Morse High School Think. Care. Act. 1 MLA Works Cited Guidelines (Big6 Step #4) Print Materials Books A Book with one author: Author s Last Name, First Name. TItle of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date. King, Stephen. The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels. New York: Signet, 1996. B Book with more than one author: (Only the author s name that is listed first is inverted; the names should be listed in your bibliography/works cited page as they appear on the title page. These names may not be in alphabetical order on the title page.) Author s Last Name, First Name and Second Author s Name and Last Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date. Creton, Marvin and Owen Davis. Probable Tomorrows: How Science and Technology Will Transform Our Lives in the Next Twenty Years. New York: St. Martin s Press, 1997. Note: If there are more than 3 authors, invert the first author!s name followed by a comma and et al. (which means and others ). 1
C Edited Books: Editor s Last Name, First Name, ed. TItle of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date. Blum, Joshua, ed. The United States of Poetry. New York: Harry W. Abrams, 1996. D Collections of Articles Gathered in an Edited Book: Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Magazine Where the Article First Appeared. Month Year: page numbers. Reprinted in Title of Book Where You Read the Article, (City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date), Article number. Loeb, Jerod M., et al. Human vs. Animal Research. Journal of American Medical Association. November 1987: 276-281. Reprinted in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Bioethical Issues, (Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1993), Issue no 12. 2
E A Work in an Anthology (essay, poem, short story, etc. in a collection) : Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of the Work. Translator of the part of the book being cited (only if there is a different translator for the piece you are citing). Title of the Anthology. Name(s) of editor, translator, and/or compiler of the book (write Trans., Ed., and/or Comp. as appropriate). City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date. Page numbers of the cited piece. Joyce, James. Araby. 44 Irish Short Stories. Ed. Devin A. Garrity. Old Greenwich: Devin-Adair Company, 1980. 126-132. F Book with a Corporate Author: Name of Corporation. TItle of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, copyright date. Dow Industries. The Chemistyr of Polymers. New York: Scribners, 2003. 3
Encyclopedias A Author s Name Available (Look at the end of the encyclopedia entry to see if the article has an author.): Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Entry. Name of the Encyclopedia. Year or number of edition. Wilmeth, Don B. Theater. The World Book Encyclopedia. 2010 ed. B Author Unknown: Title of Entry. Name of Encyclopedia. Year or number of edition. Down Syndrome. The Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of Health. 2008 ed. Encyclopedia on CD-ROM: C Author s Last Name, First Name (if given). Title of Article. Title of Encyclopedia. Format of Source. Edition, release, or version (if relevant). Place of Publication: Publisher, electronic publication date. Badminton. World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. New York: World Book, 2005. 4
Periodicals- Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers A Magazines- Monthly: Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Magazine Where Article Appeared volume number Date: page numbers. Taylor, Jeffrey. A Greece to be Discovered. The Atlantic Monthly 281 January 1998: 40-45. Note: An unsigned article begins with Title of Article. and proceeds as above. B Weekly Magazine: Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Magazine day month year: page numbers. Green, Julie. Clash of Faiths. Time 29 January 1998: 26-36. Note: An unsigned article begins with Title of Article. and proceeds as above. Newspaper Articles: C Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Name of Newspaper Date, edition (if given): section, page number. Long, Jerry. Nagano Games Being Smothered Under a Fresh White Blanket. New York Times 1 February 1998, late ed.: sec 8,5. 5
D Editorials: Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Editorial. Editorial. Name of Newspaper Date, edition (if given): page number. Callinan, Tom. Our Role is to Challenge and to Celebrate. Editorial. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 22 February 1998, morning ed.: 22A. Other Sources A Videocassette or DVD: Title. Director. Writer (if available). Performer(s) (if available). Producer (if available). Original date produced (if available). Medium. Distributor, release date. It s a Wonderful Life. Director Frank Capra. Writer Frances Goodrich. Performers James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. Producer Frank Capra. DVD. Republic, 1946, 2006. B Television Program: Title of the Episode or Segment. (if appropriate) Title of the Program. Any significant narrator or performers. Director (if available). Name of the Network. Call letters, City of the local station (if any). Broadcast date. Frederick Douglas. Civil War Journal. Narrator Danny Glover. Director Craig Haffner. American Broadcasting Network. WCSH, Portland. 6 April 2007. 6
C Sound Recording- CD, Audiocassette, or LP: Last Name of Composer, Conductor, or Performer (depending on desired emphasis), First Name. Title of the Recording. Medium. (This information is given for all types of recordings except CDs). Manufacturer, year of issue. Example When Citing a Whole CD, Cassette, or LP: Simon, Paul. The Rhythm of the Saints. Warner Brothers, 1990. Example When Citing a Specific Song: Simon, Paul and Milton Nascimento. Spirit Voices. The Rhythm of the Saints. Audiocassette. Warner Brothers, 1990. D Interview: Last Name of the Person Being Interviewed, First Name. Type of Interview (Personal or Telephone). Date. Smith, John. Telephone Interview. 15 February 2010. E Cartoons: Last Name of Cartoonist, First Name. Title of Cartoon (if any). Descriptive Label of Cartoon. Name of Periodical Where Cartoon Was Found. (City) date of publication: page number. Trudeau, Garry. Doonesbury. Cartoon. Portland Press Herald. (Portland) 14 February 2010: 4B. 7
F Print Advertisements: Name of Product or Company That Is Subject of Advertisement. Advertisement. Name of Publication Where Advertisement Appears. Date: page number. Crest Toothpaste. Advertisement. ESPN Magazine. January 2010: 25. G Pamphlets: Cite like a book. H Poster, Map or Chart: Title. Descriptive Label of Poster, Map, or Chart. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Twilight: The Movie. Poster. New York: Movie Mecca Media, 2008. 8
Internet Sources A Online Databases (Student Resource Center Gold, Marvel!: Maine s Virtual Library, Student Edition/InfoTrac, and SIRS Online): Author s Last Name, First Name. Title of Article. Title of Magazine, Newspaper, or Journal day Month year of Original Publication (if available): page numbers. Database Name. day Month year of access. <URL>. Frick, Robert. Investing in Medical Medicine Miracles. Time 31 January 2010: 80-87. SIRS Online. 7 February 2010. <http://www.sirs.com>. World Book Online Encyclopedia: B Author s Last Name, First Name (if available). Title of Article. World Book Online. <URL>. Access Date. City: Producer. Beasley, Maurine H. Eleanor Roosevelt. World Book Online. <http://www.worldbookonline.com>. 14 December 2009. Chicago: World Book, Inc. 9
C World Wide Web: Author s Last Name, First Name (if available). Title of Page or Document. Title of Site or Larger Work (if applicable). Date of electronic publication, last update, or date of posting. Name of Any Associated Institution. Date of Download. <URL>. Samuelson, Mary. The Greek Culture. Social Studies Web Quest. 20 March 2009. Princeton University. 4 February 2010. <http://www.sswq.edu>. D E-Mail: Author of e-mail message. Subject Line of Message. E-Mail to Recipient s Name. Date of message. Thomas, Andrew. Philosophy Roundtable E-mail to Lee Foster. 25 February 2010. If you are citing e-mail sent to you, it is acceptable to use the following: Turner, Sam. British Authors Revisited. Personal e-mail. 12 May 2009. Note: For examples not listed here, please check with the Morse High School Library. 10
MLA Works Cited Guidelines To prepare a works cited page for your research, follow these guidelines: 1) Double space each entry and between entries. 2) List entries in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author. If there is no author, use the first word. However, ignore articles, (a, an, and the), when alphabetizing your citation. 3) Begin the first line of an entry blocked on the left and indent successive lines five spaces. 4) Underline titles of books, plays, periodicals, pamphlets, films, sound recordings, and television programs. 5) Use quotation marks to indicate titles of shorter works that appear in larger works, i.e. magazine article titles in a magazine, individual poems in a book of poetry, etc. 6) When appropriate, use shortened forms of the publisher s name, i.e. Random instead of Random House. 7) Use lower case abbreviation, such as vol. for volume. 8) European notation is used for the date, listing day, month, and year. 6 February 2010. 9) There is no p or page notation, as the numbers are understood to be page numbers. Morse High School Library. Dawn Lee. Think. Care. Act. 11Version 2.0 February 10, 2010. 11