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For further information, consult the MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 808.02 G53
(recent edition at the Reserve Desk)
The numbers next to each example below refer to the applicable MLA rule.
BOOKS
General format:
Author’s last name, first name. Title of Book.
City of publication:
Publisher, date of publication.
One author 4.6.1:
Innes, Jocasta. Painting Furniture: A How-to Guide to an Ancient
Craft. New York: Pantheon Books, 1991.
Two or three authors 4.6.4:
Stern, Nancy and Robert A. Stern. Computing in the Information
Age. New
York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
More than three authors 4.6.4:
Callahan, Michael T. et al. Discovery in Construction Litigation.
Charlottesville: Michie Company, 1994.
Editor 4.6.2:
Gesner, George, ed. Anthology of American Poetry. New York:
Avenel
Books, 1983.
ARTICLES FROM REFERENCE WORKS
General Format:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of Article."
Title of Book. City of
publication:
Publisher, date of publication.
Encyclopedia 4.6.8:
Posner, Ernst. "Archives." Encyclopedia Americana. Danbury:
Grolier, 1999.
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary
Criticism and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Full article 4.6.7:
"T. Coraghessan Boyle." Contemporary Literary Criticism.
Volume 90. Ed. Jeff Chapman, et al. Detroit: Gale, 1996.
Direct quotes:
Cite the original book or article and then the source used.
If the original work is a book:
Winters, Yvor. The Post-Symbolist Methods (Allan Swallow,
1967);
excerpted and
reprinted in Contemporary Literary
Criticism, Vol. 85. Ed. Christopher
Giroux. Detroit: Gale, 1995.
If the original work is an article:
Dyer, Geoff. "A Collision with History." New Statesman
& Society
26 Aug. 1988: 36;
excerpted and reprinted in Contemporary
Literary Criticism, Vol.
90. Ed. Jeff Chapman, et al. Detroit:
Gale, 1996.
ARTICLES
General format 4.7.1:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of Article."
Journal Title date:
pages.
One author 4.7.2:
Bylinsky, Gene. "Using Hot Rocks to Generate Energy."
Fortune 28
Dec. 1992: 89.
Two Authors 4.7.2:
Chisholm, Patricia and Barbara Wickens. "Sick of Work: Finding
Out why Some Offices
Make People Ill." Maclean’s 19 April 1993:
42-8.
Newspaper 4.7.5 :
Holmes, Steven A. "Clinton tells Hispanic Group it Must Combat
Urban Crime."
New York Times 22 Nov. 1993, late ed.: A5.
NON-PRINT RESOURCES
CD-ROM Publications 4.9.5:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of Article."
Database. CD-
ROM. City of Publication: Publisher, Date.
"Adobe Wall Construction." Architectural Graphic Standards.
CD-
ROM. New
York: John Wiley, 1996.
Zimmerman, John R. and Donald L. Anglin. "Gear Train."
Mc-Graw
Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. CD-ROM. New
York: Mc-Graw
Hill, 1995.
Interview 4.8.7:
Name. Type of interview. Date of interview.
Gorham, Thomas. Telephone interview. 1 June 1999.
Videotape 4.8.3:
Title. Director. Major performers. Distributor, copyright date.
Driving Miss Daisy. Dir. Bruce Beresford. Perf. Morgan Freeman,
Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd. Warner Brothers, 1989.
Sculpture, painting, photographs and art
Artist's Name. Name of Piece. Year of creation. Museum
Name,
Location of Museum.
Include the artist's name, the year the work was
created, and the institution (e.g., a gallery or museum)
that houses it, followed by the city where it is
located.
Goya, Francisco. The Family
of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
If you're referring to a photographic reproduction,
include the information as above, but also include the
bibliographic information for the source in which the
photograph appears, including a page or other reference
number (plate, figure, etc.). For example:
Goya, Francisco. The Family
of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Gardener's Art Through the Ages. 10th ed. By
Richard G. Tansey and Fred S. Kleiner. Fort Worth:
Harcourt Brace. 939.
WORLD WIDE WEB
To cite an electronic source, you should include as many of the following
as you have:
- Author, editor, etc
- Article title
- Page Title
- Database or project title
- Publication media
- Version number
- Date of Last Update
- Name of the service
- Subscribing library
- Date of your visit
- URL
Web Pages 4.9.2:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of page you are
using." Title of
Main Page. Date of last update. Date page viewed.
<URL>.
Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, and Ray E. Stanford, Coordinators.
"Butterflies
of North America." Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center
Home Page.
Version 23 Feb. 2001. 5 April 2001.
<http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/
bflyusa.htm>.
Personal homepage 4.9.2c:
Smith, John. Home page. 28 April 1999 <http://www.public.wit.edu/
student/smith>.
Articles from Online Databases 4.9.4:
Author’s last name, first name. "Title of Article."
Source. Date of
Publication:
page. Database. Library information. Date of
Access. <URL>.
"Asthma." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Wentworth Institute
of
Technology
Alumni Lib., Boston, MA. 28 Nov. 2000.
<http://search.eb.com>.
Johnson, Stephen S. "Round Up the Usual Suspects." Forbes
22
Jan. 1996: 96(1).
Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Wentworth
Institute of Technology Alumni Lib. Boston 29 July 1996.
<http://find.galegroup.com>.
Flint, Anthony. "Many Colleges Wary of Consolidation but 5
Fenway
Institutions
Hope Joint Venture will Expand Opportunities."
Boston Globe
30 March
1996: 20. Boston Globe. Proquest.
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Alumni Lib., Boston. 8 Jan
2008.
<http://proquest.umi.com/>.
PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION
Notes in the text have replaced footnotes. Notes are either part of
the sentence or set off by parentheses. Clearly identify the source
and give complete information in your bibliography. For example:
Stern has found that computers are simplifying tasks
in offices
(174).
In the above example,
Stern is the author and 174 is the page number where this information
is found.
"Research involving drilling towards the earth’s core
has begun" (Bylinsky 89).
In the above example, Bylinsky is the author and 89 is the page number where this quote
is found.
Please consult the MLA Handbook for additional information.
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