown here are for your clarity.

2nd (and 3rd)

BOOKS Single author

authors

Daugherty, Tracy. Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller. New York:

listed first

St. Martin's P, 2011. Print.

name

first.

Two or three authors Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World. New York: Penguin Group, 2010. Print.

Books with more than three authors

Cowan, Cynthia J., et al. Scrapbooking in the Digital Age. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2011. Print.

Book with one or two Lewis, Catherine M. and J. Richard Lewis, eds. Women and Slavery in America:

editors

A Documentary History. Fayetteville, AR: U of Arkansas P, 2011. Print.

More than three editors

Stavans, Ilan, gen. ed., et al. The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature. New York: Norton, 2011. Print.

Article/essay w/in anthology/collection

Chiao, Joan Y. "Where Does Human Diversity Come From?" Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge. Ed. Max Brockman. New York: Vintage Books, 2011. 236-247. Print.

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GENERAL ENYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES

Signed

Pringle, Robert W. "Intelligence and Counterintelligence." The New Encyclop?dia

(author given)

Britannica. 11th ed. 2010. Print.

Unsigned (no author)

"Gymnastics." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2008. Print.

SPECIALIZED ENYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES (encyclopedias focusing on a single topic)

Signed

Bigalke, Ron J. "Electoral College." The Encyclopedia of Political Science. Ed.

(author given)

George Thomas Kurian. Vol.2. Washington, D. C.: CQ, 2011. Print.

Unsigned (no author)

"Racial Profiling." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Eds. Jeffrey Lehman and Shirelle Phelps. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2004. Print.

MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS Magazine Article Walsh, Bryan. "The Future of Oil." Time 9 Apr. 2012: 28-35. Print. Signed

Journal Article Signed

Newspaper Article Signed

Kuehn, Bridget M. "Scientists Find Promising Therapies for Fragile X and Down Syndromes." JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association 305.4 (2011): 344-346. Print.

Murphy, Katy. "Prop.30--Little Relief for Colleges." San Jose Mercury News 9 Nov. 2012: A1+. Print.

Newspaper

"Better Ways to Deal with the Evil of Drug Abuse." Wall Street Journal 4 Mar. 2008,

Article Unsigned

Eastern ed.: A15. Print.

INTERVIEWS Interview in Person

Kinsella, Steve. Personal interview. 23 Oct. 2012.

Interview in Print Hidary, Abraham J. Interview. "30-Minute Interview." Vivian Marino. New York Times 27 Nov. 2012: Real Estate. Print.

Citing Sources in the Text

(Parenthetical Citation)

-Print Sources-

In MLA style, your sources are acknowledged by adding brief parenthetical references within your text. This coincides with your Works Cited page at the end of your paper. Generally, the author's last name and a page number are enough to identify the source. The following are some examples of parenthetical documentation:

General In-text reference

Google's founders "were certainly armed with a healthy disregard for the impossible" (Vise 11).

In-text reference when the author's name appears in the text of your paper

David Vise captures the essence of Google when he states that the founders "were certainly armed with a healthy disregard for the impossible" (11).

Corresponding MLA Works Cited reference

Vise, David A. The Google Story. New York: Random House, 2005.

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Internet and Multimedia Sources

Some of the most common Internet and multimedia sources are listed below. Remember, your entire list should be in alphabetical order. Don't group each type of source by category (like web sites, videos, etc.). Categories shown here are for your clarity.

Sites (General MLA Format)

Article on a Web Site

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Web Site (homepage). Name of institution/organization sponsoring site, Date of Posting/Revision. Web. Date of access. .

"MLA Formatting and Style Guide." Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, 2012. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.

Online Encyclopedia (Most Britannica articles do not list authors.)

Subscription Service Newspaper Article

"Computer-assisted Instruction." Encyclop?dia Britannica Online. Encyclop?dia Britannica, 2009. Web. 18 Sept. 2009. Or

D'Souza, Shanthie Mariet. "Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of 2008." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Britannica Academic Edition. 2012. Web. 28 Nov. 2012

Or

Coronado, Irasema. "DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act)." Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. Ed. Kathleen R. Arnold. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2011. 105-118. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 29 Nov. 2012.

Jonathan, Carson. "More Cheats Uncovered As University Boosts Vigilance." Waikato Times 27 Oct. 2012: A3. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.

Subscription Service Journal Article

Demers, Anne. "When Veterans Return: The Role of Community in Reintegration." Journal of Loss & Trauma 16.2 (2011): 160-179. Academic Search Premier. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.

CQ Researcher Online Weeks, Jennifer. "Managing Wildfires." CQ Researcher. 2 Nov. 2012: 941-64.

Article

CQ Researcher Online. Web. 5 Nov. 2012.

Literature Resource Center

WWW Magazine Article

Loeb, Eryn. "The Strangeness Quotient: In Her New Novel, Karen Russell Returns to the Dark and Magical Kingdom of Kid-dom." Poets & Writers Magazine 39.2 (2011): 50+. Rpt. in Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 6 Nov. 2012.

Arnold, Carrie. "Planting Seeds of Dementia." Scientific American Mind. Scientific American Mind, Nov/Dec 2012. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.

eBook

Opposing Viewpoints Article

Daily Life through History Article

Sutherland-Smith, Wendy. Plagiarism, the Internet, and Student Learning: Improving Academic Integrity. New York: Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2008. EBSCOhost eBook Collection. Web. 6 Feb. 2012.

Gajewski, Karen A. "As the Worst Drought in More Than Half a Century Devastates the Horn of Africa, the World Bank Has Announced It Is Increasing Funding for Humanitarian Aid to the Region to Nearly $2 billion." The Humanist Nov.-Dec. 2011: 48. Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 26 Nov. 2012.

Mitchell, Claudia A. "The Prom." Daily Life through History. (2012): Web. 26 Nov. 2012

Blog Post (if including the URL)

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ScuttleMonkey. "What is the Best Way to Start a Paid GPL Project?" . Dice Holdings Inc. 5 Oct. 2007. Web. 27 Nov. 2012.

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Video Recording Online Videos

Mao's Last Dancer. Dir. Bruce Beresford. Prod. Jane Scott. Perf. Bruce Greenwood and Joan Chen. Mongrel, 2011. DVD.

Rainie, Lee. "The Networked Librarian." Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 3 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 Nov. 2012.

Citing Sources in the Text (Parenthetical Citation)

-Internet, Multimedia & Other Non-print Sources-

In MLA style, your sources are acknowledged by adding brief parenthetical references within your text. This coincides with your Works Cited page at the end of your paper. Generally, the author's last name, or title (when the author's name is unknown), are enough to identify the source. The following are some examples of parenthetical documentation:

General in-text reference

In-text reference when the author's name appears in the text of your paper

The idiom "ace" often means making an A on a school assignment (Oliver).

According to Dennis Oliver, the idiom "ace" means to "make an `A' on a test, homework assignment, project, etc."

Corresponding MLA Works Cited reference

Oliver, Dennis. "ESL Idiom Page." Dave's ESL Caf?, (1995-2007). Web. 12 Sept. 2009.

If you need help, please ask a reference librarian for assistance: reference@gavilan.edu (408) 848-4806

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