Works Cited Formats



Common Works Cited Formats

Book Article in an Online Database

MLA Format:

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. Name of Subscription Service, Publication Date. Pages (if listed) If not, use N. pag. Name of Database. Type of publication. Date of Access.

Example:

Matter, Philip. “Palestinians and the Persian Gulf Crisis.” Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Facts on File, Inc. 2005. N. pag. Modern History Online. Web. 21 Jan. 2011.

Magazine or Journal Article in an Online Database

MLA Format:

Author. “Title of Article.” Name of magazine or journal Issue Date: Pages. (if listed) If not, use N. pag. Name of Database. Type of publication. Date of access.

Example:

Chase, Anthony. “The CIA in Action.” Time 27 Jan. 2009: 72-87. American Search Complete. Web. 21 Jan. 2011.

Book with One Author and no Editor

MLA Format:

Author. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Example:

Jones, John. All About Young Adult Books. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008. Print.

Book with Editor and no Author

MLA Format:

Editor: Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Example:

Henderson, Lois, ed. English Class is Fun. Detroit: University of Michigan Press, 2008. Print.

Book with Editor in Addition to an Author

MLA Format:

Author. Title. Editor. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Example:

Jake, Jane. I Love Research. Ed. A.B. Lazye. Houston: Reading Press, 2007. Print.

Online Encyclopedia

MLA Format:

“Title of Article.” Name of Subscription Service. Name of Database. Type of publication. Date of access.

Example:

“William de Kooning.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2008. Web. 21 January 2011.

Article in a General Encyclopedia

MLA Format:

Author. “Title.” Name of Encyclopedia. Edition Date. Print.

Example:

Batley, Sue. “Library.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2009 ed. Print.

Article in a General Encyclopedia (Unsigned)

MLA Format:

“Title.” Name of Encyclopedia. Edition Date. Print.

Example:

“Locust.” World Book Encyclopedia. 2009 ed. Print.

Work in an Anthology or a Multivolume Work

MLA Format:

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Essay.” Title of Anthology. Ed. name. Vol. number. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Page numbers of essay. Print.

Example:

Sweeny, Patricia E. “The Battle of Pharsalus.” Masterplots II: World Fiction Series. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Vol. 1. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1987. 131-135. Print.

Book Excerpt Reprinted in a Multivolume Work

MLA Format:

Author. “Essay Title.” Title of original book. Editor of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page numbers of original source. Rpt. in Title of Anthology. Editor of anthology. Volume number of anthology. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Page numbers in anthology. Print.

Example:

Lewis, R. W. B. “The New Adams: Holmes and Whitman.” The American Adam. Ed. Samuel Barnes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1959. 38-40. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz. Vol. 55. Detriot: Gale, 1988. 64. Print.

Website

MLA Format:

Author. Title of Website. Sponsor of Website (if available). Date. Type of publication. Date of access.

Example:

Gary, Terry. William Shakespeare and the Internet. N.p., 1995. Web. 21 January 2011.

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