Bibliographies and Works Cited Lists

What’s the Difference? A Bibliography lists all the sources consulted in research for a specific essay. A Preliminary Bibliography or Working Bibliography lists all the sources the writer thinks s/he will be using in the essay A Works Cited lists all the works actually cited in the text of the essay. Both a Bibliography and Works Cited list are formatted in the same way.

Overall Format The title -- Bibliography or Works Cited -- is centered at the top of the page. It is not underlined, italicized or quoted. It should be the same font size as the rest of the citations. The citation list is double-spaced throughout. The citation list is alphabetized. If there is no author, the citation begins with the title of the work – quoted if an article or poem, underlined or italicized if a book. The first line of each citation is at the margin; subsequent lines should be indented about ten spaces.

Sample Citations: MLA FORMAT

A Book author title of book Bragg, Rick. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2000. subtitle of book city of publication publisher year of publication

Chapter in a Book Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy: author title of chapter Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy: Country Music and Pigs.” 1999. Rpt. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2000. 123-25. original publication date reprint title of book subtitle of book city publisher year of publication inclusive chapter pages

Article in a Multi-Volume Reference Work author title of work Larkin, Joan. "Frontiers of Language: Three Poets." 1974. Exc. in "Audre Lord.” Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 18. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Detroit: Gale Research, 1982. 307-08. excerpted title of article title of reference work original date volume editor city publisher year of publication inclusive pages of work

Article in a Journal Maxwell, Bill. “Angry Young Man.” Forum: author title of article name of journal Maxwell, Bill. “Angry Young Man.” Forum: The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council. XXII.2 (Summer 1999): 8-17. volume number date inclusive pages of article

Article in a Journal found in an Online Database author title of article Eder, Richard, "The Greatest Woman Poet Since Sappho." Los Angeles Times Book Review 18 Mar. 1990. 3+. Galenet: Literature Resource Center. LINCC. 10 Jan. 2004. name of journal date pages publisher database provider date accessed

Article found on an Internet Site author title of webpage date posted Lu Yanguang. "Madame Li." 1997.  Asia Pac: 100 Celebrated Chinese Women. Trans. Kate Foster. 10 Feb. 2000 < http://www.span.com.au/100women/18.html > . name of website translator date accessed URL: web address

Work in an Anthology original publication date author title of work title of book Whitman, Walt. “Osceola.” 1892. Florida in Poetry:. A History of the Imagination. Eds. Jane Anderson subtitle of book editors city Jones and Maurice O’Sullivan. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1995. 30-31. publisher year of publication inclusive pages of work

Poems from Online Sources McKay, Claude. “Spring in New Hampshire.” Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online. 2008. Columbia University Press. 22 May 2008. <http://www.columbiagrangers.org>. Rich, Adrienne. “Diving Into the Wreck.” 1973. Poet’s.Org. 2008. American Academy of Poets. 22 May 2008. < http://www.poets.org/ viewmedia.php/prmMID/15228 >.

Bios from Online Sources “Adrienne Rich.” Poet’s Org. 2008. Academy of American Poets. 22 May 2008. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/49> “Claude McKay (1889–1948)”. Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online. 2008. Columbia University Press. 22 May. 2008. <http://www.columbiagrangers.org>

Bibliography Bragg, Rick. “Country Club Meets the Enemy: Country Music and Pigs.” 1999. Rpt. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2000. 123-25. ______. Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 2000. Eder, Richard, "The Greatest Woman Poet Since Sappho." Los Angeles Times Book Review 18 Mar. 1990. 3+. Galenet: Literature Resource Center. LINCC. 10 Jan. 2004.

Larkin, Joan. "Frontiers of Language: Three Poets." 1974. Exc. in "Audre Lord.” Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 18. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Detroit: Gale Research, 1982. 307-08. Lu Yanguang. "Madame Li." 1997.  Asia Pac: 100 Celebrated Chinese Women. Trans. Kate Foster. 10 Feb. 2000 < http://www.span.com.au/100women/18.html > . Maxwell, Bill. “Angry Young Man.” Forum: The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council. XXII.2 (Summer 1999): 8-17.

Whitman, Walt. “Osceola.” 1892. Florida in Poetry: A History of the Imagination. Eds. Jane Anderson Jones and Maurice O’Sullivan. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1995. 30-31.

REMEMBER… The title -- Bibliography or Works Cited -- is centered at the top of the page. It is not underlined, italicized or quoted. It should be the same font size as the rest of the citations. The citation list is double-spaced throughout. The citation list is alphabetized. If there is no author, the citation begins with the title of the work – quoted if an article or poem, underlined or italicized if a book. The first line of each citation is at the margin; subsequent lines should be indented about ten spaces.

For Further Information Jane Jones’ Tools for Writing and Research: http://www.mccfl.edu/Faculty/Jonesj/Tools/tools.html Manatee Community College's Writing and Citing Help: http://www.mccfl.edu/pages/767.asp MLA Online: http://www.mla.org/ Using MLA Style from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html Color-coded MLA Citations from Long Island University: http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm Slate Citation Machine will help format sources automatically: http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php