MLA Resources
All papers should be formatted in MLA Format.
Left side of the page is:
Your Name
Your Class
The Date
Middle of the pager is your title
All text is size 12 and Times New Roman -NO FANCY FONTS
Last Page of Your Paper is WORKS CITED page
The purpose of the Works Cite page is the tell the reader where you got your information from so they know that the paper is factual and not made up.
Your Works Cited page will need to be in alphabetical order based on the author's last name or if there is no author, the title of the article.
Tips for creating your Works Cited page:
1. If you are using an online database, look at the page, most times it is already there. You can simply copy and paste it into Microsoft Word.
2. Use an online tool to help you create it, such as EasyBib (http://www.easybib.com)
Creating a Works Cited page
in MLA Format
Updated 1/7/2010
How to format a works cited page
Book with more than one author
Book with more than three authors:
Article from a Reference Book or Collection:
Periodical format from online database with author:
Periodical format from online database with no author:
Non-periodical format from online database with one author:
Non-periodical format from online database with no author
How to format a works cited page
- Begin your works cited list on a separate page from the text of the essay
- Give the page a title, Works Cited. This should be centered at the top of the page and with no additional formatting (no underling, no bold, no large font).
- The page should be double-spaced but with no additional line spacing between entries.
- Use italics or underlining for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles)
- The first line of each entry should be flush with the margin while the second or third line of each entry should be indented one-half inch (you can use a hanging indent in Word or the Tab key on your keyboard).
- In proper MLA format, underling and italics are equivalent; however you should choose one or the other and stick to it throughout the essay. Most teachers prefer underlining so that is what is used in this exercise.
- Entries need to be in alphabetical order according to the first word of each entry (most entries are the author’s last name).
- To use the proper format in Word, from the Format menu, select Paragraph.
New Rules in MLA for 2009
· For every entry, you must determine the Medium of Publication. Most entries will likely be listed as Print or Web sources, but other possibilities may include Film, CD-ROM, or DVD.
· Writers are no longer required to provide URLs for Web entries. However, if your instructor insists on them, include them in angle brackets after the entry and end with a period. For long URLs, break lines only at slashes.
· If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database, you should type the online database name in italics. You do not need to provide subscription information in addition to the database name.
· Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles).
o However, if you are handwriting your draft, underline titles of larger work and provide quotation marks for titles of shorter works.
Books
Book with one author
Format:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Gerlach, Greig. The Best Cookbook for Teenagers and Their Friends. Boston: Allyn, 2006. Print.
Book with more than one author
Format:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName, and SecondAuthorFirstname SecondAuthorLastname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Book with more than three authors:
If there are more than three authors, you may list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (the abbreviation for the Latin phrase "and others"; no period after "et") in place of the other authors' names, or you may list all the authors in the order in which their names appear on the title page.
Format:
Lastname, Firstname, et. al. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.
Book with no author:
Format:
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993. Print.
Book with an editor:
Begin your entry with the lastname of the editor followed by the firstname, followed by a comma and the abbreviation ed.
Format:
Lastname of Editor, Firstname of Editor, ed. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Kepner, Susan, ed. The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction about Women. Berkely: University of California, 1996. Print.
Article from a Reference Book or Collection:
Format:
Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Edition. Volume. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages. Medium of Publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Swanson, Gunnar. "Graphic Design Education as a Liberal Art: Design and Knowledge in the University and The 'Real World.'" The Education of a Graphic Designer. Ed. Steven Heller. New York: Allworth Press, 1998. 13-24. Print.
Print Periodical Sources
Magazine/Periodical Articles
Format:
Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication (for example, Print, Web, Audio, etc).
Example:
Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education in Children of Adopted Parents." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-8. Print.
Newspaper Article
Note: same as magazine but note the difference in page numbers.
Example:
Krugman, Andrew. "Fear of Eating in the New Millennium." New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed.: D5. Print.
Electronic Sources
Note: Dates should be typed in the following format: Day of Month Month Year. Example: 12 November 2008.
Note: Prior to 2009, MLA format required the inclusion of URLS within works cited entries, however, this is no longer true. Writers should include a URL as supplementary information only when the reader probably cannot locate the source without it or when your instructor requires it.
Online Databases
Online Databases contain both periodical (magazines and newspapers) as well as non-periodical (books) information. Please pay attention to the source you want to cite because there are subtle differences between the two.
Periodical Format:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of Article." Periodical Title Volume Number if available.Issue number if available (Year of Publication): page number-page number if available. Database name. Service name. Medium of Publication. Date you accessed the site.
Periodical format from online database with author:
Gray, Meredith. "Criticism of Woodrow Wilson." Newsweek 8.3(2003): 423-427. Discovering Collection. Gale. Web. 17 Feb. 2009.
Periodical format from online database with no author:
"Hip-Hop Culture." Encyclopedia of American Pop Culture 4(2005). American History Online. Facts On File. Web. 5 Feb. 2008.
Non-periodical Format:
Author of Article’s LastName, Author of Article’s FirstName. "Title of Article."Title of Book. Ed Editor Firstname Editor Lastname(if any). Place of Publication:Publisher, Year of Publication. Pagenumber-pagenumber. Database name. Service name. Medium of Publication. Date you accessed the site.
Non-periodical format from online database with one author:
Howard, Lillie. “Zora Neale Hurston.” Dictionary of Literary Biography: Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Ed. Trudier Harris. Detroit: Gale, 1987. Literature Resource Center. Web. 26 Jan. 2009.
Non-periodical format from online database with no author:
"William Shakepeare and London." The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland. Oxford University Press, 2009. EBSCO Literary Reference Center. Web. 9 Aug. 2009.
Websites
Format:
Name of author(if any). Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision(if a publication date is not available, use n.d. for "no date." Name of organization affiliated with the site. Medium of Publication (for example, Web). Date you accessed the site.
Webpage with author:
Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College” Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008.
Webpage with no author:
“Obama Follows Clinton's Path But Hopes for a Different Ending.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 18 Aug. 2009. Web. 18 Aug. 2009.
See attached for more information. How to Create a Works Cited
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