Writing a Bibliography: MLA Style Designed by the Modern Language Association
A Bibliography Is a list of your sources of information Helps you to find the information again Shows your teacher where you found the information In MLA Format, it is called the Works Cited page
Plagiarism is Using the ideas, words or work of another person and pretending it is your own work. If you do not let the reader know where you got your information from, you are plagiarizing someone else s work.
General Guidelines Your list of references should begin on a separate page, with the title "Works Cited". Arrange entries alphabetically, using the last name of the author. If no author is given, alphabetize by the title, eliminating any initial A, An, or The. Begin each entry at the left margin. Indent the following lines one-half inch from the left margin.
General Guidelines (continued) Double-space within each entry, and between each entry. Follow carefully the punctuation, underlining, and capitalization in the examples. Shorten the name of the publishing company by using abbreviations (Co., Inc., Ltd.). If the publisher s name is the name of one or more persons, cite the first surname only (Abrams).
How to Cite a Source In the Modern Language Association (MLA) format there are slight variations in the way you cite a source. A book citation is different from a magazine citation, which is different from a webpage citation, etc
You must cite your source if any of your information comes from the following: A Book A Magazine Article An Encyclopedia A webpage A video A Newspaper A Dictionary A Scholarly Journal
Book 1 author Author s last name, First name and Middle initial [if available]. Italicize Title. Publication Location: Publishing Company, Year. Koenig, Gloria. Iconic LA: Stories of LA s Most Memorable Buildings. Glendale: Balcony, 2000.
Book with Two or Three Authors First author s last name, First name and Middle initial [if available], Second author's First name and Last name, and Third author's First name and Last name. Italicize Title. Publication Location: Publishing Company, Year. Landau, Robert, and John Pashdag. Outrageous L.A. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1984.
Book with More Than Three Authors First author s last name, First name and Middle initial [if available], et al. Italicize Title. Publication Location: Publishing Company, Year. Gebhard, David, et al. A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco & Northern California. Santa Barbara: Peregrine, 1973.
Book no author List by title of the book. Incorporate these entries alphabetically just as you would with works that include an author name. Italicize Title. Publication Location: Publishing Company, Year. Secrets of Indiana. Somerset, New York: Random House, 1993.
Book with Editor as Author Editor s last name, First name and Middle initial [if available], ed. Italicize Title. Publication Location: Publishing Company, Year Weisser, Susan O., ed. Women and Romance: A Reader. New York: New York UP, 2001.
Article from a Magazine Author's last name, First name and Middl einitial. "Title of Article." Italicize Title of Magazine. Day Month Year of publication: page numbers. Mezrich, Ben. "To Live and Die in L.A." Wired. 7 May, 2003: 131-135.
Reference Book Encyclopedia or Dictionary For entries in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works, cite the piece as you would any other work but do not include the publisher information only the year or the volume or the page number of the article or item. "Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed., 1997.
Article in a Newspaper Author's last name, First name and Middle initial. "Title of Article." Italicize Title of Newspaper. Day Month, Year of publication, edition: page number(s). Ouroussoff, Nicolai. "Enduring Legacy: How the Spanish Missions Still Shape Modern California." Los Angeles Times. 7 Sept. 1997, home ed.: B2+.
Interview, email or other personal communication Parenthetically cite the communicator's name, the phrase "personal communication," and the date of the communication in your main text only. (E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2001).
Internet/Webpage - author Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Name of institution or organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL. Date of access. Examples: 1. Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue University, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english Accessed 10 May, 2006. 2. The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University, 2008, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 23 Apr. 2008.
Online Video Author name/poster s username. Title of Video. Online video clip. Name of Website. Name of Website s publisher, date posted. URL. Date accessed. MocomiKids. How do Batteries Work? Online video clip. YouTube. Feb. 14, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx84l5zzhvg Accessed January 11, 2016.
Secrets of Indiana. Somerset, New York: Random House, 1993. Weisser, Susan O., ed. Women and Romance: A Reader. New York: New York UP, 2001. Works Cited (E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2001). Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue University, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english. Accessed 10 May, 2006. Gebhard, David, et al. A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco & Northern California. Santa Barbara: Peregrine, 1973. "Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed., 1997. Koenig, Gloria. Iconic LA: Stories of LA s Most Memorable Buildings. Glendale: Balcony, 2000. Landau, Robert, and John Pashdag. Outrageous L.A. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1984. Ouroussoff, Nicolai. "Enduring Legacy: How the Spanish Missions Still Shape Modern California." Los Angeles Times. 7 Sept. 1997, home ed.: B2+. The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University, 2008, www.owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 23 Apr. 2008. Mezrich, Ben. "To Live and Die in L.A." Wired. 7 May, 2003: 131-135.