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MLA Citation Help

How do I make a Works Cited Page?

A works cited page is a list of sources you referenced in your research project. When you use ideas and facts from your sources you need to cite those sources. The MLA (Modern Language Association) format is used at Maize High School.

Formatting the Paper

* The Works Cited page is a separate page placed at the end of your paper.
* It is listed alphabetically by author, last name first.
* Double space the whole document.
* Indent by five spaces all but the first line of your entries.
* You can break a long web address at the / mark.

Viewing Examples

Use the following examples to help you correctly cite the resources you are using. If you do not find an example for the resource needed, use the book MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi.

Select the type of resource for which you need an example.

Print Sources

BOOKS

Use this basic form for many book sources.  See examples below.

Author’s name.  Title of the book.  Place:  Publisher’s Name, Year of

          Publication.

A BOOK BY A SINGLE AUTHOR:                                                                          
Petroski, Henry. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design.
 
    New York: St. Martin’s, 1985.

A BOOK BY TWO OR MORE AUTHORS:
Atwan, Robert, Donald McQuade, and John W. Wright. Edsels, Luckies, and

    Frigidaires: Advertising the American Way. New York: Dell, 1979.

A BOOK WITH AN EDITOR:
Hall, Donald, ed. The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes. New York:
    
    Morrow, 1988.

A WORK IN A COLLECTION (Anthology) OR A CHAPTER IN A BOOK:
O’Conner, Flannery. "The Life You Save May Be Your Own." The Realm of Fiction:
                                                         
    Seventy-four Stories. Eds. James B. Hall and Elizabeth C. Hall.  2nd ed.
      
    New York: McGraw, 1977. 479-488.

ENCYCLOPEDIA(Book) ARTICLE:
"Civil War." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1993 ed.
             (if the article is signed, begin with author’s name-last name, first name.)

MAGAZINES and NEWSPAPERS

Use this basic form for many paper periodical sources.  See examples below.
Author’s name. “ Title of the article.”  Name of the Magazine or Newspaper   Date of

     Publication (day month yr):  Pages.

 ARTICLE FROM A MAGAZINE (Paper) THAT COMES OUT ONCE A MONTH:

Edsall, Thomas Byrne. "The Return of Inequality." Atlantic June 1988: 86-94.

AN ARTICLE FROM A MAGAZINE (Paper) THAT COMES OUT WEEKLY:

McPhee, John. "The Control of Nature: Cooling the Lava." Newsweek 22 Feb. 1988:
 
        43+.

AN ARTICLE WITHOUT AN AUTHOR FROM A WEEKLY MAGAZINE (Paper):

"The Control of Nature: Cooling the Lava." Newsweek 22 Feb. 1988: 43+.

AN ARTICLE FROM A NEWSPAPER (Paper):
Darst, Guy. "Environmentalists Want Hotels, Concessions Removed from
                               
        U.S. Parks."   Wichita Eagle 25 May 1995: 17B.

AN EDITORIAL FROM A (Paper) MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER:                                                                                                                        
Young, Peter A.  "Turf Wars."  Editorial.  Archaeology  July-Aug. 2005:  4.

PAMPHLET:
Children of  Alcoholics.  Phoenix: DIN, 1986.

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Non print sources
SOFTWARE or CD-ROMS
Author’s name. “ Title of the article.”  Name of the Magazine (if applicable)  Date of Publication:  Pages,

     Title of CD-Rom.  Format.  Publisher's Name.  Date of CD-Rom

CD-ROM
SIRS:
Goodstein, Carol. "Healers from the Deep." American Health Sept. 1991: 60-64.
       
        SIRS Researcher. CD-ROM. SIRS. Spring 2000.

CD-ROM Encyclopedia
"Wheel." The Encyclopedia Americana . CD-ROM. Grolier Educational. 1997.  

TELEVISION PROGRAMS OR MOVIES
Title of program or movie. Name of director. Narrators. Performers.  Writers.  Network. Station Call letters,

     City. Broadcast Date.

Title of program or movie.  Name of director. Performers. Writers.  Publisher, Original Date.  Format.

     Distributor, Date.


A TELEVISION PROGRAM:
The First Americans. Narr. Hugh Downs. Writ. and Prod. Craig Fisher.
      
        ABC News Special. KAKE, Wichita. 21 Mar. 1988.

SOUND OR VIDEO RECORDINGS:
Lennon, John. "Imagine." Rec. 9 May 1965. John Lennon: The Golden Years. 
     
        Columbia House, 1965.

Jurassic Park.  Dir. Steven Spielberg. Writ. Michael Crichton and
                              
        David Koepp.  Universal, 1993.  DVD. MCA/Universal Home Video, 1994.

It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed,
                                                                            
        Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. 1946. Videocassette.  Republic, 1998.

INTERVIEWS:

Bennet, Mary, M.D. Personal Interview. 28 Jan. 1999.

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INTERNET
World Wide Web sites
Use this basic form for many internet sites.  See examples below.
 Title of the web site. Author’s/Editor's name.(if available) Date Last Updated or date of electronic

      publication.  Sponsoring Organization for the Site. Date of Access(day month yr)  <Web address>.

INTERNET SITES:
 The Call of the Wild. Ed. Veggian, Henry. May 3, 1999. Sonoma State U.
       
        2 Feb. 2000  <http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/lpb/muddex/essay/ >.

This Day in History: May 7.  The History Channel Online.  2004.  History Channel.
    
        5 May 2004 <http://historychannel.com/tdih/index.html>.

The Best Computer on the Market.  Zinger, Charles.  Gateway Electronics

        3 May 2000.  5 Mar. 2004 <http://www.gateway.com>.

 The Woman Who Didn't.  Ed. Cross, Victoria. London, 1895.  Victorian Women Writers

        Project: an Electronic Collection. Ed. Perry Willett. 15 Mar. 1999. Indiana U.

        14 May 2004  <http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/cross/womanwho.html>. 

PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE:
Southard, Carol. Home page. 7 May 2001 <http://www.geocities.com/heartland/9470/>.

Other Types of Online Sources:
Use this basic form for online government sources.  See examples below.

Government.  Name of agency(ies).  Author’s name.(if available) Title of the web page.  Date Last

      Updated.  Organization Assoc. with Site. Date of Access(day month yr)  <Web address>.

ONLINE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION:
United States.  Center for Disease Control.  National Center for Chronic Disease

        Prevention and Health Promotion.  Diabetes Public Health Resource: FAQ

        About Diabetes. 29 Jun. 2000. 25 Feb. 2001 <http://www.cdc.gov/

        diabetes/faqs.htm>.

Online Newspaper or Magazines (not a subscription service)

Author’s name.(if available) "Title of article." Title of Magazine/Newspaper  Volume Number Date of

     Magazine(day month yr). Pages (if they are numbered)  Date of Access(day month yr)  <Web

     address>.

ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL OR NEWSPAPER (not  a subscription service)
Landsburg, Steven E. "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?" Slate 1 May 1997.

        2 May 1997 <http:// www.slate.com/Economics/97-05-01/Economics.asp>.

Masters, Brooke A. "College Savings Get Closer Study." Washington Post. 14 Apr. 2004.

        14 April 2004 <http:// www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A0570-2004Apr13.html>.

Underwood, Anne.  "Quieting a Body's Defenses".  Newsweek.  20 June 2005.

        20 June 2005 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/>.

Magazine Databases Subscription Service
    
Magazine Databases
Use this basic form for many database subsciption services.  See examples below.
Author’s name.(if available) "Title of article." Title of Magazine/Newspaper Date of publication(day month

     yr):  Pages.  Title of Database.  Publisher.  Name of Institution associate with the site, City, State.

     Date of Access(day month yr)  <Web address>.

SIRS MAGAZINE INDEX ONLINE (On the Library web page):
Frick, Robert. "Investing in Medical Miracles." Kiplinger's Personal Finance Feb. 1999:

        80-87.  SIRS Researcher. ProQuest Information and Learning. Maize High School Lib.,

        Maize, KS. 15 Dec. 2000 <http://sks8.sirs.com>.

United States.  Justice Department.  Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office.  Hernandez,

        Rudy. "Youthbuild U.S.A."  Youth in Action Bulletin  May 2001: n.p.  SIRS Government Reporter.

        ProQuest Information and Learning.  Maize High School Lib.,  Maize, KS.  15 Jan. 2005 <http://sks8.sirs.com>.

EBSCO (full-text magazine):
Schwarz, Frederic D. "1954 Separate and Unequal." American Heritage May 2004: 84.
 
        MAS Ultra -School Edition. Ebsco Host. Maize High School Lib., Maize, KS.  14 Apr.  2005

        <http://search.epnet.com/>.

Evans, Julie A. "Good Old-fashioned Fitness." Prevention May 2004: 60.

        Health Souce-Consumer Edition. Ebsco Host. Maize High School Lib., Maize, KS.  14  Apr. 2005
 
       <http://search.epnet.com/>.

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INFOTRAC (full-text magazine)
Pollitt, Katha.  "Baby, It's Cold Inside!" The Nation  20 Aug. 2001: 10.
 
        Expanded Academic ASAP. Infotrac.  Maize High School Lib., Maize, KS. 6 Sept. 2001         
 
        < http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Holgate, Ivy. "The Structure of Shirley." in Brontë Society Transactions, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1962:

        27-35. Literature Resource Center. Infotrac.  Maize High School Lib., Maize, KS. 22 Feb. 2004

         < http://galenet.galegroup.com/>.

WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA ONLINE

Magazine Article
Palmer, James. “Former Soldiers Trade Guns for Scare Textbooks in War-torn Sudan.” World and I.

        Jan. 2005.  World Book Online Reference Center.  Maize High School Lib., Maize, KS. 

        8 Apr. 2002 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home>.

Special Report
Grossman, Lawrence.  "Special Report:  Stones from Space."  World Book Online Reference Center. 

        Maize High School Lib., Maize, KS. 13 May 2005  <http://worldbookonline.com>.

Encyclopedia article
Winfield, Barry.  “Sports Car.”  World Book Online Reference Center.  Maize High
       
        School Lib., Maize, KS.  8 Apr. 2002  <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.

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Other MLA Guides and Helps

Capital Community College
         An excellent page on citing resources. 
The Citation Machine 
       "Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers in modeling the proper use of
         information property.  Students are welcome to use this as well." --Source
Columbia Guide to Online Style
       A guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for electronically-accessed sources.
 

This page was first published July 27, 1999.
This page was last modified August 9, 2005.
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