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Citing References MLA Style
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Citing References MLA Style
Kalamazoo Valley Community
College Reading/Writing Centers and Libraries
Sample Works Cited Page
MLA Format
A works cited page is an alphabetical listing of all of the works cited in the paper. Gather all of the necessary information when you are doing your background reading - author’s name, titles of books and articles, publishers, publication dates, and page numbers. You can prevent an anxious search for information as you create the works cited page.
You may go to the MLA Web site for current information:
www.mla.or/style/sources.htm.
Book with one author:
Bolinger, Dwight. Language: The Loaded Weapon. London: Longmen, 1980.
Article (daily, weekly, or monthly publication):
Kosowski,
Frank. "Cheese." Scientific American. May
1985:45-6+
(+ indicates
more pages later in the issue)
Journal, continuous pagination:
Mills, Ken. "Learning the Test." College English. 48 (1986): 24-28.
Article, no author, in newspaper:
"Pork Expert Fined $1,000 for Smuggling Hog Diseases." New York Times 2 May
1985:A-11
Book with more than one author:
Rabinow, Paul and Walter Sullivan. Interpretive Social Science. New York:
Dutton, 1979
Reference book, collection:
Cramer, Carmen. "The Americanization of Leo
Finkle." Cuyahoga Review 22
(1983). In Contemporary Literary Criticism, vol. 85. Editor Christopher
Giroux. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995. 394-396.
Encyclopedia:
"Siberia." Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropedia. 2000 ed.
Personal interview:
Young, Coleman. Personal interview. 30 Feb. 1990.
Professional Web site:
Portuguese Language Page. U of Chicago.1 May 1997
<http://humanities.uchicago.edu/romance/>
Personal Web site:
Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1997. 1 May 1997
<http://www/chase/utoronto.ca:8080/ian/index.html>
Online Scholarly Project or Reference Database
The Alyssium Project. Ed. John K. Mitchell. 1997. Dept. Of
english, south coast
U. 9 Mar. 1999 <http://www.southcoastuniver.edu/alyssium/>.
More Examples of Citing Electronic Databases
Magazines
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. "Title of Article." Title of
Magazine Day Month Year: Page Range (if known). Database Name (if
known).Publisher. Library Name, Name of City. Day Month Year of Access
<url of service’s homepage>.
Examples:
Frick, Robert. "Investing in Medical Miracles." Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Feb. 1999: 80-87. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Kalamazoo
Valley Community College Library, Kalamazoo, MI. 10 Feb. 2000
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Gremillion, Kristen J. "Early agricultural diet in Eastern North America:
evidence from two Kentucky rockshelters." American Antiquity. Jul. 1996:
520+. General Reference Center Gold.
InfoTrac. Kalamazoo Valley
Community College Library, Kalamazoo, MI. 17 March 2000
<http://www.galegroup.com/>.
Schaefer, Bradley E. "Meteors That Changed the World." Sky and Telescope
Dec. 1998: 68-75. Research Library Periodicals.
ProQuest. Kalamazoo Valley
Community College Library, Kalamazoo, MI. 29 Oct. 1999
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
Grant, Gordon. "Canoe: Better Logging by Design; Canadian Solo
Canoeing." Canoe and Kayak 1 July, 1999: 18. Article First. OCLC
FirstSearch. Kalamazoo Valley Community College Library, Kalamazoo, MI.
23 June 2000 <http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org>.
Newspapers
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. "Title of Article." Title of
Newspaper Day Month Year, Edition: Page Number(s) or First Page Number
and Plus Sign. Database Name (if known). Publisher. Library Name, Name
of City. Day Month Year of Access <url of service’s homepage>.
Examples:
Battersby, John. "Nelson Mandela's Moral Legacy." The Christian Science
Monitor. May 10, 1999: 9. InfoTrac Custom 120 Full Text Newspapers.
InfoTrac. Kalamazoo Valley Community College Library, Kalamazoo, MI. 15
January 2000 <http://www.galegroup.com/>.
Henneberger, Melinda. "Author Reveals Much about Others and Little of
Herself." New York Times 6 Dec. 1999, East Coast late ed.: A16. Research
Newspapers. ProQuest. Kalamazoo Valley Community College Library,
Kalamazoo, MI. 6 Dec. 1999 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
Scholarly Journals
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. "Title of Article." Title of
Journal Volume Number and/or Issue Number (Year): Page Range.
Database Name (if known). Publisher. Library Name, Name of City. Day
Month Year of Access <url of service’s homepage>.
Example:
Onwuemene, Michael C. "Limits of Transliteration: Nigerian Writers'
Endeavors toward a National Literary Language." PMLA 114 (1999):
1055-66. ResearchCreated on 03/04/2002 4:16 PM Periodicals.
ProQuest.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Library, Kalamazoo, MI. 3 Dec. 1999
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
Graphic Citation
"Title of graphic." Graphic Type. Copyright Holder. Name of site providing
graphic. Date of Access DMY.<url of service's homepage>.
Example:
"Afghanistan." Map. Magellan Geographix. SIRS Knowledge Source. 25
Oct. 2001<http://www.sirs.com>
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