MLA SOURCE FORMAT

FIRST Question:
Are you writing a source from I. PAPER, II. TV/VIDEO/CD/INTERVIEW or III.ONLINE (Website, email, ebook, etc)?

General RULES for WORKS CITED:

1) All Entries on Work Cited page are together (not separated into sections of books, webpages, etc) and in alphabetical order (by author last name – if no author, then by first letter of title).  DO NOT NUMBER the entries.

2) Every line for a source in a work cited page AFTER the first line is indented 8 spaces.

3) ON WORK CITED PAGE: If multiple authors, the primary author is listed in Works Cited page with Last Name, First Name.  All other authors are listed (after commas) first name<space>last name

ON CITATION:  Only list the last name of the PRIMARY author (the author listed lastname, firstname) in a citation. DO NOT include FIRST NAME or MULTIPLE AUTHORS.

 

4) TITLE of a book or ebook is underlined.  Name of magazine, newspaper or journal is underlined.  A live event (like a Sports game) is underlined. Title of article on a webpage, magazine, newspaper is in QUOTES.  If Webpage name, but no title or author (for example Something Awful Homepage), neither underline nor in quotes.

5) IF two articles, webpages, or books by same author: in citation, instead of last name, for 2nd book use title or title of webpage or article.

 

I. If SOURCE IS ON PAPER:

1)Is it Standard book with only one author?

     On Works Cited Page:

Hawn, Candy.  Secrets of the Pyramids. London: St

         Maartin's Press, 1997.     

In your paper as Citation

               (Hawn 63)

2) Is it Standard Magazine article that has a title, with only one author?:

On Works Cited Page:

Barten, Millie.  "No More Hopelessness."  Psychology Journal of America.

        Aug 2001: 12-20.

    In your paper as Citation

               (Barten 49)

3)Is it Standard book with two authors?

     On Works Cited Page:

Regal, Dennis, and Bill Usher. Gardens of the Mind.

       New York: Penguin, 1997.

    In your paper as Citation:     (Regal 11)

4)Is it Standard book with FOUR or more authors?

     On Works Cited Page:

Sternheim, Bob, et al. Mesmerism. New York: Facto Press, 1991.     

In your paper as Citation

               (Sternheim 28)

 

3) FOR OTHER TYPES OF PAPER SOURCES (journals, newspapers, encyclopedia, interview in a magazine, etc) and non-standard books and magazines (book by an organization, no title, the preface, part of collection, etc):

 

II. If SOURCE IS TV, Video, Interview, or on a CD:

1)Is it a video or DVD?

     On Works Cited Page:

Tsukamoto, Shinya, Dir.  Tetsuo.  DVD.  1998   

In your paper as Citation

               (Tsukamoto) or (Tetsuo DVD)

2) Is it an interview you conducted with someone?:

On Works Cited Page:

Clinton, Bill.  Phone interviewed by [your name here].  28 Mar. 2003   

In your paper as Citation

               (Clinton Interview)

3)Is it a TV broadcast (show or news etc)?

     On Works Cited Page:

"Condom Distribution Does Not Increase Sexual Activity." 

      Newsnight. NBC. 28 March 2004. Broadcast News

    In your paper as Citation

               (“Condom Distribution”)

4)Is it a LIVE performance or game (eg sports)?

     On Works Cited Page:

Diamondbacks Baseball Game.  Phoenix, Arizona: Bank one

       Ballpark. 9 Aug. 2002. 

    In your paper as Citation

               (Diamondbacks Game Aug 9 02)

 

4) FOR a Encylopedia on CD, for a research CD, etc:  GOTO http://www.newclassroom.com/mla.htm
III. If SOURCE IS ONLINE/USING THE INTERNET:

 

1)Is it standard website with author name and title?

     On Works Cited Page:

Daly, Bill. “Writing Argumentative Essays.” 1997. 28 March

        2004. <http://www.eslplanet.com/teachertools/

        argueweb/frntpage.htm>.   

In your paper as Citation

               (Daly)

2)Is it a standard website with title BUT no author name?

     On Works Cited Page:

“Victorian Women Writers Project.” Apr. 1997. 28 Mar. 2004.
        <http://www.indiana.edu/!letrs/wwwp/>.

    In your paper as Citation

               (“Victorian Women Project”)

 

 

3)Is it a standard website with no author or title?

     On Works Cited Page:

Something Awful Home Page. 28 March 2004.

        <http://www.yale.edu/~stewart/>.    

 In your paper as Citation

               (“Something Awful website”)

4) is it an online journal or magazine or newspaper with no author?

     On Works Cited Page:

"Scientists Fear Major Quake in Uttar Pradesh Hills." Times of India

              1 September 1998. 28 March 2004  <http://www.timesofindia.com/

              today/01indi4.htm>.     
In your paper as Citation

               (“Scientists Fear” 12) or (“Scientists Fear”)

 

 

5) is it an online journal or magazine or newspaper WITH author?

     On Works Cited Page:

Inada, Kenneth. "A Buddhist Response to the Nature of

       Human Rights." Journal of Buddhist Ethics 2 (1995): 9

       pars.  28 March 2004 <http://jbe.la.psu.edu/>.

 

In your paper as Citation

               (Inada 22) or (Inada)

6) is it an article on an online database?

     On Works Cited Page:

McKinley, Jesse. "Bio What? A Diversity of Opinion." New York Times

           (5 June 1998): 7 pars. Lexis-Nexis. Phoenix College Library.

           28 March 2004. <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>.     

In your paper as Citation

               (McKinley 23) or (McKinley)

 

 

7) is it an article on an online database with a full text article like in Phx college database?

     On Works Cited Page:

Bleich, Eric. "From International Ideas to Domestic Policies:

       Educational Multiculturalism in England and France."

       Comparative Politics 31.1 (Oct. 1998): 81-90.

       NewsBank.  Phoenix College library. 28 March 2004.

       <http://myriad.middlebury.edu/verify-iac>.

    In your paper as Citation

               (Bleich 88) or (Bleich)

8) Parts of ONLINE  collection of stories or Anthology where collection has editor   
 On Works Cited Page:

Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Women: With Strictures
        on Political and Moral Subjects. London, 1792. Project Bartleby. Ed.
        Steven van Leeuwen. Columbia U. 3 May 1997. 28 March 2004.

        <http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/wollenstonecraft>.

 

    In your paper as Citation

               (Wollstonecraft 23) or (Wollstonecraft)

 

 

9) Parts of Online collection of stories or anthology (NO editor)   
 On Works Cited Page:

Pereira, Edimilson de Almeida. "Survey of African-

       Braziliann Literature." Callaloo 18.4 (1995): 875-80.
       28 March 2004 <http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/callaloo/

       v018/18.4de_almeida-pereira9.html>.

    In your paper as Citation

               (Pereira 876) or (Pereira)

10) is it an online Ebook?

     On Works Cited Page:

Keats, John. "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Poetical Works Ebook. Dec. 1995.

        28 March 2004.  <http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/keats/>.

    In your paper as Citation

               (Keats Ebook) or (Keats) or (Keats 28)

 

 

11) Encyclopedia Online

On Works Cited Page:

"Fresco." Britannica Online. Vers. 97.1.1. Mar. 1997.

        Encyclopedia Britannica. 28 March 2004.

        <http://www.eb.com/180>.

    In your paper as Citation

               (“Fresco”) or (“Britannica Online”)

 

 

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