MLA CITATION FORMATTING*

MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS

(7TH EDITION)

BOOK (Print source only)

Author’s/Editor’s last name, first name. Book Title. City of publication: Publisher,publication date. Print.

Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Twilight Chronology: Vampires of the Future. New York: Pocket, 2010. Print.

Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. TheEncyclopedia of Football. New Haven: Yale UP, 2009. Print.

A SIGNED ARTICLE FROM A DAILY NEWSPAPER

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Periodical Title Volume Date: Inclusive pages. Print.

Nguyen, Jamie. “9/11 Tributes.” New York Times 13 Feb. 2002: A1. Print.

AN ARTICLE FROM A WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY MAGAZINE

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Periodical Title Volume Date: Inclusive pages.

Print.

Jacobson, Alison. “Jobs of the Future.” The New Yorker 14Feb. 2009: 106-23. Print.

A SIGNED ARTICLE FROM A REFERENCE BOOK

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.”Reference Title. Date. Print.

Jones, Richard. “Lee, Harper.”World Book Encyclopedia. 2008 ed. Print.

AN UNSIGNED ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK

“Article Title.” Reference Title. Edition. Date. Print.

“Pandas.” Endangered Species Encyclopedia. 27th ed. 2008. Print.

A PAMPHLET (LIKE A BOOK)

Author’s/Editor’s last name, first name. Pamphlet Title. City of publication: Publisher,publication date. Print.

Smith, Alyce. Green Energy. San Francisco: Noble Press, 2010.Print.

AN INTERVIEW

Interviewee’s last name, first name.Type of interview. Date.

deHavilland, Olivia.Telephone interview.5 Jan. 2010.

WEB PUBLICATIONS

An Article in a Magazine (Online Only)

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Title of overall web site. Publisher or sponsor of site. Date of publication. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Chin, Peter. “Habits of the American Teenager.”The Atlantic.com. Atlantic Monthly Group. 26 Mar. 2009. Web. 28 Mar. 2009.

An Article in a Scholarly Magazine/Journal (Online & Available in Print)

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Title of overall web site (Year of Publication): Page number/s. Publisher or sponsor of site. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Jefferson, Lynn Z. “Consuming Prose: The Delectable Rhetoric of Food Writing.” College English(2008): 346-61. National Council of Teachers of English.org. Web. 17 Feb. 2009.

An Article in a Reference Database/Information Portal

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title”. Title of overall web site. Year Publication. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Marwadi, Leilani. “Jasper John.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2008. Web.

9 Mar. 2009.

An Online Book (Also Available in Print)

Author’s last name, first name. Book Title. City of publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Sponsor of site. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Nelson, Jeni. Chocolate. New York: Huebsch, 2000. Google Book Search. Web. 17 Mar. 2009.

AWeb page

Web master’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Title of overall web site. Publisher or sponsor of the site. Date of Publication. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Hughes, Teresa. “Teens: A Healthy Diet & Exercise Regime.” Healthy Living for Teens. American Heart Association. Dec. 2009. Web. 6 Jan. 2010.

Blog Posting

Blogger’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Title of overall web site. Publisher or sponsor of the site. Date of Publication. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Logan, Casey. “Skateboarding Tips for Beginners.” The World of Skateboarding. The American Skateboarding Federation. Oct. 2006. Web. 11 Nov. 2009.

Online Video

“Segment Title.”Director/Creator. Title of database or website. Year of Publication. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

“The L-Team.”Williams College Libraries.YouTube. 2007. Web. 27 Aug. 2009.

An Image (Including a Photograph, Painting, or Sculpture)

Artist’s last name, first name. Work of Art. Date of Creation. The Institution, City Where the Work is Housed. Name of the Website. Medium of publication (Web). Date of access.

Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006.

Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive. Web. 22 May 2006.

If the work is posted via a username, use the username for the author:

brandychloe. "Great Horned Owl Family." Photograph. Webshots. American Greetings, 22 May 2006. Web. 5 Nov. 2009.

*NOTES -- CHECK IT OUT!!

Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.

Place the titles of works published as independent units (books, plays, long poems, pamphlets, periodicals, films, Web sources) in italics. Do NOT italicize the title of an article.

MLA no longer recommends the inclusion of URLs (uniform resource locators) in the documentation of Web sources. But is still recommends including the date the source was accessed as the last item in the entry.

MLA now requires citing the issue as well as volume number for every journal article listed in the Works Cited section.

If you are citing a book whose title includes the title of another book, place the main title in italics, but do not italicize the other title. For example, A Casebook on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.

List the medium of publication in every entry in the list of works cited (i.e., Print, Web, etc.).

Double-space all lines.

Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).

If no author is given, start with the title.

Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July.

If there is no date listed then use n.d. to denote that this is the case.

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For documents and situations not listed here, please see the printed version of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th edition) at the “Los Gatos High School” (LGHS) library.

LGHS LIBRARY, JAN. 2010