Preparing a Works Cited List: MLA Style

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1 Preparing a Works Cited List: MLA Style Books (Print) Situation Single Author: Last name of author, First name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Date. 2 to 3 authors: Last name of author, First and First last name of following author(s). Title. City of publication: Publisher, Date. More than three authors: Last name of author, First name, et al. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Corporate author: Name of corporation/agency/government agency. Title. City: Publisher, Date. No author/anonymous: Title. City: Publisher, Date. Book with an editor: Editor name, ed. Title. City: Publisher, Date. Book with more than one editor: Last name of editor, First name then last name of 2 nd /3 rd editor., eds. Title. City: Pub., Date. Book with Author AND an editor: Last name, First of author. Title. Then Ed. Followed by editors first then last name. City: Publisher, date. Edition of book other than the first: Author. Title. Edition. City: Publisher, date. Multi-volume work (usually a Ref book): Author. Title. Volume # used. City: Publisher, date. Total # of volumes. Encyclopedia or Dictionary entry: Volume & page numbers are not necessary because the entries in the source are arranged alphabetically & therefore easy to locate. Example Appell, Glenn. American Popular Music: A Multicultural History. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth, Lathrop, Ann and Kathleen Foss. Student Cheating and Plagiarism in the Internet Era: A Wake-up Call. Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, United States Bureau of Land Management. The California Desert Conservation Area; Final Environmental Impact Statement. Sacramento: BLM State Office, College Board Book of Majors. New York: College Board, Bowman, Ellen, ed. The Plagiarism Plague: A Resource Guide and CD-ROM Tutorial for Educators and Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, Baechel, Thomas, Tom Smith, and Roger Earle, eds. Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. Champaign: Human Kinetics, Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Ed. Karen V. Kukil. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, Auletta, Ken. The Underclass. 2nd ed. Woodstock: Overlook, Oakes, Elizabeth, ed. Ferguson Career Resource Guide to Apprenticeship Programs. Vol. 1. New York: Ferguson, vols. Posner, Rebecca. "Romance Languages." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed "Sonata." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed

2 Article from a less known reference book: If a reference work is not well known which means World Book, Britannica, etc.--provide full publication information as well. Chapter or article in a Book or Anthology: Author of chapter. Title of chapter. Title of book. Editor(s) of book. City: publisher, date. Nielsen, Jorgen S. "European Culture and Islam." Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. Ed. Richard C. Martin. New York: Macmillan Reference- Thomson/Gale, Kowalewski, Michael. "Jack Kerouac and the Beats in San Francisco." San Francisco in Fiction: Essays in a Regional Literature. Eds. David Fine and Paul Skenazy. Albuquerque: U. of New Mexico Press, Scholarly Journals, Magazines, or Newspapers (Print Sources Only, do NOT use for Articles from Library Databases) Scholarly journal article: Author. Title of Article. Journal Title Volume#.Issue# (Year): pages. Weekly/ monthly magazine article: Author. Title of Article. Magazine Title Date: pages. Newspaper article: Author. Title of Article. Newspaper Title Date, Edition (if available): Section Page. Fialkoff, Francine and John L. Smith. "Rampant Plagiarism: Librarians Must Teach How to Use Information Honestly. Library Journal (2002): Grossman, Lev. Invention of the Year: The iphone. Time 12 Nov. 2007: 60. Fay, J. Michael. "Land of the Surfing Hippos." National Geographic Aug. 2004: Cohen, Noam. After False Claim, Wikipedia to Check Degrees. New York Times 12 Mar. 2007,West Coast ed.: C8. Sources from Electronic Databases-Magazines/Journals/Newspapers/E-Books (Academic OneFile, CQ Researcher, NetLibrary etc.) (A): Journal Article: Provide the following elements if available Name of author (Last name, First Name). Title of the Article. Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Month Year): page(s).title of Database. Web. Access Date (date format: day month year). Johnson, Kirk. "The Mountain Lions of Michigan. Endangered Species Update 19.1 (Jan. 2009): 27+. Academic OneFile. Web. 31 Mar Kuiken, Don, Shelagh Dunn, and Tatiana LoVerso. Expressive Writing About Dreams That Follow Trauma and Loss. Dreaming 18.2 (2008): PsycArticles. Web. 18 Oct Maki, Dennis G. Don t Eat the Spinach: Controlling Foodborne Infectious Disease. New England Journal of Medicine (2006): Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Apr Stevenson, Mark R., and Richard A. Schieber. Preventing Non-Family Child Abductions: Are Children Aware They Are Being Followed? Journal of School Health (1996): Psychology (Infotrac). Web. 2 June 2009.

3 (B): Magazine Articles: Provide the following elements if available Name of author (Last name, First Name). Title of the Article. Title of Magazine Date of publication: page numbers. Title of the Database. Web. Access date. Paoletta, Michael. "Got Milk: Reaching Kids with Music While Helping Their Health." Billboard 29 Sep 2007: 19. Academic OneFile. Web. 4 Nov Verdon, Daniel, and Jeff Fleisher. Euthanasia s Moral Stress: A High Psychological Price. DVM Newsmagazine July 2003: 18+. PsycArticles. Web. 22 Nov Katel, Peter. Legalizing Marijuana. CQ Researcher. 12 June 2009: 22+. CQ Researcher. Web. 2 Nov (C): Newspaper Articles: Name of author (if known if no author is listed, just start with article name). Title of the Article. Title of Newspaper (ie. Oakland Tribune) Date, Edition: Page number(s). Title of Database. Web. Access date. Censorship Never Goes Out of Style. New York Times 31 Aug. 2008: E.5. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Web. 15 Jan Weiss, Kenneth. Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas. Los Angeles Times 2 Aug. 2006: A1+. Pt. 4 of a series, Altered Oceans, begun 30 July Green Web. 27 Nov (D): E-Book: Last name of author, First name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Date. Title of the Online Database. Web. Access date. Evans, Kim Masters, and Jane Rivers, eds. Endangered Species: Protecting Biodiversity. 3 vols. Detroit: Gale, Information Plus Reference Series. NetLibrary. Web. 30 Oct Finklehor, David. Childhood Victimization: Crime and Abuse in the Lives of Young People. New York: Oxford University Press, NetLibrary. Web. 5 Oct Entire Website: Websites ***URL may or May NOT be required check with your instructor. Author. Title of Article. Name of Website. Date of publication/ last update. Sponsor of the site (if not named as the author or given as the title of the site). Web. Access Date. <URL>. **If there s no Author, start w/the Name of Website- DO NOT use the word anonymous to indicate that the author s name wasn t listed Senechal, Gregory. Plagairzed.com: The Definitive Guide to Internet Plagiarism Web. 19 Sept < Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Spread of Avian Influenza Viruses Among Birds. CDC. 03 Mar Department of Health and Human Services. Web. 20 Apr < Margaret Sanger Papers Project. 02 Jan History Dept., New York University. Web. 10 Apr <

4 Short work from a Website: For a short work from a Web site-- article or webpage-- include as many of the following elements as apply and as are available: Author. Title of the Short Work or Webpage. Title of the Site. Date of publication/last update. Sponsor of the site (if not named as the author or given as the title of the site). Web. Access date. <URL>. **If there s no Author, start w/the title of the article- DO NOT use the word anonymous to indicate that the author s name wasn t listed Article in an online Periodical: ***These are NOT the same as the articles you find in the Laney Library databases (Academic OneFile, LexisNexis, PsycArticles, etc.)!!! These are periodicals that you come across while searching the internet to see an example, please visit the sample URLs provided in the right-hand column. Baum, L. Frank. A Kidnapped Santa Claus. Aesop s Fables Online Collection. Star Systems Technologies, 16 Jan Web. 31 Mar < "Media Giants." Frontline: The Merchants of Cool PBS Online. Web. 7 Feb < cool/giants>. Smith, Ayanna. The Exploitation of Women in Hip-hop Culture. My Sistahs Advocates for Youth. Web. 12 Mar < hiphop.htm#references>. From an Online Scholarly Journal: Hughes, Robert. Riven: Badiou s Ethical Subject and the Event of Art as Trauma. Postmodern Culture 17.3 (May 2007): 33 pars. Web. 20 Apr < muse.jhu.edu/journals/pmc/v017/17.3hughes.html>. From an Online Magazine: Morgan, Fiona. "Banning the Bullies." Salon.com 15 Mar Web. 21 Sept < bullying/index.html>. From an Online Newspaper: Alim, H. Samy. How Hip-Hop Culture is Changing the Wor(l)d. UCLA Today 23 Jan Apr < today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/h-samy-alim_hiphop.aspx>. Film or Video: Begin with the title (in Italics). For a film, cite the director and the lead actors or narrator ("Perf." or "Narr."), followed by the name of the distributor and the year of the film's release. For a videotape or DVD, add "Videocassette" or "DVD" before the name of the distributor. Online Video Clip: *Cite as you would a short work from a Web site (See #19) Miscellaneous (Video, Film, TV, YouTube, etc.) Finding Neverland. Dir. Marc Forster. Perf. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, and Dustin Hoffman. Miramax, High Fidelity. Dir. Stephen Frears. Perf. John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, and Todd Louiso Videocassette. Walt Disney Video, Taylor, Courtney. Prepping for the Stage. YouTube. 05 Mar Web. 10 Apr

5 Radio or Television Program: Begin with the title of the radio segment or television episode (if there is one) in quotation marks, followed by the title of the program (in italics). Next give relevant information about the program's writer ("By"), director ("Dir."), performers ("Perf."), or host ("Host"). Then name the network, the local station (if any), and the date the program was broadcast. "Monkey Trial." American Experience. PBS. WGBH, Boston. 18 Mar "Live in 4A: Konstantin Soukhovetski." Performance Today. Natl. Public Radio. 2 May May 2002 < pt/features/4a/soukhovetski.02.html>. Radio or Television Interview: Begin with the name of the person who was interviewed, followed by the word "Interview." End with the information about the program as in radio/tv example McGovern, George. Interview. Charlie Rose. PBS. WNET, New York. 1 Feb Personal Interview: To cite an interview that you conducted, begin with the name of the person interviewed. Then write "Personal interview," followed by the date of the interview. To cite an , begin with the writer's name and the subject line. Then write " to" followed by the name of the recipient. End with the date of the message. Podcast (Online): If you view or listen to a podcast online, cite it as you would a short work from a Web site (see #19). Akufo, Dautey. Personal interview. 11 Aug Wilde, Lisa. "Review questions." to the author. 15 Mar Calculating the Demand for Charter Schools. Narr. David Guenthner. Texas PolicyCast. Texas Public Policy Foundation, 28 Aug Web. 10 Jan Podcast (Digital File): If you download the podcast and view or listen to it on a computer or portable player, cite it as a digital Lecture or Public Address: If you download the podcast and view or listen to it on a computer or portable player, cite it as a digital Calculating the Demand for Charter Schools. Narr. David Guenthner. Texas PolicyCast. Texas Public Policy Foundation, 28 Aug MP3 Wellbery, David E. On a Sentence of Franz Kafka. Franke Inst. for the Humanities. Gleacher Center, Chicago. 1 Feb Lecture.