Bibliography/Works Cited/Source List Why We Do This Whenever you draw on another s work, you must also document your source by indicating where you borrowed it from. Through documentation, you will provide your readers with a description of key features of each source. You need to state the author and the medium of publication. Your bibliography should be a clear guide to your readers. How to do it MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7 th ed., Chapter 5 Preparing the list of works cited Chapter 6 Citing Sources in the Text, examples at the end of the document FORMAT The works cited should be completely double-spaced, with the second and subsequent lines of each entry indented 5 spaces or ½ inch from the left margin (hanging indention). Alphabetize the entries by the author s surname or by title if the name is not known. Follow all the MLA rules for capitalization, etc. EXAMPLES Non periodical Prints What are these? Books, pamphlets, anthologies or compilations Book with one Author Last name, First name. Title of book. City Published in: Publisher, Year published. Print. Harbord, Janet. The Evolution of Film: Rethinking Film Studies. Cambridge: Polity, 2007. Print. 1
If you were to do an annotated bibliography, a brief description of the source is required. Harbord, Janet. The Evolution of Film: Rethinking Film Studies. Cambridge: Polity, 2007. Print. A synthesis of classic film theory and an examination of the contemporary situation of film studies that draws on recent scholarship in philosophy, anthropology and media studies. Two or More Works by the Same Author-use three hyphens three times, followed by a period than the title of the work. Tannen, Deborah. Talking Voices: Repetition, Dialogue and Imagery in Conversational Discourse. 2 nd ed. New York: Cambridge UP, 2007. Print. Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics 26. ---. You re Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation. New York: Ballantine-Randome, 2006. Print. Work with an Editor instead of an Author Baker, Russell, ed. The Norton Book of Light Verse. New York: Norton, 1993. Print. Book with More than One Author Author by last names in alphabetical order. Title. City: Publisher, Year Published. Print Gilbert, Sandra M. and Susan Gubar, eds. The Female Imagination and the Modernist Aesthetic. New York: Gordon, 1986. Print. Anthology or a Compilation Indicate the work cited is a compilation or if it is edited and translated by using ed. and trans. Davis, Anita Price, comp. North Carolina during the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a Decade. Jefferson: McFarland, 2003. Print. 2
Work in an Anthology MLA-Style Citation Guide Author. Title. Trans. Name Title of work article was in. Editor s name. City: Publisher, Year. Pages. Print. Allende, Isabel. Toad s Mouth. Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume, 1992. 83-88. Print. Article in a Reference Book Article Title. Title of Reference Book. Edition. Year. Print Ginsburg, Ruth Bader. Who s Who in America. 62 nd ed. 2008. Print. Periodical Print Publications What are these? Newspapers, magazines, journals Author s name. Title of the article. Title of publication. Issue number. (Year): pages of article Format Type. Piper, Andrew. Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book fo Everything. PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124-38. Print. In some cases you may not have volume numbers. Cite the issue numbers of such journals alone. Kafka, Ben. The Demon of Writing: Paperwork, Public Safety, and the Reign of Terror. Representations 98 (2007): 1-24. Print. An Article in a Scholarly Journal with More Than One Series Striner, Richard. Political Newtonism: The Cosmic Model of Politics in Europe and America. William and Mary Quarterly 3 rd ser. 52.4 (1995): 583-608. Print. Article in a Newspaper Author. Title of Article. Title of Newspaper. Date of Article. City edition.: Column page. Print. 3
Jeromack, Paul. This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor. New York Times 13 July 2002, New England ed.: A13+. Print. Article in a Magazine Author. Title. Title of Magazine. Month Yr: pages. Print. McEvoy, Dermot. Little Books, Big Success. Publisher Weekly 30 Oct. 2006: 26-28. Print. A Review Author. Rev. of Title of Work Reviewed by author of reviewed work. Title of Publication of which Review is in. Issue Month Year: Page numbers. Print. Mendelsohn, Daniel. September 11 at the Movies. Rev. of United 93, directed Paul Greengrass and World Trade Center, dir. Oliver Stone. New York Review of Books 21 Sept. 2006: 43-46. Print. Abstract in Abstracts Journal Author. Title. Dissertation of Publication, Year. DAI number (DAI number is available through the databases.) Pineda, Marcela. Desire in Postmodern Discourse: An Analysis of the Poetry of Cristina Peri Rossi. Diss. Indiana U, 2004. DAI 65.12 (2005) item DA3156288. Print. An Editorial After the author of the letter, indicate the work cited is a Letter. Safer, Morley. Letter. New York Times 31 Oct. 1993, late ed., sec. 2: 4. Print. WEB PUBLICATIONS You need authors, a title, Company page name, date, date you found it on the Web and you need to indicate that it s a Web resource. Including full URLS in a resource is subject to change. If it is a PDF at the end for the medium. If it is a Word file indicate Microsoft Word file. 4
Website Author. Title of Site. Sponsor, Date Created. Medium. Date Accessed United States Environmental ProtectionAgency. Drinking Water Standards.EPA, 8 July 2004. Web. 24 Jan. 2006 Page from a Website Author. Title. Webpage. Webpage, date or n.d., Web. Date Accessed Shiva, Vandana. Bioethics: A ThirdWorld Issue. Nativeweb. Nativeweb,n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2006 Page from Website with unknown author Title. Title of Website. Publisher, Year. Web. Date Accessed Media Giants. Frontline: The Merchants of Cool. PBS Online, 2001.Web. 7 Feb. 2006. Online Book Author. Title of Book. Website. Webpage, Year. Web. Date Accessed Milton, John. Paradise Lost: Book I.Poetryfoundation.org. Poetry Foundation, 2008. Web. 14 Dec. 2008. Portion of an online book Author. Chapter Title. Title of Book. Author of book. City: Publisher, Year Published. Page numbers. Online book source. Web. Date Accessed Adams, Henry. Diplomacy. The Education of Henry Adams. By Adams. Boston: Houghton, 1918. N. pag. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Web. 8 Jan 2007 Scholarly Journal, usually what is used to cite articles from the library online databases Author. Title of work. Title of Database. Issue. Vol. (Year): page. Web. Year. Date Accessed 5
Armstrong, Grace. Rev. of Fortune s Faces: The Roman de la Rose and the Poetics of Contingency, by Daniel Heller-Roazen. Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature 6.1 (2007): n. pag. Web. 5 June 2008. Periodical Publiction in an Online Database Author. Title. Format. Title of Periodical. Issue. Volume. (Year): page number. Database title. Web. Date article was found. Richardson, Lynda. Something Old, Something New Editorial. Canadian Journal on Aging/ La revue canadienne du vieillissement 26.2 (2007): 81. Project Muse. Web, 30 Nov. 2007. Blog Blog author. Title. Blog Source, Date. Web. Date Accessed Mayer, Caroline. The Checkout. Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2007. Web. 19 Jan. 2007. Response in a Blog Editor, screen name, author, or compiler name (if available). Posting Title. Name of Site. Version number (if available). Name ofinstitution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher) CD-ROM Article Title. Disc Title. Edition number. City: Publisher, Year. Format. Pimpernel. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. Boston: Houghton, 2000. CDROM E-mail Author. Title of e-mail. Purpose of message. Date. E-mail Kunka, Andrew. "Re: Modernist Literature." Message to the author.15 Nov. 2000. E mail. PDF File American Council of Learned Societies. Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and 6
Social Sciences. Our Cultural Commonwealth. New York: ACLS, 2006. PDF file. ADDITIONAL SOURCES An Interview Blanchett, Cate. In Character with: Cate Blanchett. Notes on a Scandal. Dir. Richard Eyre. Fox Searchlight, 2006. DVD Podcast/Youtube Author. Title of Article. Project Title. Youtube, Date posted. Date Accessed Murphy, Beth. Tips for a Good Profile Piece. Project: Report. YouTube, 7 Sept. 2008. Web. 19 Sept. 2008 Legal Source Title of Case. Case number. Court. Year. Title of Collection. Publication information. Medium used, Date Accessed. Brown v. Board of Educ. 347 US 483-96. Supreme Court of the US. 1954. Supreme Court Collection. Legal Information Inst., Cornell U Law School, n.d. Web 3 Aug. 2007 7