EHS Media Center MLA Style Citations This style sheet provides guidelines and examples from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition (808 GIB) and the MLA citation guide created by Instructional Services, Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley found online at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/teachinglib/guides/internet/style.html. Examples for Print Resources BOOKS Author#1LastName, FirstName(s), and Author#2FirstName(s) LastName. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Single author: Herbst, Judith. Animal Amazing. New York: Atheneum, 1991. Multiple authors: Hurdman, Charlotte, Fiona McDonald, Philip Steele, and Richard Tames. The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. New York: Lorenzo, 2000. MLA Rule 5.6.4: For works by more than three authors or editors, you may list all as above or only the first followed by a comma and et al. Editor(s) as authors: Bernards, Neal, and Lynn Hall, eds. American Foreign Policy: Opposing Viewpoints. 3 rd rev. ed. St. Paul, MN: Greenhaven, 1987. Translated work: Murasaki, Shikabu. The Tale of Genji. Trans. Edward G. Seidensticker. New York: Knopf, 1976. MLA Rule 5.6.13: To cite a translation, give the translator s name after the title and preceded by Trans. ( Translated by ). Multi-volume work: Lauter, Paul, et al., eds. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 4 th ed. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton, 2002. Corporate author: American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. Ed. Charles B. Clayman. New York: Random, 1989. No author named on title The New York Public Library American History Desk. New York: Hyperion, 2003. page: *The formats above for authors, editors, translators, etc. may be applied to all similar situations below.* CHAPTER IN A BOOK or WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION LastName, FirstName(s). Title of Book Chapter or Work in Collection. Trans. or editor of part of book, if given. Title of Book, Anthology, or Collection. Trans. or editor of whole work, if given. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Page numbers. Work in an anthology: 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. MLA Rule 5.6.7: If the work was originally published independently (as autobiographies, plays, and novels generally are), underline its title instead. AN ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK OR MULTI-VOLUME WORK for Author. Title of Article. Title of Book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of familiar reference books Publication. Familiar: Mohanty, Jitendra M. Indian Philosophy. The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropedia. 15 th ed. 1987. MLA Rule 5.6.8: Do not cite editors for familiar encyclopedias and dictionaries. Do not cite volumes or page numbers for alphabetically arranged reference works. If the article is signed, give the author first. for Author. Title of Article. Title of Book. Ed. FirstNameLastName. Edition. Vol. #. Name of the lesser known reference Series. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Page numbers. works: Allen, Anita L. Privacy in Health Care. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Warren T. Reich. Rev. ed. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan-Simon, 1995. MLA Rules 5.6.8 and 5.6.15: If citing less familiar multi-volume reference books, give full publication information. If using only one volume, state the number of the volume and page numbers. If using two or more volumes, state the total number of volumes and omit page numbers. p. 1
MAGAZINE ARTICLES Consecutive pages; author named: Non-consecutive pages; no author named AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). Title of Article. Title of Magazine Day Month Year of Publication: page numbers or initial-page+ if nonconsecutive. Roosevelt, Margo. Vanishing Alaska. Time 4 Oct. 2004: 68-70. Among Alaska s Brown Bears. National Geographic Sept. 1975: 428+ SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES MLA Rule 5.7.1: Scholarly and peer-reviewed journals present learned articles containing original research and data interpretation. They are intended for professionals and students. Journal articles are cited differently from general magazine articles. AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). Title of Article. Title of Journal Volume.Issue-if-needed (Year of Publication): Page numbers. Continuous pagination Hanks, Patrick. Do Word Meanings Exist? Computers and the Humanities 34 (2000): 205- through each volume: 15. Each numbered issue Stickler, John C. A Literary Legacy: the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. Museum begins with page 1: International 51.3 (July 1999): 43-47. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). Title of Article. Title of Newspaper [City of Publication if not in Title] Day Month Year of Publication, edition: page numbers or initial page+ if not consecutive. Consecutive pages: Hirsch, Marianne. The Day Time Stopped. Chronicle of Higher Education 25 Jan. 2002: B11-14. Non-consecutive pages: Alaton, Salem. So, Did They Live Happily Ever After? Globe and Mail [Toronto] 27 Dec. 1997: D1+. Individually paged Hennenberger, Melinda. The Leonardo Cover-Up. New York Times 21 Apr. 2002, late ed., sections: sec. 6: 42+ MLA Rule 5.7.5: For nationally published newspapers (e.g. Wall Street Journal, USA Today), do not add city of publication. For titles of English-language newspapers, omit introductory articles (New York Times, not The New York Times). REVIEWS Book review in a magazine: ReviewAuthorLastName, FirstName(s). Title of Review If Given. Rev. of Title of Item Reviewed by AuthorFirstName(s) LastName. Title of Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper [remaining publication information as in examples above]: Page numbers. Updike, John. No Brakes. Rev. of Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street, by Richard Lingeman. New Yorker 4 Feb. 2002: 77-80. For additional examples see MLA Handbook, 5.7.7 and 5.9.4d. INTERVIEWS Titled interview part of a publication : Interview published independently: MLA Rule 5.8.7: IntervieweeLastName, FirstName(s). Interview, Type of interview, or Title of Interview If Given. By InterviewerFirstName LastName if important. Publication information following the appropriate format above: Page numbers if appropriate. Fellini, Federico. The Long Interview. Juliet of the Spirits. Ed. Tullio Kezich. Trans. Howard Greenfield. New York: Ballantine, 1966. 17-64. Gordimer, Nadine. Interview. New York Times 10 Oct. 1991, late ed.: C25. To cite an interview that you conducted, give the name of the person interviewed, the kind of interview (Personal interview, Telephone Interview, E-mail Interview), and the date(s). Interview you conducted: Johnson, Amelia. Personal interview. 12 Apr. 2006. For additional examples see MLA Handbook, 5.8.7 and 5.9.9e. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Name of Government. Name of Agency #1. Name of Agency #2. Title. Number of Congress, Session of Congress. Number of publication. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Agency as author: United States. Cong. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Hearings. 79 th Cong., 1 st and 2 nd sess. 32 vols. Washington: GPO, 1946. There are many forms and irregularities in citing government publications. For more examples, see MLA Handbook, 5.6.21. p. 2
Examples for Online Subscription Services Typically, citations for electronic publications include at least five divisions: author, title of document, information about print publication, information about electronic publication, and access information. MAGAZINE ARTICLES FROM LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES Provide in this order, omitting what is not available or relevant: AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). "Title of the Article." Title of Magazine Day Month Year of Publication: page numbers. Title of Database. Name of Service. Subscribing Library, City, State Abbreviation. Day Month Year of access <URL of service's homepage>. SIRS Magazine Article Frick, Robert. "Investing in Medical Miracles." Kiplinger's Personal Finance Feb.1999: 80-87. accessed through SIRS Researcher. SIRS KnowledgeSource. GALILEO. Etowah High School Media GALILEO: Center, Woodstock, GA. 3 Oct. 2006 <http://www.galileo.usg.edu>. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Magazine Article: MAS Ultra Magazine Article accessed through GALILEO Wallis, Claudia. The Multi-Tasking Generation. Time 27 Mar. 2007: 48. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 3 Oct. 2006 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>. Smith, Arnold G. Physical Therapy Professionals. Career World 1 July 2005: 12-15. MAS Ultra. EBSCOhost. GALILEO. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 3 Dec. 2006 <http://www.galileo.usg.edu/>. SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES FROM LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES Provide in this order, omitting what is not available or relevant: AuthorLastName, First Name(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue-if-needed (Year or Date of Publication): page numbers or beginning page-. Title of Database. Name of the Service. Subscribing Library, City, State Abbreviation. Day Month Year of access <URL of database search page>. Academic Search Tucker, Patrick. Coal in the 21 st Century. Futurist 40.5 (Sep./Oct. 2006): 5-16. Academic Premier journal article Search Premier. EBSCOhost. GALILEO. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, accessed through GA. 3 Oct. 2006.<http://www.galileo.usg.edu>. GALILEO: For additional examples see MLA Handbook, 5.7.1 5.7.4 CURRENT BIOGRAPHY: REFERENCE DATABASE ARTICLES REPRODUCED FROM A PRINTED SOURCE Current Biography does not indicate authors. Begin the citation with the title of the article: Title of Article. Title of Original Source (Current Biography). Publisher, Year of Publication. Title of Database. Subscribing Library, City, State Abbreviation. Day Month Year of Access <URL of database search page>. "Gates, Bill." Current Biography. H. W. Wilson, 1991. Current Biography 1940-present. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 2 Dec. 2006 <http://hwwilsonweb.com/>. GEORGIA CAREER INFORMATION CENTER AND CAREER CRUISING: REFERENCE DATABASE ARTICLES NOT REPRODUCED FROM A PRINTED SOURCE Title of Article. Title of Database. Name of Subscription Service. Subscribing Library, City, State Abbreviation. Day Month Year of Access <URL of database search page>. "Occupations-Accountant." Georgia Career Information System. Georgia Career Information Center, Georgia State University. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 3 Dec. 2006 <http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/>. Biologist. Career Cruising. Anaca Technologies Ltd. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 28 Jan. 2008 <http://www.careercruising.com>. GROLIER ONLINE: AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). Title of Article. Title of Database. Name of Subscription Service. Subscribing Library, City, State Abbreviation. Day Month Year of Access <URL of database search page>. Tavolga, Margaret C. Dolphin. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 18 Jan. 2007 <http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/go/>. p. 3
THOMSON GALE DATABASES: REFERENCE DATABASE ARTICLES REPRODUCED FROM PRINTED SOURCES AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). Title of Article. Title of Book. Editor FirstName(s) LastName. Edition. Vol. #. Name of the Series. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Page numbers. Title of Database. Name of Subscription Service. Subscribing Library, City, State Abbreviation. Day Month Year of Access <URL of database search page>. MLA Rule 5.6.15: Tip: If using only one volume, state the number of the volume and page numbers. If using two or more volumes of a multivolume work, cite the total number of volumes and omit page numbers. Discovering Collection essay from the reference source Exploring Novels, online edition: Gale Virtual Reference Library article from reference work: Opposing Viewpoints Reference Center Viewpoint Article: Eller, Edward E. "Overview of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Exploring Novels. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 14 Jan. 2007 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=dc>. Kowalewski, Michael. "California Gold Rush." American History Through Literature 1820-1870. Eds. Janet Gabler-Hover and Robert Sattelmeyer. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 171-175. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Etowah High School Media Center, Woodstock, GA. 15 Jan. 2007 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=gvrl>. Farley, John E. An American Attack on Iraq Is Not Justified. Iraq. Ed. William Dudley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints Reference Center. Gale. Etowah High School Media Center. 20 Jan 2007 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/?db=ovrc>. PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE If you are retrieving material from a personal subscription service by entering a keyword, complete the citations by writing Keyword, with a colon and the word itself. If you use series of topic labels, write the word Path, with a colon, and specify the sequence of topics you followed. MLA Rule 5.9.7b Title of Article. Title of Database or Work. Editor. Version. Date of electronic publication or latest update. Title of Service. Day Month Year of access Keyword or Path:. America Online Keyword Table Tennis. Compton s Encyclopedia Online. Vers. 4.0. 2006. America Online. 12 Dec. Retrieval: 2006. Keyword: Compton s. America Online Path Retrieval: Cloning. BioTech s Life and Science Dictionary. 30 June 2005. Indiana U. America Online. 12 Dec. 2006. Path: Research and Learning; Science; Biology; Biotechnology Dictionary. Examples for Internet Resources: A DOCUMENT FROM AN INTERNET SITE Author of document. Title of document. Information about print publication. Title of the site. Editor. Version. Date of electronic publication or latest update. Sponsoring or Publishing Agency. Day Month Year of access <URL>. A magazine article on an Zeki, Semir. Artistic Creativity and the Brain. Science 6 July 2001: 51-52. Science Internet site: Magazine. 2002. Amer. Assn. for the Advancement of Science. 24 Sept. 2002 <http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/293/5527/51>. Tips: If author s name is unavailable, begin the entry with the title of the document. If the document gives information pertaining to a previous or simultaneous print publication, cite the information about the print document according to 5.6 for books and 5.7 for periodical articles. If no print publication is stated, cite only the electronic publication following the author s name and the document title. If an URL is long and complicated, give the URL of the site s search or home page. However, if using the home page, follow the URL with the word Path and a colon, and then specify the sequence of links. Use semicolons to separate the names of the links Ex: <http://www.smu.edu/arthuriana/>. Path: Abstracts; K-O. AN ENTIRE INTERNET SITE for entire Title of the site. Editor of the site, if given. Version number. Date of Electronic Publication, or online site: last update. Sponsoring institution or organization. Day Month Year of access <URL>. MLA Rule 5.9.2: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 2006. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15 Dec. 2006 <http://www.britannica.com/>. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. 2005. 5 Dec. 2006 <http://www.bartleby.com/>. p. 4
A PERSONAL HOME PAGE Lastname, Firstname(s) of creator. Title of Site or, if no title, Home Page. Day Month Year of last update, if given. Day Month Year of access <URL>. Lancashire, Ian. Home Page. 28 Nov. 2006. 15 Jan.2007 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/>. Examples for Online Books: AN ONLINE BOOK Entire online book: Part of an online book (Place the title of the part of the book between the author s name and the title of the book): Author s Lastname, Firstname. Title of work. Editor, compiler, or translator, if relevant. Publication information for the original print version, if given (e.g., city of publication, name of publisher, year of publication). Electronic publication information (e.g., title of Internet site, editor of site, version number, date of electronic publication, name of any sponsoring institution or organization). Month Day Year of access <URL>. Cinderella. New York: Wrigley, [c. 1800-25]. The Cinderella Project. Ed. Michael N. Salda. Vers. 1.1. Dec. 1997. De Grummond Children s Lit. Research Collection, U of Southern Mississippi. 15 Jan. 2007 <http://www.dept.usm.edu/~engdept/cinderella/cind2.html>. Keats, John. Ode on a Grecian Urn. Poetical Works. 1884. Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. 2002. 5 Jan. 2007 <http://www.bartleyby.com/126/41.htm>. p. 5