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EXAMPLES OF CITATIONS IN MLA STYLE
1. ONE AUTHOR:
Author's last name, First name. Name of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Gordon, Linda. Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. Cambridge: Harvard, 1999.
2. TWO AUTHORS:
First author's last name, First name, and Second author's first name and last name. Name of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Van Tassel, Emily and Paul Finkelman. Impeachable Offenses. Washington: Congressional
Quarterly, 1999.
3. FOUR OR MORE AUTHORS:
First author's last name, First name, et al. Name of the Book. Edition. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Schmo, Joseph, et al. Exploring Design. 2nd ed. Boston: Chelsea Publishers, 1987.
4. WITHOUT AN AUTHOR:
Name of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Chronicle of the Cinema. New York: Dorling Kindersley. 1995.
5. AN EDITOR:
Editor's last name, First name, Editor. Name of the Book. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Thompson, Clifford, ed. World Authors 1990-1995. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1998.
6. DIFFERENT EDITIONS:
Author's last name, First name. Name of the Book. edition. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Magill, Frank N. Contemporary Poets. 2nd ed. New York: St. James Press, 1994.
7. MULTI-VOLUMES USING ONLY ONE VOLUME:
Editor's last name, First name. Editor. Name of the Book. Volume number. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year Of Publication.
EXAMPLE: Magill, Frank N., ed. Survey of American Literature. Vol.2, Englewood Cliffs: Salem
Press, 1999.
8. WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the Article or Poem." Name of the Book. Author
or Editor’s First name, last name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Pages.
EXAMPLE: Gregor, Steve. "Federalist, Federalist." The Growth of the Republic. Ed. Robert Barnshaw.
Boston: Houghton, 1997. 124-30.
9. SCHOLARLY PROJECT:
Author’s last name, First name. Name of Book. Original Publication Year. Name of
the Project. Editor's name (if available). Date on the web page. Sponsoring
Organization. Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Keats, John. Poetical Works. 1884. Project Bartleby. Ed. Francis T. Palgrave.
1999.March 2001. U of Penn. 8 March 001.
<http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/books/>.
10. CHAPTER IN A BOOK:
Author’s last name, first name. “Chapter Title.” Book Title. City of Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Page numbers.
Example: Calvino, Italio. “On Being Weird.” Best of Calvino. New York: Knopf, 2003. 100-150.
1. UNSIGNED ARTICLE:
“Title of the Article.” Name of the book. Edition. Year.
EXAMPLE: "Whales.” World Book Encyclopedia. 15th ed. 2000.
2. ONLINE UNSIGNED:
“Title of Article.” Name of Database. Publisher. Date of Access, <URL>
EXAMPLE: “Jumping Mouse.” Encyclopedia Americana Online. Grolier Online 2001. 8 Feb. 1999,
<http://ea.grolier.com>.
3. SIGNED ARTICLE:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the Article." Name of the Book. Edition.Year.
EXAMPLE: Powell, James M. "Normans." Academic American Encyclopedia . 1997.
4. ONLINE SIGNED:
Author’s last name, First name. “Title of the Article” Name of Database. Publisher.
Library. Date of Access.
EXAMPLE: Pasquier, Roger F., “Owl.” Encyclopedia Americana Online. Grolier Online, 2002. EHS
Library.10 Nov. 2003.
1. NEWSPAPER:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the article." Name of the Newspaper Date (edition if applicable): section and page.
EXAMPLE: Wartofsky, Alona. "The Last Word." Washington Post 19 Feb.2001: B1.
2. ARTICLE FROM DATABASE:
Author.(if given) “ Title of the Article" Name of Newspaper Date: Pages. Name of the Database. Company Name. Library. Date of Access. <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Galupo, Scott. “What’s our Nature?” Washington Times. 21 Nov. 2002: B 01. Proquest.
Bigchalk. EHS. 25 Nov 2002. <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
3. ONLINE:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the article." Name of the Newspaper or Newswire Date. Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Reid, Timothy R. “Druids Return to Stonehenge.” Washington Post 22 June 1998.
28 June 1998 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/>.
4. WITHOUT AND AUTHOR:
“Title of Article”. Name of Newspaper Date(edition if applicable): section and page.
EXAMPLE: “Kentucky’s Oldest Veteran still serving at 102”. Washington Times. 11 Nov. 2003. A 7.
1. ARTICLE:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the Article." Name of the Magazine Date:
Pages.
EXAMPLE: Wescott, Gail. “ Garden of Angels.” Readers Digest. Nov. 2002:115.
2. NO AUTHOR:
“Title of theArticle." Name of the Magazine Date: Pages.
EXAMPLE: “The Fabulous Decade.” Time 10 Jan. 1996: 12-14.
3. ONLINE:
Author’s last name, First name. “Title of the Article.” Name of the magazine Date. Date
of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE:
Shivers, John. “Web Construction –
A Spider’s Intimate View.”
1999. < http://www.computersonline.org>.
4. JOURNAL ONLINE:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the article." Name of the Magazine
Volume.Issue(year). Date of access <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Wilson, Robin Fretwell. "Children at Risk." Cornell Law Review. 86.2 (2001). 3 Mar 2001
<http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu>.
5. DATABASE ARTICLE:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the Article." Name of the Magazine Date:
Pages. Name of Database. Company Name. Library. Date of Access. <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Bouchard, Renee. "Acid Rain." U.S. News & World Report 11 Nov. 1999: 20. SIRS
Knowledge Source: Researcher. SIRS. EHS. 3 Mar 2001< http://sks2.sirs.com.>.
6. REVIEW:
Reviewer's last name, First name. "Title of the Review." (if given) Rev. of Name of the
Work Being Reviewed, by Author of the Work Being Reviewed. Name of the periodical
Date: Pages.
EXAMPLE: Skow, Denise. "IMC Procedures in the Digital Age." Rev. of Computers and High School
Students, by Karin Partridge. Library Journal 6 May 1998: 75-81.
SCHOLARLY JOURNAL:
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the Article." Name of the Journal Volume. Issue
(Date): Pages.
EXAMPLE: Finn, Ann. "Kate O'Brien: the Feminist James Joyce." Irish Literature Review 42.7 (1995):
5-10.
Author's last name, First name. or if not available, name of the government/country. Name of the agency. Publication Information
EXAMPLE:
PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, OR PHOTOGRAPHS
Artist's last name, First name. Title of the Work. Name of the person or institution that owns it, and the city. Title of book. By Author. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page(s).
EXAMPLE: Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. The Louvre, Paris. Renaissance Masters. By Bob Duca.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. 225.
Title. Director. Performers. Year. Medium. Distributor, Year.
EXAMPLE: It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, and
Lionel Barrymore. 1946. Videocassette. Turner, 1997.
Name of the Map or Chart. Description Label. City of Publication: Publisher, year.
EXAMPLE: Philadelphia. Map. Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1999.
Last name, First name of person being interviewed. Personal interview. Date.
EXAMPLE: Baldwin, Joseph A. Personal interview. 12 Sept. 1996.
Author's Name. "Title of essay." Name of Book. City: (if given) Publisher, Year.(if
given) Name of the Database. Company Name. Library. Date of Access. <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Singer, Peter. “All Animals Are Equal.” Animal Rights. Greenhaven Pr , 1996. Opposing
Viewpoints. Galenet. EHS. 25 Nov 2002. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/>.
PROFESSIONAL SITE:
Author of the site (if available) Last name, First name. Title of site. Date on the web page. Sponsoring Organization (if available). Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Dawe, James. Jane Austen Page. 15 Sept. 1998. University of Toronto. 8 Nov. 1998
<http://www.utoronto.ca/~dawe/austen.html>.
PERSONAL SITE:
Name of the person. Home page. Date of Access <URL>.
EXAMPLE: Schmo, Joe. Home page. 10 Dec. 2000 .<http://schmo.com>.
CITE A LIBRARY DATABASE
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Bloom, Harold, ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Englewood Cliffs: Salem Press, 1989.
Chronicle of the Cinema. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
Durant, Will. The Age of Napolean. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.
---; Rosseau and Revolution. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967.
Garruba, Kathy. “Seniors and the Term Paper.” Time 17 Feb. 1997.
Proquest. Bigchalk. EHS Lib. 12 Mar. 1998.<http://proquest.umi.com>.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York:
MLA, 2003.
Landsburg, Steven E. “ Who Shall Inherit the Earth?”Slate 1 May 1997. 2 May 1997.
Neubauer, Carol. “Displacement and Autobiographical Style in Maya Angelou.”
Black American Forum 17:2 (1983):123- 29. Twayne’s Author Series. The Gale
Group. EHS Lib. 20 Mar. 1998.
Scarpaci, Nancy. War and Peace. Ed. Deborah McFadden. New York: Albans Press, 1997.