MLA Bibliography Guide

MLA Bibliography Guide

(Print Sources)

Your “Works Cited” page should appear at the end of your paper and sources should be arranged alphabetically by author (or title, if no author appears in the entry). Entries should be double spaced. Remember to indent the second line of each entry (USING A HANGING INDENT). Italicize source titles when word processing and underline source titles when writing them by hand. For further information about types of entries not listed here, ask the librarian.

BOOK

One Author

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher,Copyright Date.

EXAMPLE:

English, Carol. The Cliffs Won’t Do: Read the Book. Philadelphia: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Two or Three Authors

Last Name, First Name (of author listed first), and First and Last Name of author listed second or third.Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Date.

EXAMPLE:

Drucker, Darla, and Amy Jones. How to Survive Your Wedding. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(Note: The author’s name is at the end of the article.)

Signed Article

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Edition Year.

EXAMPLE:

Copaset, Sandra. “Lincoln, Abraham.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2006 ed.

Unsigned Article (no author is listed – start with the title of the article)

“Braids.” Encyclopedia of Anatomy and Hair. 2003 ed.

MAGAZINE and NEWSPAPERS

(Note: There is no period after the magazine or newspaper title.)

Signed Article

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine or Newspaper Day Month Year: Page Numbers.

EXAMPLE:

Henry, Mary Ann. “Announcing Bus Changes with Flair.” Time 4 July 2009: 71–76.

Unsigned Article (no author is listed – start with the title of the article)

“Striking a Pose with Sally Miles.” New York Times 15 Oct. 2007: 35.

MOVIES, RADIO, and TELEVISION PROGRAMS

“Starring the Other Peggy Lee.” Slightly Off Broadway—The Series. Prod. Sheldon Wang. PBS. WNET, New York. 6 Aug. 2005.

Making Creative Bookcovers. Dir. Tom Martin. Videocassette. Clemens, 2007.

PAMPHLET

Craig, John. The Metrics Are Coming. Burlington: National Research Bureau, 2008.

Pedestrian Safety. [United States]: National Safety Commission, n.d. (Unsigned, no date)

PERSONAL or TELEPHONE INTERVIEW

Craig, John. Personal interview. 23 Sept. 2004.

Citations for Electronic Sources

(Online Sources)

What is most important in documenting electronic resources is to give the reader as much essential information as possible (author, title, publication data) to identify the source you are citing.

WEB SITES

Author (if known). “Title of Page/Article.”Title of Web Site. Date published or last updated. Organization or Institution associated with site. Web. Date of access

(day month year).

EXAMPLE:

Uecker, Jeffery. “Lewis and Clark.”Picturing the Corps of Discovery.8 June 2005. Oregon Historical Society.Web.25 Sept. 2006.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia. Date of publication. Name of Electronic Database. Date of access.

EXAMPLE:

Cook, Sarah Gibbard. “Berlin (Germany).” Encyclopedia Americana. 2004. Grolier Online. 27 Aug. 2006. <

ONLINE DATABASES

Author. “Title of Article.” Magazine or Newspaper Title Date of publication: page(s). Name of Online Database. Web. Date of access.

EXAMPLE:

Miller, Larry. “Setting Up a Home Office.” New York Times Upfront 16 Aug. 2006:12-14. eLibrary. Web. 7 Dec. 2007.

EBOOKS

Author.“Title of Article/Chapter.” eBook Title. Editor(s).City of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Page(s). Name of Online Database. Date of access.

EXAMPLE:

"Family Life." Colonial America Reference Library. Ed. Peggy Saari. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 237-257. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 18 Mar. 2013.