MLA Citation Format
MLA FORMAT
FOR BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES
Book Entries - Periodical Entries - Encyclopedias - Electronic and Online Resources
Book Entries
 Author(s). Book Title.
City of Publication: Publisher, most recent copyright year.
Book by One Author
Handy, Charles.
The Age of Unreason.
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
Book by Two or Three Authors
Lawrence, Jerome, and
Robert Lee. Inherit the
Wind.
Toronto: Bantam Publishing Co., 1955.
Book by More than Three Authors
Hastings, Marie et
al. Biogenetics.
Berkeley: Univ. of
California Press: 1985.
Book by a Corporate Author
American Diabetes
Association. Living with
Diabetes. New York: Random House, 1994.
Spacing Entries
While these examples are single-spaced, in your paper you must
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An Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterward
Epstein, E.L.
Afterward. Lord
of the Flies. By
William Golding. n.p.:
Putnam, 1954. 185-190. A Translation
Derrida, Jacques.
The Gift of Death. Trans.
David Wills. Chicago:
Univ. of Chicago Press, 1995.
A Pamphlet
FDA.
Check the Date: Dangers of Expired Prescription Drugs.
New York: FDA,
2001.
Entire Edited Anthology or Collection
Wieder, Jason ed.
Letters of the Civil War Era.
2 vols. Athens:
Univ. of Georgia Press, 1993. Abbreviations for Missing Information
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No place of publication |
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No publisher |
| n.d. |
No date of publication |
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No pages |
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Article, Story, or Essay in an Anthology or
Reference Book
Author(s). “Article, Story, or Essay Title.”
Title of Anthology. Name
of the Translator, Editor, or Compiler of the anthology.
State: Anthology
Publisher, date. page
numbers of cited piece.
Toelken,
Barre.
“Life and Death in the Navajo Coyote Tales.”
Recovering the Word: Essays
on Native American Literature.
Eds. Brian Swann
and Arnold Krupat. Berkeley:
Univ. of
California Press, 1990.
388-401.
Previously Published Scholarly Article in a
Collection
Author(s). “Article Title.” Title of Original
Publication. [Original
publication citation]. Rpt. in Title of Current Publication.
Editor’s Name. [Current
publication citation]. pages.
Shield, Tamara.
“Feminist View of Jane Austen.”
British Authors 24 (1984): 232-38.
Rpt. in
Twentieth Century Literary
Criticism. Vol. 25. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1988. 399-402.
Periodical Entries
Author(s). “Article Title.” Periodical Title.
Date: Inclusive pages. 
Magazine Article
Martinez, Rachelle P.
“What Can Be Done?” Newsweek.
21 Mar.
1988: 57-58. Newspaper Article
Smith, Bernard.
“Earthquake Country.” San
Diego Union Tribune. 9
Sept. 1996, final ed.:
A1+. Scholarly Journal Article
Author(s). “Article Title.” Periodical Title. Volume
# (Year): Inclusive pages.
Draner,
Marcena.
“Electronic Poetry.”
Computers
and the Humanities. 29 (1992): 416-25.
Encyclopedias
Author(s). “Article Title.” Encyclopedia Title, edition. Horst, Joanna.
“Ellison, Ralph.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 1992 ed.
“China.”
World Book Encyclopedia, 1995 ed.
If no author is given, begin with the title of the page or article
and use a shortened form of the title for parenthetical citations. If
any other information is missing (for example, date of last update or
revision), simply leave it out and go on to the next item of
information.
When citing a print source also found online, you must first give all
the citation information for the print source and then add the online
source information. Personal Website or Homepage
Author(s). Home page. Date of posting/revision.
Name of sponsoring institution or organization.
Date of access
<electronic address or URL>. Hylton, Jeremy. Home page. 13 May 2002 <http://www.python.org/~jeremy/>;.
Professional or Corporate Website
Author(s). Name of Page. Date of posting/revision.
Name of sponsoring institution or organization. Date of access
<electronic address or URL>.
Gray, Terry. Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet.
6 May 2002. Palomar College. 13
May 2002 <http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm>;.
Article or Page on a Website
Author(s). “Title of Article or Page.” Name of Web Site. Date of
last update or revision. Name of sponsoring institution or organization. Date of access <electronic
address or URL>.
Mabillard, Amanda. "Shakespeare of Stratford."
Shakespeare Online. 4 April 2002. 13
May
2002 <http://www.shakespeare-online.com>;. “Ranch-Raised Fur: Captive Cruelty.” PETA Factsheets. People for
the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA). 13 May 2002 <http://www.peta-online.org/
mc/facts/fswild3.html>. Article in an Online Magazine
Author(s). “Title of Article or Page.” Name of Magazine or
Journal. Date of publication. Date of access <electronic address or
URL>. Huang, Greg and Sage Stossel. “Flashbacks: The Public and Private
Worlds of Charles
Dickens.” The Atlantic Unbound. 26 April 2002: 13
May 2002
<http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/dickens.htm>;. Article in an Online Scholarly Journal
Author(s). “Title of Article or Page.” Name of Magazine or
Journal. Volume#:Issue# (Year of publication). Date of access
<electronic address or URL>.
Rosenthal, Steven R., et al. “Developing New Smallpox Vaccines.”
Emerging Infectious
Diseases (EID). 7:6(2001). 13 May 2002
<http://www. cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol7no6/
rosenthal.htm>.
Article in an Online Database or Encyclopedia
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Database. Date of last
update or revision. Date of access
<electronic address or URL>. Kastan, David Scott. "Shakespeare,
William". Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia. 13
May 2002
<http://encarta.msn.com>;.
Magazine or Newspaper Article
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine or Newspaper.
Day Month Year. Page(s). Name of Database. Date of last update or
revision. Date of access <electronic address or URL>. Hobson, Katherine. “Mind
versus Face.” U.S. News & World Report. 1 April 2002. 61. Gale
Group Student Resource Center. 23 May 2002 <http://www.galenet.com>;.
“Bush Presses For Cloning Ban.” Los Angeles Times. 11 April 2002.
A-17. Gale Group
Student Resource Center. 23 May 2002 <http://www.galenet.
com>.
Scholarly Journal Article
Author(s). “Title of Article or Page.” Name of Magazine or
Journal. Volume#:Issue# (Year of
publication). Name of Database. Date of
Access <electronic address or URL>.<o:p>
</o:p>
Larkin, Marilynn. “St John's Wort not Effective for Major
Depression.” The Lancet.
359:9314(2002). Gale Group Student Resource
Center. 23 May 2002
<http://www.galenet.com>;.
E-mail
Author. “Subject of E-mail.” E-mail to [name of recipient]. Date
of e-mail. Sullivan, Peter. “Re: Homeless Shelters.” E-mail to Justin Price.
7 April 2002. E-text
Author(s). Name of Text. City: Publisher, Year. Name of Web Site.
Date of last update or
revision. Name of sponsoring institution or
organization. Date of Access <electronic
address>.
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare.
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. 13 May 2002 <http://classics.mit.edu/
Shakespeare/romeo_juliet/index.html>.
Poe, E.A. “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
The Short-Story:
Specimens Illustrating Its
Development. Ed. Brander Matthews. New York:
American Book Company, 1907. The
Bartleby Project. 13 May 2002
<http://www.bartleby.com/195/10.html>;.
CD-ROM
Author, if given. “Title of article.” Title of CD-ROM. Edition,
release, or version. Publication medium (CD-ROM, diskette). City of
Publication: Publisher’s Name, year of publication.
Moulton, Gary E. “Lewis, Meriwether.” Information
Finder. 1995.
CD-ROM. Chicago:
World Book, 1995.
Film, radio, or TV program
“Title of the Episode or Segment.” Narrator. Writer. Producer.
Title of the Program or Series. Name of the network Call letters and
city of the local station. Broadcast date.
The First Americans. Narr. Hugh Downs.
Writ. and prod. Craig Haffner.
NBC News
Special. KNSD.
San Diego. 6 April 1994. Audio recording
Author or performer. Title of Song. Title of Recording.
Performance group, conductor and soloists (classical
recordings).Publisher or Record Label, Year.
Lennon, John, and Paul McCartney. Come Together.
Abbey Road. EMI
Records, 1987.
Handel, Georg Friedrich. “Suite No. 1 F Major.”
Water Music
Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 3
London Festival Orchestra. Cond.
Ross Pople. Arte Nova, 1995.
Film or video recording
Title. Director. Performers. Format (Videocassette, DVD). Studio or
Publisher, Year.
Gone with the Wind. Dir. David O. Selznick. Perf. Clark Gable, Vivien
Leigh, Leslie Howard,
Olivia de Haviland. DVD. MGM, 1939. Work of art
Artist. Title of Artwork. Name of Museum, City.
DaVinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. The Louvre, Paris. Interview (conducted by you)Name of person interviewed. Type of interview (Personal Interview,
Telephone Interview). Day Month Year.
Gates, Bill. Telephone Interview. 4 Dec. 1999.
Lecture or speech
Speaker’s name. “Title of Speech” (or use a label such as
Lecture, Address, or Speech). Occasion name or Conference Title.
Location, City. Day Month Year.
Sanchez, Jill. “The Jazz Age.” Class lecture. Rancho Bernardo
High School, San Diego.
Nov. 1996.
Nebraska City Public Schools
and
Educational Service Unit #4, Auburn, Nebraska
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