MLA Works Cited Quick Reference Guide
Books
Book With One Author
Last Name, First Name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium of Publication. Example: Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print. Book With Two Authors Example: Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. Book With No Author Example: Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993. Print. Essay, Chapter, Poem, or Short Story Last Name, First Name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page Range of Entry. Medium of Publication. Example: Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems. Ed. Philip Smith. New York: Dover, 1995. 26. Print. Article in a Reference Book (e.g. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries) Example: "Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print. For a more detailed MLA Formatting and Style Guide or to check Works Cited examples not listed above, go to Purdue's Online Writing Lab.
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Electronic
** Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.
Citing an Entire Web Site Editor, Author, or Compiler Name (if available). Name of Site. Version Number. Name of Institution/Organization Affiliated with the Site (Sponsor or Publisher), Date of Resource Creation (if available). Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006. A Page on a Web Site Example: Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, 25 September 2014. Web. 6 July 2015. An Image Artist's Name. Work of Art. Date of Creation. Housing Institution, City. Name of Web Site. Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006. Article From a Database (or Other Electronic Subscription Service) Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: Pages. Title of Database. Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. "Nature's Rotary Electromotors." Science 29 Apr. 2005: 642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009. Printable Style Guideline Overview Sheets
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