Works Cited MLA 7 Format

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Works Cited – MLA 7 Format

DEFINITION

AWorks Citedpage is a list of sources that you have incorporated within your paper by using the ideas, information, and quotes of others. It is not a list of all the works that you found that addressed your topic. The word “bibliography,” which means a list of the sources consulted and cited in a paper, has been replaced with the term “works cited” in the MLA format.

HOW TO SET UP YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE

A Works Cited page should be set up in a very specific format.

• The Works Cited page should be alphabetized using the first letter of each entry.
• If you already have all of your sources listed on source cards or note cards, just remove the cards for any source that you do not plan to use in your paper or project.
• Arrange the remaining cards in alphabetical order by the first significant word on the bibliography or source card. (Disregard an, a, and the when they appear as the first word).
• The alphabetical list of your sources begins with a title centered one inch from the top of the page. After the title, double-space once and begin your list of entries following the forms given below.
• Each entry begins at the left margin, and any additional lines are indented five spaces or a standard tab key.
• The list should be double-spaced within each entry and double-spaced between each additional entry.

When a publication or database does not indicate the publisher, the place or date of publication, or the pagination, use the following symbols:

n.p.No place of publication givenn. d.No date of publication given

n.p.No publisher givenN. pag.No pagination given (pages are not numbered)

Note: Before a colon, n.p. indicates no place given; after the colon, it indicates no publisher given.

Special Notes:

• Titles of sources (books, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.) are now italicized, not underlined.

• If an article is not printed on consecutive pages write only the first page number and a plus sign, leaving no space (for example, if it skips from page 6 to 10, use “6+”).

• Give both volume and issue numbers in journal citations.

• Give the medium of publication as “Web,” “Print,” “CD,” “DVD,” “Radio,” “Television,” “Performance,” “E-mail,” or other appropriate medium.

Books

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MLA Format with Example (in bold type)

One author / Last Name of Author, First Name. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. New York: A. A. Levine, 2007. Print.
Additional source by same author / Three hyphens. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
---. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. New York: A. A. Levine, 2005. Print.
Two or three authors / Last Name of Author, First Name (1st author), First Name Last Name (2nd author), and
First Name Last Name (3rd author). Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
Crisfield, Deborah W., and Mark Gola. Winning Soccer for Girls. New York: Facts on File, 2002. Print.
More than three authors / Last Name, First Name (1st author), et. al. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Kieran, John, et al. The Story of the Olympics. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 2007. Print.
Corporate author (when the author is a corporation, a government agency, or another organization) / Name of the Organization. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Time-Life Books. Pride and Prosperity: The 80s. Richmond, VA: Time Life Inc., 2009. Print.
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration. Protecting Your Children Against Serious Diseases.Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Food and Drug Administration, 2002. Print.
Book with an editor (no author) / Last Name of Editor, First Name, ed. Title of Book [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
Bloom, Harold, ed. Langston Hughes. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1989. Print.
Book with two editors / Editor Last Name, First Name and Editor First Name Last Name, eds. Title of Book [italicized]. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Clark, Anne Rogers, and Andrew H. Brace, eds. International Encyclopedia of Dogs. NewYork: Howell

Book House, 2007. Print.

Reference book ---Article in an encyclopedia, dictionary or well-known reference book / Last Name, First Name of Author of Article [if given]. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book [italicized].
Edition [if stated]. Year of Publication. Print.
“Culture.” Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. 2003. Print.
Williamson, Thomas, Jr. “Japan.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2007 ed. Print.
Reference book ---Article in a lesser knownencyclopedia, dictionary or other reference work. / Last Name, First Name of Author of Article [if given]. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book [italicized].
Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name [if given]. Edition [if stated]. Vol. Number [if given]. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.
“Baseball.” The Complete Encyclopedia of Sports. 3rd ed. Vol. 4. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2001. Print.
Shelton, Pamela. “Shania Twain.” Contemporary Musicians. Ed. Leigh Ann DeRemer. Vol. 42. Detroit:
Thomson Gale, 2003. Print.
Work included in an anthology or collection (poem, play, etc.) / Last Name, First Name of Author of Work. “Title of Work.” Title of Book [italicized]. Ed. Editor’s First Name
Last Name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Print.

Gantos, Jack. “The Follower.” Guys Write for Guys Read. Ed. Jon Scieszka. NewYork: Viking, 2005. 79-

83. Print.

Article in a reference work or nonfiction book (where each article has a different author) / Last Name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Book [italicized]. Ed. Editor’s
First Name Last Name (if given). Vol. Number (if given). City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication. Print.
Rodgers, Joann Ellison. “Addiction: A Whole New View.” Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial
Issues in Health and Society. Ed. Eileen L. Daniel. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group,
2006. Print.
Scott, Blair. “What is Wrong with the Pledge of Allegiance?” Pro/Con: Education. Vol. 16. Danbury, CT:
Grolier, 2004. Print.
Primary document reprinted in a book / Last Name, First Name of Author of Document. “Title of Document.” Title of Original Source of
Document [italicized]. Year Original Document First Appeared [if given]. Title of Book in Which
Document Is Being Reprinted [italicized]. By/Ed. First Name Last Name of Author/Editor of Book. City
of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Print.
Tarbell, Ida. “History of the Standard Oil Company.” McClure’s Magazine. October 1904. A
Documentary History of the American People. By Avery Craven, Walter Johnson, and F.
Roger Dunn. New York: Blaisdell Publishing, 1965. 596-601. Print.
Brochure or pamphlet / Last Name, First Name of Author [if given]. Title [italicized]. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication. Print.
CultureGrams: Russia (Russian Federation). Ann Arbor: Proquest Information and Learning, 2006. Print.
Oskar Schindler. Washington, D. C.: United States Holocaust Museum, n. d. Print.

Periodicals

Notes: Abbreviate all months except May, June, and July. If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first page number and add a plus sign. For newspapers that are not nationally known or that do not include the city of publication in their titles, include the city in brackets but do not italicize it.

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MLA Format with Example

Magazine article with one author or no author given / Last Name of Author, First Name of Author [if given]. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine [italicized]. Day
Month Year of Magazine: Page Numbers. Print.
“Inter-National Football League.” Sports Illustrated for Kids. Sept. 2010. 48-49. Print.
McGuigan, Cathleen. “Why Should We Care?” Newsweek 12 May 2003: 56. Print.
Magazine article with two authors / Last Name of Author, First Name of Author, and First Name Last Name of Author. “Title of Article.” Title of
Magazine [italicized]. Day Month Year: Page Numbers. Print.
Tumulty, Karen, and James Carney. “Bush’s Fuzzy Science.” Time 10 Sept. 2001: 35. Print.
Editorial in a Magazine / Last Name of Author, First Name of Author. “Title of Editorial.” Editorial. Title of Magazine [italicized].
Day Month Year: Page Numbers. Print.
Kniffel, Leo. “Who Wants to Be the First to Go to Jail?” Editorial. Newsweek Aug. 2002: 46. Print.
Newspaper article / Last Name of Author, First Name of Author (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper italicized [City in
brackets and not italicized - and only if not a part of newspaper title] Day Month Year, edition (if
given): Section Page. Print.
Linskey, Annie. “Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Medicaid Fraud.” Baltimore Sun 24 Mar. 2010: News 3.
Print.
“Top Americans in Tour de France.” USA Today23 July 2003: C1. Print.

MiscellaneousSources

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MLA Format with Example (in bold type)

Television or radio broadcast / “Title of Episode or Segment.” Title of Program [italicized]. Title of Series (if given). Name of
Network. Call Letters, City of Local Station (if given). Broadcast Date. Medium of Reception.
“A Conversation with Amy Tan.” Oprah Winfrey. NBC. WBAL, Baltimore. 3 Jan. 2009. Television.
“Johannesburg Earth Summit.” Narr. Joanne Silberner. Weekend Edition Sunday. Natl. Public
Radio. WNPR, Baltimore, 25 Jan. 2008. Radio.
Film or video recording (DVD, videocassette, etc.) / Title of Video [italicized]. Director First Name Last Name. Distributor. Year of Release. Medium.
Alexander Solzenitshyn: One Word of Truth. Dir. Peter Lisam. Films for Humanities, 2003. Film.
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. 1946. Republic, 2001. DVD.
Museum display or work of visual art on display / Last Name, First Name of Author or Artist (if given). Title of the Display or Art Work [italicized]. Date of the item (if known). Medium of Composition [if known]. Institution Where the Item Display or Work of Art is Located, City in Which the Display or Work of Art is Located.
Bearden, Romare. The Train. 1974. Photogravure and aquatint. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Electric Map. N. d. Electronic display. Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center, Gettysburg, PA.
Class lecture, public address, speech or other oral presentation / Last Name, First Name of Speaker. “Title of the Lecture, Speech, or Presentation.” Sponsoring Organization (if known), City. Date. Descriptive label.
Note: If there is no known title for the presentation, substitute an appropriate description without using quotation marks.
Stevenson, Charles. “The Civil War Re-enactment Debate: Do Overzealous Groups Rewrite History?” American History Fellows Conference. Palmer House Hotel, Chicago. 29 Dec. 2005. Keynote speech.
Schneider, Willow. Teacher Presentation on the Causes of the Civil War. Perry Hall Middle School, Baltimore. 2 May 2008. Lecture.
Personal interview, either in person or via telephone / Last Name, First Name of Person Interviewed. Kind of Interview [Personal interview or Telephone
Interview]. Day Month Year of Interview.
Rami, Pathik. Personal interview. 1 June 2003.
Carson, Ben. Telephone interview. 10 Oct. 2011.
E-mail messages or e-mail interviews / Last Name, First Name of the message’s author. “Subject Line of the Email.” Message to [First Name Last Name of person to whom the message was sent]. Day Month Year email message was sent. E-mail.
Brewer, Heather. “Re: My Inspiration.” Message to Ellen Wilson. 1 Dec. 2011. E-mail.
Advertisement / Name of Product, Company, or Institution being advertised. Advertisement. Publication information.
Mediumof Publication.
Air Canada. Advertisement. CNN. 15 May 2008. Television.
Head and Shoulders. Advertisement. Newsweek 17 Mar. 2008: 2. Print.
Unpublished letter or memo / Last Name, First Name of the Writer. Description of the message that includes the recipient. Day Month Year of the message. Medium ofpublication.[use TS for typed script; use MS for handwritten item ]
Hahn, Mary Downing. Letter to Janene Brager. 10 Nov. 2010. TS.
Digital file (stored on a computer and not published elsewhere) / Last Name, First Name of Author. “Title of the Document or File.” Year file was produced. Type of digital
file.
Samuelson, Ellen. “Historical Fiction.” 2010. Microsoft Word file.
Cartoon or comic strip / Last Name, First Name of Artist. Cartoon or Comic Strip. Publication information. Medium of publication.
Karaski, Paul. Cartoon. New Yorker 14 Apr. 2008: 49. Print.

Internet – Public Access(If you are using an online database via the Internet, refer to the next section for formats.)

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MLA Format with Example (in bold type)

Note: For extremely long or complicated web addresses, provide the address of the site’s home page.

Professional or personal site
(This means a free,“regular” Internet website that is accessed through a search tool like Google, found using netTrekkeror Webpath Express on Destiny, or visited directly through a web address) / Last Name, First Name of Author [if given]. “Title of Web Page” [or, if there is no title, use adescription such as Home page]. Title of Overall Web Site [italicized]. Name of Publisher or Sponsor of the Site [if given], Day Month Year of Publication [if not given, use n. d.)] Web. Day Month Year of Access. <URL of home page or shortened web address>.
Denault, Leigh T. “About the Globe Theater.” Shakespeare’s Globe. The Shakespeare Trust. n.d. Web. 9 July 2010. <
“Club Drugs (GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol).” NIDA InfoFacts. National Institute on Drug
Abuse, 6 May 2009. Web. 25 Mar. 2010. <
“William Shakespeare.” Poets.org. Academy of American Poets. 2010. Web. 15 Oct. 2010. <
Blog ,Wiki, Facebook posting or other online discussion posting / Last Name, First Name of author of posted comment. Online posting. “Title of Web Page.” Title of Overall Web Site [italicized]. Name of Publisher or Sponsor of the Site [if given]. Day Month Year of Publication [if not given, use n. d.)] Web. Day Month Year of Access. <URL of actual page, home page,or shortened web address>.
Ellison, Nemiah. Online posting. “Your Turn.” The Innovative Educator. ASCD. 4 Nov. 2011. Web. 6 Nov. 2011. <
Tweets (from Twitter accounts) / Last Name, First Name of Twitter user (followed by his/her Twitter user name in parentheses). “Entire tweet.” Day Month Year posting, time of posting [using the tweeter’s time zone.]. Tweet.
Brokaw, Tom (tombrokaw). “SC demonstrated why all the debates are the engines of this campaign.” 22 Jan. 2012, 3:06 p.m. Tweet.

Online Databases Accessed Via the Internet (fee-based subscription databases)

Note: Most fee-based databases provide MLA citations at the end of each article; however, most also caution the user that they might be incorrect! Check with your teacher before using citations exactly as provided by the database.

Online Database containing its own published articles, videos, etc., such as:
America the Beautiful,American History, BrainPop, CultureGrams, Defined STEM,
NBCLearn, SIRSDecades, SIRS Pro/Con, Visual Thesaurus, and World Book / Last name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Database[italicized].
Database Publisher, Year of Publication. Web. Day Month Year information was found.
“Energy Sources.” BrainPop. BrainPop, 2012. Web. 10 April 2012.
Gouttierre, Thomas E. "Afghanistan." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 18 Oct. 2011.
ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Election 2012." ProQuest LLC. 2012: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 01 Nov 2012.
“The Japanese Internment: World War II (Overview).” American History. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 10 Mar. 2012.
"World War II Stories Come to Life in New Book of Memories." NBC Nightly News. Corr. Brian Williams. NBC Universal Media, 6 Feb. 2011. NBC Learn. Web. 12 Oct. 2012.
Online Database containing articles and items from other publications*** / ***This type of entry includes articles found in Destiny Quest, Gale Science in Context, Gale Student Resources in Context, Gale Virtual Reference Library, History Reference Center, Literature Resource Center, MasterFILE Premier, Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center,ProQuest Education Journals, Safari Montage, Science Reference Center, SIRS Discoverer, SIRS Knowledge Source, SIRS Researcher.
Last name, First Name of Author of Article (if given). “Title of Article.” Title of Original Source (Book, Magazine, Newspaper, etc.)[in italics] if given. City of Publication: Publisher. Year of Publication (if book). Vol. no. Issue no. Day Month Year of Article or Year in Parentheses: Page Numbers (if given). Name of Database[in italics]. Database Publisher. Web. Day Month Year information was found.
“Author Notes: Suzanne Collins.”Titlepeek: The Hunger Games.Destiny Quest. Follett Software Company, 2012. Web. 23 April 2011.
Boutelle, Marsha. "Uniforms: Are They a Good Fit?" Education Digest 73.6 (2008): 34. MasterFILE
Premier. EBSCO. Web. 24 Oct. 2010.
“City Planning.” Gale Encyclopedia of the Economy. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale Group, 2009. N. pag. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 Sept. 2010.
“Mildred D(elois) Taylor.” Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource
Center. Web. 31 Aug. 2010.
Furedi, Frank. “The Environmental Movement Has Created Green Consumerism.” Opposing
Viewpoints: Consumerism. Ed. Roman Espejo. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. N. pag.
Opposing ViewpointsResource Center. Web. 13 Apr. 2010.
"Global Warming." Current Issues: Macmillian Social Science Library. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 24 Oct. 2010.
McDonald, Patrick R. “Homeland Security Raises Concerns.” Los Angeles Times 12 Mar. 2003: B1. SIRS Researcher. Web. 20 June 2010.
Shenon, Philip and Mark Mazzetti. “Records Confirm C. I. A. Chief Warned Rice on Al Qaeda.” TheNew York Times 2 Oct. 2006: A18. Gale Student Resources in Context. Web. 11 April 2010.
Timmerman, John H. "The Squatter's Circle in The Grapes of Wrath.”Studies in American Fiction 17:2
(Autumn 1989): 203-211. Literature Resource Center. Web. 4 Aug. 2010.
Primary source document published in a database / “Document or Essay Title (Date of Document).” Name of Database [italicized]. Database Publisher, Year
of Publication. Web. Day Month Year of Access.
“Abraham Lincoln: House Divided Speech (1858).” American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 10 Oct.
2010.
Image, map, audio, video, statistics, timeline / “Title of Item.” Medium. Name of Database [italicized]. Web. Day Month Year of Access.
“Homes in New Orleans Destroyed by Floodwater from Hurricane Katrina.” Photograph. Gale Science
in Context. 11 Oct. 2010.

The following page is an example of a completed Works Cited page: