MLA Works Cited Samples

ATTENTION STUDENTS
Remember: If a citation should flow into a second line, then it and all subsequent lines must be indented five (5) spaces.
BOOK - NO AUTHOR
Handbook of Pre-Columbian Art. 2nd ed. New York: Johnson, 1949.

BOOK - ONE AUTHOR
Gershman, Herbert S. The Surrealist Revolution in France. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1989.

BOOK - TWO AUTHORS
Kesselman, Judi, and Franklynn Peterson. Spelling Simplified. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1993.

BOOK - THREE AUTHORS
Raffer, Bernard C., Richard Friedman, and Robert Baron. New York in Crisis. New York: Harper and Row, 1991.

BOOK - FOUR OR MORE AUTHORS
James, Russell, et al. Verbatim. New York: Random House, 1992.

TWO BOOKS - SAME AUTHOR
NOTE: For a subsequent entry omit the author's name after first entry.
Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Age of Voltaire. New York: Simon, 1965.
---. A Study of Life. New York: Norton, 1985.

BOOK - CORPORATE AUTHOR
American Association of School Administrators. Annual Report. Washington: American Assoc. of School Adm., 1983.

BOOK - EDITOR INSTEAD OF AUTHOR
Hawkes, Jacquetta, ed. The World of the Past. New York: Knopf, 1983.

BOOK - TRANSLATION
Maurois, Andre. Lelia. Trans. Gerard Hopkins. New York: Harper, 1984.

BIBLE
Psalm 23: 4-6.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
U. S. Department of State. The Cambodian Situation 1971-1972. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1994.

SIGNED ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER OR WEEKLY MAGAZINE
Baron, Caroline. "Southern Africa: Trade Feeds on Independence." Business Week 14 Feb. 1987: 66-67.

SIGNED ARTICLE IN A MONTHLY MAGAZINE
Scala, Rosemary. "Personal Finance in the Eighties." Money Sept. 1984: 97.

SIGNED ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
Smith, Richard. "Color and Light." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1991 ed.

UNSIGNED ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
"Color and Light." Encyclopedia Americana. 1979 ed.

DICTIONARY
"Azimuthal Equidistant Projection." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. 1993.

SECONDARY SOURCE - SIRS, NEWSBANK

NOTE: A secondary source is one which reproduces a part of an original document in another format or collection. Use the appropriate form for the type of original material, then cite the secondary publishing source.

SIRS GOVERNMENT REPORTER
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Fair Housing It's Your Right. Aug. 1997. SIRS Government Reporter. CD-ROM. SIRS. 1998.

SIRS RESEARCHER
Jacobson, Jodi L. "Holding Back the Sea." Futurist Sept.-Oct. 1990: 20-27. Earth Science. 1991. Art. 25. SIRS Researcher. CD-ROM. SIRS. 1998.

NEWSBANK: CD-ROM
McKinney, Dave. "Teen Abortion Law Dies." Chicago Sun Times 24 Jan. 1996. NewsBank Newsline. CD-ROM. NewsBank. 1998.

A WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY THAT IS PART OF A SERIES - OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS SERIES, IDEAS IN CONFLICT SERIES, CURRENT CONTROVERSIES SERIES, THE REFERENCE SHELF SERIES
Dallek, Geraldine. "Hospital Care for Profits." The Crisis In Health Care. The Reference Shelf Series. Ed. Robert Emmet Long. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1991. 66-79.

Gilder, George. "The Poor Can Help Themselves." Social Justice. Opposing Viewpoints Series. Eds. David L. Bender and Bruno Leone. St. Paul, Minnesota: Greenhaven Press, 1984. 78-85.

Mitchell, Brian. "Women Make Poor Soldiers." Women In the Military. Current Controversies Series. Eds. Carol Mekesser and Matthew Polesetsky. San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1991. 29-38.

Stoel, Thomas B., Jr. "A Planet at Risk." Ending War Against the Earth. Ideas in Conflict Series. Ed. Gary E. McCuen. Hudson, Wisconsin: GEM Publications Inc., 1991. 26-31.

PAMPHLET FILE MATERIAL

NOTE: Treat a pamphlet as you would a book OR according to its particular format (magazine, newspaper, government document, etc.). Use the bibliographic form for that material type and include the [Pamphlet File] designation in the entry.
NOTE: Pamphlet file material may have part of their documentation missing. Use the following abbreviations for information you cannot provide:
n.p. no place of publication given
n.p. no publisher given
n.d. no date of publication given
N. pag. No pagination given
Deni, Laura. Anorexia & Bulimia. [Pamphlet File] Dayton, Ohio: P. P. I. Publishing, 1984.

"Miss Liberty's Big 4th Party Plans." [Pamphlet File] U.S.A. Today n.d.: N. pag.

The Real Energy Crisis. [Pamphlet File] n.p.: Public Service Indiana, n.d.

INTERVIEWS
Blackmun, Harry. Interview with Ted Koppel and Nina Totenberg. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 5 April 1994.

Gordimer, Nadine. Interview. New York Times 10 Oct. 1992, late ed. : C25.

Gordon, Michael. Personal interview. 22 July 1993.

Poussaint, Alvin F. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 1990.

FILMS; RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS
The Last Emperor. Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. Perf. John Lone and Peter O'Toole. Columbia. 1987.

"If God Ever Listened: A Portrait of Alice Walker." Horizons. Prod. Jane Rosenthal. NRP. WBST, Muncie. 3 Mar. 1994.

"The Hero's Adventure." Moyers: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. Prod. Catherine Tatge. PBS. WNET, New York. 23 May 1988.

THESES
Samson, R.C. "The Influence of Economic Deprivation on Academic Achievement." Diss. New York University, 1993.

POEMS
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Great American Poetry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 83-88.

PUBLICATION ON DISKETTE
Joyce, Michael. Afternoon: A Story. Diskette. Watertown: Eastgate, 1987.

COMPUTER - ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
"Whales." Information Finder. Vers. 2.22. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book, 1991.

CD-ROM: PRINTED SOURCE OR PRINTED ANALOGUE
West, Cornel. "The Dilemma of the Black Intellectual." Critical Quarterly 29 Apr. 1987: 39-52. MLA International Bibliography. CD-ROM. SilverPlatter. Feb. 1995.

CD-ROM: NO PRINTED SOURCE OR PRINTED ANALOGUE
PEPSICO Inc. "Company Profile." 3 October 1995. Compact Disclosure. CD-ROM. Disclosure, INC. 10 March 1995.

ONLINE DATABASE: PRINTED SOURCE OR PRINTED ANALOGUE
Garfield, Donald. "Warhol's Starship Enterprise." Museum News May/June 1994: 44-67. Art Index. Online. OCLC First Search. 6 May 1995.

ONLINE DATABASE: NO PRINTED SOURCE OR PRINTED ANALOGUE
"Recycling Methods." Academic American Encyclopedia. Online. Compuserve. 7 May 1995.

COMPUTER NETWORK: ELECTRONIC TEXT
Stratton-Porter, Gene. Freckles. New York: Grosset, 1904. Online. Wiretap. Internet. 1 May 1995.

COMPUTER NETWORK: ELECTRONIC MAIL, ELECTRONIC ONLINE SERVICES
Penning, Sarah. "Mentor Advice." E-mail to Rai Peterson. 6 May 1995.

Pierson, Michael. "Internet Freedom." 30 April 1995. Online posting. Alt. Culture. Internet. Usenet. 3 May 1995.

BASIC COMPONENT OF INTERNET REFERENCE
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Work." Title of Complete Work. [protocol and address] [path](date of message or visit).

WWW SITES (World Wide Web)
Walker, Janice R. "Columbia Online Style: MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources." 18 September 1997. English Department, U. of South Florida. 14 December 1998.
http://www/ccs/neu/edu/home/lpb/nud-history.html

PERSONAL WEB SITE
Meijer's, Inc. Home page. 2 May 1998.
http://www.Meijer's.com

WEB SITE FOR MLA INFORMATION
Walker, Janice R. MLA Style Citations of Electronic Sources.
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html