General Guideto MLA 2009 Citations

Included Topics:

-How to Complete In-Text Citations

-How to Create a Works Cited Page (book, website, magazine/newspaper, images from a website)

-Sample of a Works Cited Page

Guidelines for All Citations:

  • Use standard font: Times New Roman, point 12
  • Always include a period at the end of each entry
  • Works cited should always be listed in alphabetical order
  • Capitalize every words in articles and books, except for articles and prepositions (such as a, the, from, to, etc.)
  • Italicize the names of books and magazines (big pieces), but use “quotation marks” for titles of poems and articles (smaller pieces)
  • Author’s names are always written with the last name first, then first name, and middle initial/name, if there is one

OWL MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide:

How to Complete In-Text Citations

For Books:

Type in the author’s last name, and then the page number from which the idea was taken. This should be in parenthesis, and should not include any punctuation.

Example: Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

If there is no author, type in the title of the piece in “punctuation marks” and then the page number.

Example: We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).

For Websites:

Type in the author’s last name and first name, if there is one.

If there is no author, type in the title of the article name.

If there is no article name, type in the name of the website.

There does not need to be a page number included in this in-text citation.

How to Create a Works Cited Page

  • The heading of the page should simply be: Works Cited
  • Use italics, instead of underlining
  • Names/Titles are in alphabetical order
  • Medium of Publication refers to how it was published; it should most likely be either Print or Web

For Books:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (Print).

For Websites:

For an individual page on a Web site, type in the author (last name, first name), if there is one. Put a period at the end of the name.

Type in the title of the article in “quotation marks.” Put a period at the end of the title.

Type in the title of the website in italics. Put a period at the end of the title.

Type in the name of the publisher. If there is no publisher, put n.p. Put a period at the end.

Type in the date of the publication. If there is no date of publishing, put n.d. Put a period at the end.

Type in Web.

Type in the date that you accessed the website, starting with the day of the month, the month abbreviated, and the year. Put a period at the end.

Example: "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

For Magazines/Newspapers:

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication (Print).

For Images from Websites:

Type in the artist's name (last, first).

Type in the name of the work of art italicized.

Type in the date of creation (when the work or image was made by the artist).

Type in the institution (school, company, etc.) and the city where the work is kept.

Type in thename of the Websitein italics, as well as where the image waspublished.

Finish with the date that you accessed the image, starting with the date number, month, and year.

Examples:

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 ModernArt, New York. The Artchive. Web. 22 May 2006.

Sample of a Works Cited Page

Works Cited

"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print.

Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Print

Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print.

Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution." Usnews.com. US News & World Rept., 6 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.

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