Litchfield High School MLA Citation Guide

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1 Litchfield High School MLA Citation Guide The examples in this guide are designed to provide a reference for citing various types of print and electronic resources in a Works Cited page for a research paper or project. If questions arise, the most current edition of Joseph Gibaldi s MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers should be consulted. Notes: 1. The Works Cited page is the last page of the research paper and should be titled Works Cited (no quotation marks or underscore) in the top center portion of the page. 2. Double-space the entire page. Do not add extra space between entries. Use one space after each punctuation mark. For each source listed, begin the first line at the lefthand margin and indent five spaces for each line that follows. 3. Arrange each entry alphabetically by the first word in each entry. The first word may be the author s last name or the first significant word in the title. (Words such as a, an, or the that begin titles are not considered significant words by which to alphabetize entries.) 4. Italicize the titles of books and periodicals. Titles of articles (as well as other short works such as poems and short stories) are enclosed in quotation marks.

2 PRINT SOURCES Book with one author Author s last name, first name. Title of book. City of Publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. Berners-Lee, Tim. Weaving the Web: The Original Design of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor. New York: HarperCollins, Print. Book with two authors Author s last name, first name, and second author s first and last name. Title of book. City of publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. Tieger, Paul D. and Barbara Barron-Tieger. Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career Through the Secrets of Personality Type. United Kingdom: Little, Brown & Co., Print. (Note: For more than two authors, add the remaining authors names; punctuate with a comma.) Article in a reference book (e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries) Title of article. Title of encyclopedia or reference set. Edition. Date of publication. Medium of publication. Acoustic Noise. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 8 th ed Print. A Play Author s last name, first name. Title of book. Editor s first and last name(s). City of publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Macbeth. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington Square-Pocket, Print. Translation Author s last name, first name. Title of book. Translator s first and last name. City of publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Eagles. New York: Viking, Print.

3 Multi-volume work Title of article. Title of book. Editor s first and last name(s). Volume number. City of Publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. Stephen King. Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Eds. Agnes Garrett and Helga P. McCue. Vol. 30. Detroit: Gale, Print. Work in an Anthology or Collection Author s last name, first name. Title of article. Title of anthology. Trans., Ed., or Comp. First name last name. City of publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. Bradner, Leicester. The Growth of Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights: An Anthology of Criticism. Comp. Alastair Everitt. London: Frank Cass, Print. An Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword Author s last name, first name. Name of part cited. Title of book. By author s last name. City of publication: Publisher, Date. Range of pages. Medium of publication. Figes, Eva. Introduction. Tragedy and Social Evolution. By Figes. New York: Persea Books, Print. Article in a newspaper Author s last name, first name. Title of article. Title of newspaper Day Month Year edition.: Page number(s). Medium of publication. Keating, Christopher. State Priority: Setting Aside Funding For Energy Relief. Hartford Courant 29 July 2008, West Central ed.: C17. Print. Article in a magazine or e-zine Author s last name, first name. Title of article. Title of magazine Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

4 Lehrer, Jonah. The Eureka Hunt: Why Do Good Ideas Come to Us When They Do? The New Yorker 28 July 2008: Print. NON-PRINT SOURCES Videocassette Title of the video. Director s name. Performers names. Publisher, Date. Medium of publication. : Yu-Gi-Oh:Master of Magicians Saga. Funimation Productions, Videocassette. Sound Recording Last name of composer/performer, first name. Title of recording. Title of album. Manufacturer, Date. Medium of publication. Coldplay. Green Eyes. A Rush of Blood to the Head. Capitol, CD. Lecture, Speech or other Oral Presentation Speaker s last name, first name. Title of presentation. Name of meeting. Organization. Location of occasion. Date. Description of presentation (keynote, address, lecture, reading.) Adams, Jane. Learning Macromedia Flash. What s New in Educational Technology. Education Connection. Litchfield, CT. 2 Jan Guest lecture. Painting, sculpture, or photograph Artist s last name, first name. Title of work. Date of composition. Medium of composition. Name of institution housing work, location of institution. Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig. Bathers Throwing Weeds Oil on canvas. Museum of Mod. Art, New York. Photo of Earth From Space by Terra. Space Today Online. Web. 21 July Map or Chart Average Value of Agricultural Products Sold: Agricultural Atlas. Chart. U. S. Census Bureau. 5 May Print.

5 ONLINE RESOURCES The rule for citing electronic or Internet resources is to provide as much information and detail as possible. In the event that some information cannot be found, move on to the next numbered item. Information retrieved online should contain the following elements: 1. Author s and/or editor s last name, first name, if given 2. Article name in quotation marks (if applicable) 3. Title of the website, project, periodical, newsletter, conference, or database in italics 4. Any version numbers such as volume number, posting date, or issue number 5. Publisher information such as publisher name and date 6. Page numbers (if available) 7. Medium of publication 8. Date of access s Professional or personal site Van Oech, Roger. Creative Think Web. 10 Dec Document within a scholarly project or information database (iconn, ABC-CLIO) "Immigration Act (1924)." American Government. ABC-CLIO, Web. 2 Feb National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Infoplease.com. Web. 6 Mar The IBM Personal Computer is Introduced, August 12, Discovering World History Collection. Thomson Gale, Web. 19 May Kirkpatrick, David. How the Open-Source World Plans to Smack Down Microsoft, and Oracle, and... Fortune. 23 Feb InfoTrac Student Edition. Thomson Gale, Web. 3 Mar Technical or research paper Keser, Claudia. Trust and Reputation Building in e-commerce. IBM Research Division. 30 July Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York. Web. 2 Jan Article in a newspaper Van Natta Jr., Don and Desmond Butler. How Tiny Swiss Cellphone Chips Helped Track Global Terror Web. New York Times. New York Times, 4 Mar Web. 12 Mar

6 Article in a magazine Nash, J. Madeleine. The Geek Syndrome. Time. Time, 4 Apr Web. 6 May Online or e-book Ware, Willis H. The Cyber-Posture of the National Information Infrastructure. Rand, Web. 15 Mar OTHER ELECTRONIC SOURCES s communication Smith, John. Re: Technology Assignment. to Susan Davis. Web. 15 Mar Online posting Rossi, Julie. Interesting Wi-Fi Article. Online posting. 4 June Virtual Classroom. Web. 15 June YouTube video TEDxTalks. TEDxRyersonU Julie Rochefort Shift the Focus. YouTube. 15 Feb Web. 3 May 2012.

7 Double-space 1 Works Cited Hanging Indent 5 spaces Adams, Jane. Learning Macromedia Flash. What s New in Educational Technology. Education Connection. Litchfield, CT. 2 Jan Guest lecture. Berners-Lee, Tim. Weaving the Web: The Original Design of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor. New York: HarperCollins, Print. "Immigration Act (1924)." American Government. ABC-CLIO, Web. 2 Feb Keser, Claudia. Trust and Reputation Building in e-commerce. IBM Research Division. 30 July Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York. Web. 2 Jan Kirkpatrick, David. How the Open-Source World Plans to Smack Down Microsoft, and Oracle, and... Fortune. 23 Feb InfoTrac Student Edition. Thomson Gale, Web. 3 Mar Nash, J. Madeleine. The Geek Syndrome. Time. Time, 4 Aprl Web. 6 May Stephen King. Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Eds. Agnes Garrett and Helga P. McCue. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, Print. 1 Tieger, Paul D. and Barbara Barron-Tieger. Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career Through the Secrets of Personality Type. United Kingdom: Little, Brown & Co., Print. 10/12/2012