MLA Rules for Works Cited
Book with One Author Author Last name, First name. Title of Book. Location of Publisher: Publisher, Copyright Date. Media. Example: Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic Press, 2009. Print.
Book with Two Authors Author Last name, First name, and Second Author First name Last name Example: Green, John, and David Levithan. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. New York: Dutton, 2010. Print.
Book with Editor Last name, First name, ed. Title of Book. Location of Publisher: Publisher, Copyright Date. Media. Example: Waters, Fiona, ed. Poems from Many Cultures. London: Evans Brothers, 2001. Print.
Periodical (Magazine or Journal) Author Last name, First name. “Name of Article.” Name of Periodical. Volume. Issue (Year): Pages. Media. Example: Goldberg, Roy. “Sound-Alike Syndromes: First Report of Morvan’s and Not Marfan’s, Syndrome.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56.4 (2008): 774-776. Web.
Internet Website Author Last name, First name. “Article name.” Title of Website. Publisher. Media. Date of access. <URL (Optional)> Example: “Marfan Syndrome.” Britannica Online School Edition PreK-12. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 18 Jan. 2010. <http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9050845?query=marfan%20syndrome&ct=>
Works Cited Page Alphabetize by beginning of Works Cited Entry: Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic Press, 2009. Print. Goldberg, Roy. “Sound-Alike Syndromes: First Report of Morvan’s and Not Marfan’s, Syndrome.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 56.4 (2008): 774-776. Web. Green, John, and David Levithan. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. New York: Dutton, 2010. Print. “Marfan Syndrome.” Britannica Online School Edition PreK-12. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 18 Jan. 2010. Waters, Fiona, ed. Poems from Many Cultures. London: Evans Brothers, 2001. Print.
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