El Camino College Compton Education Center Library Works Cited Examples: MLA Format (Modern Language Association)

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1 El Camino College Compton Education Center Library Works Cited Examples: MLA Format (Modern Language Association) Documenting Your Research Using MLA Style (8 th ed.) Begin each entry flush with the left margin. If an entry requires more than one line, indent the subsequent lines by ½ inch (one tab space on computer). Double-space the entire list. This is done within each entry as well as between each entry. 1. BOOKS A Book with One Author Author s Last name, First name. Title of the Book. Publisher, Date of publication. Buffington, Jack. The Recycling Myth: Disruptive Innovation to Improve the Environment. Praeger, A Book with Two or More Authors Note: For two authors, only reverse the first author s name; for three or more authors, follow the first author with a comma and et al. Author's Last name, First name, and Second Author s First name Last name Title of the Example 1: Book. Publisher, Date of publication. Jesse, Neal G., and Kristen P. Williams. Ethnic Conflict: A Systematic Approach to Cases of Example 2: Conflict. CQ Press, Moseley, William G., et al. An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography. Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

2 An Electronic Books from El Camino College Compton Center Library Database Note: Only include full URL if Professor requires. Do not include Basic Format: Author s Last name, First name. Title of the Book. Publisher, Date of publication. Name of Database, DOI or stable URL if provided. Hayes, Kevin J. Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson. Oxford UP, ebook Collection EBSCOhost. An Electronic Book from the Web Author s Last name, First name. Title of the Book. Title of the website. Publisher, Date of publication, Web address. (do not include http) Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 1998, An Article in a Familiar Reference Book Author s Last name, First name. Title of Article. Title of Reference Book. Edition. Date of Publication, Page number(s). Hong, Maria. Guatemalan Americans. Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. 5 th ed. 2000, pp

3 An Article in a Less Familiar Reference Book Author s Last name, First name. Title of Article. Title of Reference Book, edited by Editor s name(s), Volume number, Publisher, Date of publication, Page number(s). La Patourel, John. Normans and Normandy. Dictionary of the Middle Ages, edited by Joseph R. Strayer, vol. 13, Scribner s, 1987, pp An Article in an Anthology Author s Last name, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection, edited by Editor's Name(s). Publisher, Date of publication, Page number(s). Gaines, Ernest J. The Sky Is Gray. The Oxford Book of the American South: Testimony, Memory, and Fiction, edited by Edward L. Ayers and Bradley C. Mittendorf, Oxford University Press, 1997, pp PERIODICALS A Print Scholarly Journal Article Author s Last name, First name. Title of Article. Journal Title, Volume Number, Issue Number, Date of publication, Page number(s). Craner, Paul M. New Tool for an Ancient Art: The Computer and Music. Computers and the Humanities, vol. 25, no. 5, 1991, pp

4 A Scholarly Journal Article from a Database Note: Only include full URL if professor requires. Do not include http. Author s Last name, First name. Title of Article. Journal Title, Volume number, Issue number, Date of publication, Page number(s). Name of Database, DOI or stable URL if provided. Example 1: Goldman, Anne. Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante. The Georgia Review, vol. 64, no. 1, Spring 2010, pp JSTOR, Example 2: Arnold, Wilfred Niels. The Illness of Vincent van Gogh. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, vol. 13, no. 1, Mar 2004, pp Academic Search Premier. A Print Magazine Article Author s Last name, First name. Title of Article. Magazine Title, Volume number, Issue number, Day Month Year, Page Number(s). Example 1: McKibben, Bill. Global Warming s Terrifying New Chemistry. Nation, vol. 302, no. 15/16, 11/18 Apr. 2016, pp Example 2: Luscombe, Belinda. How to Stay Married. Time, 13 June 2015, pp

5 A Magazine Article from a Database Note: Only include full URL if professor requires. Do not include http. Basic Format: Author s Last name, First name. Title of Article. Name of Magazine, Volume number, Issue number, Date of publication, Page number(s). Name of Database, DOI or stable URL if provided. Horowitz, Alexandra. My Dog Is Smarter Than Your Dog. Discover, vol. 29, no. 7, July 2008, pp MasterFile Premier. An Article from an Online Periodical (not from a database) Author s Last name, First name. Article name. Title of web magazine, Publisher, Volume number, Issue number, Date of Publication, Page number(s) if provided, Web address. Bianchi, Stephanie. Peerless Pathways to Find Peer Reviews. Info Today, vol. 33, no. 4, Jul.- Aug. 2009, 3. OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES A Web Site or Page Author s Last name, First name Title. Name of Site, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), Date of resource creation (if available), Web address. Harris, Charles Teenie. Teenie Harris Archive, Carnegie Museum of Art, teenie.cmoa.org/interactive/index.html#date08. 5

6 A YouTube Video Lastname, Firstname [or single username]. "Title of YouTube Video." Publishing Website, Day month year posted, Web address. McGonigal, Jane. Gaming and Productivity. YouTube, 3 July 2012, For detailed information on documenting your research using the Modern Language Association (MLA) style, please stop at the Library Reference Desk and ask for the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 8 th ed. 6