MLA Documentation Formatting and Using Works Cited Entries MLA Seventh Edition

MLA Works Cited - Books MLA documentation for books on the Works Cited page includes: 1.Author, Last Name First 2.Title of the Book – Italicized 3.City: 4.Publisher, 5.Date 6.Medium of Publication

Book One Author The entry looks like this: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Medium. Sterling, Bruce. Shaping Things. Cambridge: MIT P, Print.

Book with Two or Three Authors The second and third authors’ names appear in normal order. Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R. Sorensen. The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, Austin: U of Texas P, Print.

Book with Four or More Authors Use the phrase et al. (and others) in place of the additional authors. North, Stephen M., et al. Refiguring the PhD in English Studies. Urbana: NCTE, Print.

Corporate Author The corporate author appears where the human author’s name would be. American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York: Random, Print.

Books with Editors When you cite the editor’s work, the name appears where the author’s name would be: Bowers, Fredson, ed. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. By Stephen Crane Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, Print.

Books with Editors – cont. When the author’s work is being cited, the names change places: Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, Print.

Books – Final Notes Any use of a book has to be documented in the Works Cited entries. All questions about books which cannot be answered from samples in the handbook, check the MLA Handbook for Writers of Theses and Dissertations, 7 th Edition. These are NOT entries for online books but are for hard copies only.

Articles in Magazines and Journals Articles begin with the author’s name, last name first. The “Article Name.” is in Quotes. The Title of the Book or Journal is italicized. Dates appear in Day, Month, Year format. Journals use Volume and Issue Numbers with date in ().

Articles – Cont. Page Numbers follow the Date. Medium follows the Page Numbers. NO URL ADDRESSES are used in Web media entries in MLA 7 th Ed. (Change from earlier editions of MLA) Date Accessed follows “Web” designation for online entries.

Articles - Samples Journal Article: Bhabha, Jacqueline. “The Child – What Sort of Human?” PMLA (2006) Print. Magazine Article: Toobin, Jeffrey. “Crackdown.” New Yorker 5 Nov. 2001: Print.

Articles Encyclopedia Article: Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15 th ed Print.

Articles Newspaper: Gietersloh, M.K. “2 Want to Fill County Clerk Job.” Pantagraph [Bloomington] 8 Dec. 2003: A8. Print. Article with unknown Author: “Democratic Candidates Debate Iraq War.” Austin American-Statesman. 19 Jan. 2004: A6. Print.

Articles – Online Sources Online sources are designated with the Web media tag, followed by the access date. An article in a database: Stein, Rob. “Social Networks’ Sway May be Underestimated.” The Washington Post. 26 May 2008, suburban ed.: A6. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 30 March 2009.

Online Articles and Databases Web Publication: Lenkowsky, Leslie. “Big Philanthropy.” Wilson Quarterly. Woodrow Wilson Center, Winter Web. 7 Jan Newspaper Online: Brown, Patricia Leigh. “Australia in Sonoma.” New York Times. New York Times, 5 July Web. 3 Aug

Additional Media Tags Print – all printed (hard) copies of sources Web – all internet sources, online databases, websites, etc. CD – all sources on Compact Disc DVD – Video Disc sources Television – broadcast or cable Performance – live entertainment see handbook for additional types see handbook for additional types

MLA Format These entries are for Works Cited pages in your papers. Check formatting against the samples in the Little Penguin Handbook Online. Questions about formatting a different documentation style, check the Studio or the library electronic resources.