Citing References MLA Style

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Citing References MLA Style

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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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