MLA Style Quick Guide This guide is based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition (Modern Language Association, 2009). Works Cited items are listed alphabetically at the end of the research paper and should be double-spaced. Parenthetical references are items referred to in the body of the paper. For additional examples, please refer to the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)'s MLA Style Guide or MLA 7th Edition Guide put together by Honolulu Community College Library or use the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, available in the reference collection of the VCC library at Call number Ref LB2369.G53 2009 MLA Style Guide - Books MLA Style Guide Journal & Magazine Articles MLA Style Guide - Electronic Resources MLA Style Guide - Other Resources ( Video, TV and interview) MLA Style Guide - Books Books (One Author) Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. New York: Ballantine, 1970. Print. (Leopold 151) Books (Two to Three Authors) Webb, William L., Donald F. Behrend and Boonruang Saisorn. Effect of logging on Songbird Populations in a Northern Hardwood Forest. Denver, Co: Wildlife Society 1977. Print. (Webb, Behrend and Saisorn 92)
Books (Corporate Author) American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York: Random, 2009. Print. (American Medical Association78) No author or editor: Peterson's Annual Guide to Two Year Colleges. 33rd ed. Princeton, NJ: Peterson's Guides, 1999. Print. (Peterson s Two Year College Guide 456) Encyclopedias/Reference Books (less familiar) Works cited: For articles from less familiar reference sources, include the full publication information. Sherrow, Victoria. "Politics and Hair." Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History. Westport: Greenwood, 2006. Print. (Sherrow 15) Reference Book (well known) Works cited: Minnesota The Encyclopedia Americana. 23 rd ed. 2009. Print.
(Americana Encyclopedia 145) Books (Works in an Anthology) James, Henry. "The Friends of Friends." The Norton Book of Ghost Stories. Ed. Brad Leithauser. New York: Norton, 1994. 40-60. Print. (James 47) MLA Style Guide Journal & Magazine Articles Scholarly Journal Article, Print (One Author) Stapp, Paul. "Long-term Studies of Small Mammal Communities in Arid and Semiarid Environments." Journal of Mammalogy 91 (2010): 773-775. Print. (Stapp) Scholarly Journal Article, Print (Two or more Authors) Ice, George, G, Erik G. Schilling, and Jeff G. Vowell. "Trends for Forestry Best Management Practices Implementation." Journal of Forestry 108 (2010): 267-274. Print.
(Ice, Schilling and Vowell) Knight, Christian. Separation. Paddler April/May 2010: 16-22. Print. (Knight ) Newspaper Article Johnston, David Cay. "Got Game? Got Old Game?" New York Times 11 July 2003, late ed.: F1+. Print. (Johnston F1) MLA Style Guide - Electronic Resources Electronic Book Hartog, Hendrick. Man and Wife in America: A History. 2002. MnPals Plus. Web. 15 Sept. 2010. (Hartog) Scholarly Electronic Journal Article Scott, Jonathan. "Advanced, Repressed, and Popular: Langston Hughes During the Cold War." College Literature 33, no. 2 (Spring 2006): 30-51. Web. 15 Sept. 2010.
(Scott) Item from a Library Database Clark, Zsuzsanna. "From Saturday-Night Poetry to Big Brother." New Statesman 132 (21 July 2003): 32. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Sept. 2010. (Clark) Web Site Campbell, Donna. The Edith Wharton Society. Washington State University. Web. 16 Sept. 2010. (Campbell) MLA Style Guide - Other Resources Television Program Popularity of Fur on Rise Again." Narr. Virginia Cha. Sunday Today. NBC. WNBC, New Work. 9 Feb, 2003. Television. ("Popularity of Fur")
Film or Video Recording Coral Reef Adventure. Dir. Greg MacGillivray. MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation. 2004. DVD (Coral Reef Adventure) Interview Rowling, J. K. Email interview 8-12 September 2010 (Rowling)