Peirce College Libary :: Examples of MLA Style In-text citations

Work with One Author (mentioned in text)
According to Mary Ellen Miller, "the Bonampak murals stand out from all other Maya works of art for a number of reasons" (171).

Work with One Author (not mentioned in text)
The Bonampak murals are unique in the Maya artistic canon (Miller 171).

Work with Two Authors (mentioned in the text)
In Forms of Fiction, John Gardner and Dennis Dunlap contend, "All good fiction is similar in certain respects and is different from all poor fiction" (3).

Work with Two Authors (not mentioned in the text)
Intellectual honesty forms the cornerstone of all good fiction (Gardner and Dunlap 3-14).

Work with More Than Three Authors (mentioned in the text)
According to Shelly, et al., "A syntax error is an error caused by code statements that violate one or more syntax rules of the Java programming language" (75).

Work with More Than Three Authors (not mentioned in the text)
"The fifth phase of the development cycle is to test the solution" (Shelly, et al. 73).

Work with Unknown Author (online encyclopedia)
Tuvalu became an independent British commonwealth in 1978 ("Tuvalu").

Work with Unknown Author (multi-volume encyclopedia)
According to West's Encyclopedia of American Law, a constitution is much more than a blueprint for mapping out how a government functions; It is nothing less than a "legislative charter" from which the government derives its ultimate authority ("Constitution" 3: 179). [Librarian's Note: Article Title, Volume, Page #]

Work with Unknown Author (article in a magazine)
The Advocate reports, in fact, that the question of monetary compensation for surviving same-sex partners of those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks is still very much in doubt ("No Respite" 16). [Librarian's Note: First two words of the article's title, Page #]

More than one Work in a Single In-Text Citation
Flash 4 has developed into a robust piece of software on both the Macintosh and PC platforms (Milburn and Croteau xxi; Reinhardt and Lentz 6).

Web Site with One Author (not mentioned in the text)
According to the view of at least one political commentator, the economic boom of the 1990s helped everyone: the wealthy, the middle class, and the poor alike (Sullivan n. pag.).

Web Site with No Identifiable Author
"Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt" ("Uganda").

More than One Authorless Work with the Same Title
The telephone system in Zimbabwe "was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance" ("Zimbabwe" The World Fact Book).
The total area of Zimbabwe is 150,873 square miles ("Zimbabwe" Encyclopedia).

Here is the list of works cited that corresponds to all of the examples above:

Works Cited

"Constitution." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 1998 ed. Print.

Gardner, John,and Dennis Dunlap. The Forms of Fiction. New York:

Random House, 1967. Print.

Milburn, Ken, and John Croteau. Flash 4 Web Animation. Scottsdale, AZ: Coriolis, 2000. Print.

Miller, Mary Ellen. Maya Art and Architecture. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1999. Print.

"No Respite for Surviving Partners." Advocate. 16 Apr. 2002: 16. Print.

Reinhardt, Robert, and Jon Warren Lentz. Flash 4 Bible. Forest City, CA:

IDG Books Worldwide, 2000. Print.

Shelly, Gary B., et al. Java Programming Complete Concepts and Techniques.

3rd ed. Boston: Thomson, 2006. Print.

Sullivan, Andrew. "The 90s Worked: What Blair and Clinton Shouldn't Forget."

Andrewsullivan.com. N. pub, 9 June 2002. Web. 16 June 2008.

<http://www.andrewsullivan.com/main_article.php?artnum=20020609>.

"Tuvalu." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2010. Web . 17 Oct. 2010.

"Uganda." The World Fact Book. Central Intelligence Agency, 29 Sept. 2010. Web. 16 Oct. 2010.

<https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html>.

"Zimbabwe." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2010.

"Zimbabwe." The World Fact Book. Central Intelligence Agency, 29 Sept. 2010. Web. 16 Oct. 2010.

<https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/zi.html>.