MLA Works Cited List Examples

Based on MLA Handbook, 7th Edition, 2009

 

An Article in a Scholarly Journal: Print (see section 5.4.2, pg. 137)

Williams, Linda. "Of Kisses and Ellipses: The Long Adolescence of American Movies."
Critical Inquiry 32.2 (2006): 288-340. Print.


An Article in a Newspaper (see section 5.4.5, pg. 141)

Haughney, Christine. "Women Unafraid of Condo Commitment." New York Times
10 Dec. 2006, late ed., sec. 11:1+. Print.


An Article in a Magazine (see section 5.4.6, pg. 142)

Weintraub, Arlene, and Laura Cohen. "A Thousand-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste."
Business Week 6 May 2002: 94-96. Print.


A Book by Single Author (see section 5.5.2, pg. 148)

Format: Author's Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, date of publication. Medium of publication consulted.

Example: Rowling, J[oanne] K[athleen]. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
New York: Levine-Scholastic, 2000. Print.

A Book with an Editor: An Anthology or a Compilation (see section 5.5.3, pg. 153)

Weisser, Susan Ostrov, ed. Women and Romance: A Reader. New York: New York UP,
2001. Print.

A Book by Two or More Authors (see section 5.5.4, pg 154)

Broer, Lawrence R. and Gloria Holland. Hemingway and Women: Female Critics and
the Female Voice.Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2002. Print.

*If there are more than three authors, give either the first author's name only, followed by et al - or- list all names in full in the order in which they appear on the title page:Plag, Ingo, et al. Introduction to English Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton, 2007. Print.


An Anthology or a Compilation (see section 5.5.6, pg. 157)

Allende, Isabel. "Toad's Mouth." Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock Beneath the
Mangoes: Stories from Latin America. Ed.Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume,
1992. 83-88. Print.


An Article in a Reference Book (see section 5.5.7, pg. 160)

Example: "Japan." The Encyclopedia Americana. 2004 ed. Print.


A Multivolume Work (see section 5.5.14, pg. 168)

Example: Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., gen. ed. History of U.S. Political Parties. 4 vols.
New York: Chelsea, 1973. Print.

An Internet Web Site (see section 5.6.2, pg. 184)

Format: Author, if given. "Title of Work." Title of Overall Web site. Version or edition used. Publisher or sponsor of the site. Date of publication. Medium of Publication. Date of access.

Example: Eaves, Morris, Robert Essick, and Joseph Viscomi, eds. The William Blake
Archive. Lib. of Cong., 8 May 2008. Web. 15 May 2008.

Example: "Hourly News Summary." National Public Radio. Natl. Public Radio, 20 July
2007. Web. 20 July 2007.


Article in an Online Database (see section 5.6.4, pg. 192)

Example: Chan, Evans. "Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema." Postmodern Culture
10.3 (2000): n. pag. Project Muse. Web. 5 June 2008.

More Information on How to Cite Sources

See these sections for how to cite other sources in MLA style:

A Work of Visual Art (Section 5.7.6, pg. 200)
An Interview (Section 5.7.7, pg. 201)
A Lecture, Speech, Address, or Reading (Section 5.7.11, pg. 203)
A Legal Source (Sections 5.7.14, pg. 205)

For a more detailed explanation of how to use MLA style, see the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Seventh Edition). This guide is located on the first floor of the library behind the Reference Desk.

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