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MLA-Style Format
Sample--Works Cited and Helpful Hints,
Print Sources, Databases
Websites, CD-ROMs, Bibliography Cards
Sample--Works Cited (can also be called "Bibliography")
A Works Cited is an alphabetical list of all
the sources that were used to write your paper. It is the last
page of your research paper.
Works Cited
"Annie Oakley." Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM.
1999 ed. Microsoft.
Bloom, Harold, ed. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Englewood Cliffs:
Salem Press, 1989.
Garruba, Kathy. "Seniors and the Term Paper." Time 17
Feb. 1997: 18. Ebscohost.
Ebsco Publishing.
WTHS IMC. 12 Mar. 1998.
Landsburg, Steven E. "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?" Slate
1 May 1997. 2 May 1997
<http://www.slate.com>.
Neubauer, Carol. "Displacement and Autobiographical Style in Maya
Angelou."
Black
American Literature Forum 17:2 (1983): 123-29. Twayne's
Author Series.
The
Gale Group. WTHS IMC. 20 Mar. 1998.
Scarpaci, Nancy. War and Peace. Ed. Deborah McFadden.
New York: Albans Press,
1997.
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Format of Works Cited Entries
Helpful Hints:
- Use correct punctuation and spacing
- Double space entries
- Begin the first line at the margin and indent subsequent lines
five spaces
- Place entries in alphabetical order by the author's last name
or title
- Underline the names of books, magazines, newspapers, journals,
web sites and databases
- Put titles of articles, essays, poems in quotation marks
- Use ed for editor, trans for translator and comp for compiler
- Abbreviate the names of the months except May, June and July
- Editions: 2nd ed., 3rd ed., Rev. ed., (Revised edition), Abr.
ed. (abbreviated edition), Supp. (Supplement)
- The first letter of words in a title are capitalized
- Newspaper articles are usually not published on consecutive pages,
give the first page number and a plus sign (6+)
- Underlining and italics are the same; you should
be consistent in your format
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Sample
Format for Print Sources
| Book with 1 author |
Author's last name, first name. Name
of the Book. City of
Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication.
Gordon, Linda. Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. Cambridge:
Harvard, 1999.
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| Book with 2 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.
Van Tassel, Emily and Paul Finkelman. Impeachable Offenses.
Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1999.
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| Book with 4 or more authors |
First author's last name, first name, et al.
Name of the
Book. Edition. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year
of Publication.
Schmo, Joseph, et al. Exploring Design. 2nd ed.
Boston:
Chelsea Publishers, 1987.
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| Book with an editor |
Editor's last name, first name, editor. Name
of the book.
City of Publication: Publisher,
Year
of Publication.
Thompson, Clifford, ed. World Authors 1990-1995.
New York:
H. W. Wilson, 1998.
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| Book with editor and author |
Author's last name, first name. Name of the
book. Editor.
Editor's first name, last name. City of
Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication.
Kopas, Barbara. War and Peace. Ed. Deborah
McFadden.
New York: Albans, Press, 1999.
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| Different editions of a book |
Author's last name, first name. Name
of the Book. edition.
City of Publication: Publisher,
Year
of Publication.
Magill, Frank N. Contemporary Poets. 2nd ed.
New York:
St. James Press, 1994.
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| Multivolumes using only 1 volume |
Editor's last name, first name. editor. Name
of the Book.
Volume number. City of Publication: Publisher,
Year
of Publication.
Magill, Frank N., ed. Survey of American Literature.
Vol. 2.
Englewood Cliffs: Salem Press, 1999.
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| Work in an Anthology |
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the Article
or
Poem." Name of the Book. City of
Publication:
Publisher, Year of Publication. Pages.
Gregor, Steve. "Federalist, Federalist." The Growth
of the
Republic. Ed. Robert Barnshaw. Boston: Houghton,
1997. 124-30.
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| Unsigned Article in a Reference Book |
"Title of the Article." Name of
the Book. Edition. Year.
"Updike, John." Compton's Encyclopedia. 1997
ed.
"Whales." World Book Encyclopedia. 15th ed.
2000.
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| Signed Article in a Reference Book |
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the article."
Name
of the Book. Edition. Year.
Powell, James M., "Normans." Academic American
Encyclopedia. 1997.
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| Newspaper |
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the article."
Name
of the Newspaper Date (edition if applicable):
section and page.
Wartofsky, Alona. "The Last Word." Washington Post
19 Feb.
2001: B1.
Licisyn, Nancy. "Western Civilization." New York
Times 12
Feb. 1997, late ed. : F1+.
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| Weekly Magazine |
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the Article."
Name
of the Magazine Date: Pages.
Gilligan, Kim. "Health and Fitness." Sports Illustrated
21 Mar.
1997: 20.
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| Monthly/Quarterly magazine |
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the Article."
Name
of the Magazine Date (month,
year): Pages.
Callaway, Rob. "Bowling is Fun." Entertainment
Today June,
1998: 64.
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| Article with an Anonymous Author |
"Title of the article." Name of
the Magazine Date: Pages.
"The Fabulous Decade." Time 10 Jan. 1996:
12-14.
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| Scholarly Journal |
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the Article."
Name
of the Journal volume.issue
(date): Pages.
Finn, Ann. "Kate O'Brien: the Feminist James Joyce."
Irish
Literature Review 42.7 (1995): 5-10.
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| 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.
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.
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Government Publication
(for other examples see MLA Handbook for Writers
of Research Papers) |
Author's last name, first name. or if not available,
name
of the government/country. Name of the agency.
Publication Information.
Dept. of State. Global Warming. Washington:
GPO, 1981.
United
States. Congress. Senate. Cong. Rec. 12 Dec.
1991: 451-75.
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| Painting, Sculpture or Photograph |
Artist's last name, first name. Title
of the Work. Name of
the person or institution that owns it, and
the city.
Name of the Book. By Author (or
editor). City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Plate number or Page number.
Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. The Louvre,
Paris.
Renaissance Masters. By Bob Duca. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1995. 225.
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| Videocassette |
Title. Director. Performers. Year. Medium.
Distributor, Year.
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James
Stewart,
Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore. 1946.
Videocassette. Turner, 1997.
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| Map or Chart |
Name of the Map or Chart. Description
Label. City of
Publication: Publisher, year.
Philadelphia. Map. Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1999.
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| Personal Interview |
Last name, First name of person being interviewed.
Kind of interview. Date.
Baldwin, Joseph A. Personal interview. 12 Sept. 1996.
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Citing
Electronic Sources
Subscription Databases:
Note: it is
necessary to include information on the original print resource
AND the online version.
- Decide the Print
Format
- Find the information for
the citation - this will be labeled as source or citation
- Decide whether the
citation is a book, magazine, scholarly journal, essay in a collection,
or newspaper
- Go to your MLA Style Sheet
and look up the correct format for the print resource
- Add the information
for the Online Subscription Database
(this information is found on the screen)
- Name of the database
(underlined)
- Name of the publisher
- Name of the Library
which has the database
- The date of access
- Optional: the URL
of the database's Home page, within brackets, as in the following
example: <http://www.umi.com/proquest/>.
Examples of the Format
for Subscription Databases
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Essay in a Collection
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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.
Eberstadt, Nichols, "Education Hits Home: The Old North."
The
End of North Korea. AEI Press. 1999. Electric
Library.
UMI. MVHS. 3 Mar. 2001.
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| Magazine Article
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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.
Bouchard, Renee. "Acid Rain." U.S. News & World Report
11
Nov. 1999: 20. SIRS Knowledge Source: Researcher
SIRS. MVHS. 3 Mar 2001.
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| Newspapaper Article
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Author.(if given) Title of the Article" Name
of Newspaper
Date: Pages. Name of the Database. Company
Name. Library. Date of Access.
Esterhammer, Karin. "A Rain Forest Expedition With Bolivian
Villagers." Los Angeles Times 25 Feb. 2001: L6.
Electric Library. Bigchalk. MVHS. 5 April 2001.
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Websites
Helpful Hints for the World Wide Web
All of the information may not be available; the goal is
to provide the readers with enough information so they can locate
the web site. So, if you cannot find some of the information,
cite what is available.
- Name of the person who hosts the site
- If the site is the same as the print version,
give the complete publication information (see the Print
Sources section of the MLA Style Sheet--above--to locate the
correct format for books and periodicals)
- Name of the personal site, professional site, scholarly project
or database where the information was found: this must be
underlined
- The date the site was posted to the web or its copyright date
- Usually, there are no page numbers or paragraph numbers, but if
these are available, please cite them.
- The name of the institution sponsoring the site
- The date that you accessed the site
- The URL (location/address) - enclose the address in lesser and
greater than signs: <URL >
Sample Format for the World Wide Web
| Personal Site |
Name of the person. Home page. Date of Access
<URL>.
Schmo, Joe. Home page. 10 Dec. 2000
<http://schmo.com>.
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| 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>.
Dawe, James. Jane Austen Page. 15 Sept. 1998.
University of Toronto. 8 November 1998
<http://www.utoronto.ca/~dawe/austen.html>.
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| Online Book within a Scholarly Project |
Book's author's last name, First name. Name
of the
Book. Original Publication Year. Name
of
the Project. Editor's name (if available).
Date on the web page. Sponsoring
Organization. Date of Access <URL>.
Keats, John. Poetical Works. 1884. Project
Bartleby.
Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. May 1998. Columbia
U. 5 May 1999 <http://www.columbia.edu>.
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| Online Periodical - Scholarly Journal |
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the article."
Name of the Magazine Volume.Issue(year).
Date of access <URL>.
Wilson, Robin Fretwell. "Children at Risk." Cornell
Law
Review. 86.2 (2001). 3 Mar 2001
<http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu>.
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| Online Newspaper |
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the article."
Name of the Newspaper or Newswire Date.
Date of Access <URL>.
Gorksi, Bob. "The Kennedy Assassination." The
Minutemen 22 Nov. 1985. 12 Jan. 1998 <http://
www.rumors.org>.
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| Online Magazine |
Author's last name, First name. "Title of the
Article." Name of the Magazine
Date. Date
of Access <URL>.
Shivers, John. "Web Construction - A Spider's Intimate
View." U.S. News Online 19 Mar. 1999
<http://www.computersonline.org>.
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CD-ROMs
Hints for CD-ROMs
If you do not have all of the information, cite what you have
- Author's name (if given). If only an editor is listed, give the
name followed by "ed."
- Title of the Article (in quotes) - if applicable
- Name of the CD-ROM (underlined)
- Edition or version
- CD-ROM - Publication medium
- Place of Publication, Publisher and year
Sample Format for CD-ROMs
| The entire CD |
Title of CD-ROM. CD-ROM. Version # or Edition
Year. City of Production: Production
Company, Year of Production
Magill's Survey of Literature. CD-ROM. 1999 ed.
Pasadena:
Salem Press, 2000.
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| Article, Poem, Story |
"Title of article, poem or story." Title of CD-ROM.
CD-ROM. Version # or Edition Year.
City of Production: Production
Company, Year of Production
"Wright, Richard." Discovering Authors. CD-ROM.
Vers.
4.1. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1997.
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Refer to your MLA Handbook for Additional Examples
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Bibliography Cards
You will need to organize all the books, magazine articles and Internet
sites that you have found in your preliminary survey of material that
is available on your topic; Bibliography cards will help you do this.
You will copy the publication information for each source onto an
index. cards. These cards will also be used to prepare your
Works Cited List.
Use 3 by 5 inch index cards for your bibliography cards.
A Bibliography Card contains the following information:
- Essential information about the source of information - Use your
MLA Style Sheet to determine the format
for books, magazines, the internet and databases
- The name of the library where the information was found
- A call number (if applicable)
Sample Bibliography Card
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Author's last name, first name. Title of
the Book. City: Publisher,
Year.
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Eble, Kenneth E. Pearl S. Buck. Boston:
Twayne, 1990
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Copy down the information on the 3x5 card. Be careful to use correct
punctuation.
After you have completed all your bibliography cards, put them in
alphabetical order. Some of your teachers may require that you number
your cards. The number is placed in the upper right-hand corner of
the card.
This document was adapted from a version
located at the Washington
Township High School Library Website in Sewell, New Jersey (March,
2001)
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