MLA Quick GuidePrint Sources
Citing Book SourcesSource / Example Citation
Book by a single author / Rollin, Bernard E.Science and Ethics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Print.
Book by two authors / Sherman, Chris, and Gary Price.The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See.Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2001. Print.
Book by three or more authors / Goodpaster, Kenneth E., Laura L. Nash, and Henri-Claude deBettignies.Business Ethics: Policies and Persons. 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006. Print.
Part of a book (e.g. essay, story or poem in a collection, chapter or section of a text) / Winne, Philip H. “Self-regulated Learning Viewed from Models of Information Processing.”Self-regulated Learning and Academic Achievement.Eds. Barry J. Zimmerman and Dale H. Schunk.Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001. Print.
Translated Book / Tolstoy, Leo.War and Peace.Trans. Anthony Briggs. New York: Viking, 2006. Print.
Dictionary / Barber, K. (ed.). Canadian Oxford Dictionary. (2nd ed.) Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Government Publication / Ontario Ministry of Education. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12: Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002. Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2002.
Citing Articles from Print Periodicals
Source / Example Citation
Article / Swedin, Eric G. “Designing Babies: A Eugenics Race with China?”TheFuturistMay/June 2006: 18-21. Print.
Article in a daily newspaper / Dougherty, Ryan. “Jury Convicts Man in Drunk Driving Death.”Centre Daily Times11 Jan. 2006: 1A. Print.
Rimer, Sara. “A Campus Fad That’s Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism Seems on the Rise.”New York Times3 Sept. 2003, late ed.: B7. Print.
Article in a scholarly journal / Stock, Carol D. and Philip A. Fisher. “Language Delays Among Foster Children: Implications for Policy and Practice.”Child Welfare 85.3 (2006): 445-462. Print.
Work Cited
Penn State University Libraries. MLA Quick Citation Guide. 17 December 2012. Web. 23 January 2013.
MLA Quick GuideElectronic Sources
Citing from the Henry’s Online Subscription Databases and EncyclopediasSource / Example Citation
Magazine or journal article / Poe, Marshall. “The Hive.”Atlantic MonthlySept. 2006: 86-95.ProQuest.Web. 27 Nov. 2008.
Article from an On-Line Encyclopedia / Wechsler, Howard J. "China, History of." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2013. Web. 23 Jan. 2013.
Entry from Gale Virtual Reference Library / Rey, Georges. "Behaviorism.” Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 11 Nov. 2010.
Citing Articles in Online Magazines and Newspapers
Source / Example Citation
Article in an online magazine or newspaper / Ervin, Kathleen A. “Some Kind of Wonderful: Frank Capra Examines Failure.”Failure Magazine.Mar. 2001. n. pag. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.
Citing Web Sites
Source / Example Citation
Web site with author / Kraizer, Sherryll.Safe Child. Coalition for Children, Inc. 2008. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.
Web site with unknown author / The Nittany Lion Mascot. Penn State University. 2006. Web. 5 Feb. 2009.
On-line Video / Penn State University. "This Is Penn State, This Is Your Career." YouTube. Web. 21 Sep. 2012.
Photograph/Image with title of work and artist / Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. MuseoNacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006.
Photograph/Image with no title of work and artist / "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
Work Cited
Penn State University Libraries. MLA Quick Citation Guide. 17 December 2012. Web. 23 January 2013.