Everything You Need To Know MLA Citations Everything You Need To Know

Works Cited Page Is last page of paper, and is paginated like one (does not count for your page minimum, however). The words “Works Cited” appear centered at the top of the page. Entries are alphabetized by author’s last name.

Your Life Is Easy! Your works cited will only have one of three types of entries: Books Essays from anthologies Articles From Databases

Citing A Novel or Book Author LN, FN. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Print. Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. Boston: Bantam, 1975. Print.

Citing A Work in an Anthology Author LN, FN. “Title of Article.” Title of Anthology. Editor. City: Publisher, Year. Pg#s. Print. Kempf, Rachel. “Mice, Men, and Dreams.” Interpretations of Steinbeck. Ed. Harold Bloom. Baltimore: Random House, 2006. 21-32. Print. More than one editor? Simple: Kempf, Rachel. “Mice, Men, and Dreams.” Interpretations of Steinbeck. Eds. Harold Bloom and Karen Kohler. Baltimore: Random House, 2006. 21-32. Print. More than three editors? Simple: Kempf, Rachel. “Mice, Men, and Dreams.” Interpretations of Steinbeck. Eds. Harold Bloom et al. Baltimore: Random House, 2006. 21-32. Print.

Citing A Work From A Database (such as Jstor or Literature Resource Center) Author LN, FN. “Title of Article.” Name of Journal. Volume.Issue. (Year Published): Pages. Name of Database. Web. Date of Access. Smith, John. “Race and Racism in Huck Finn.” Modern English. 50.1. (2007): 173-196. Jstor. Web. 27 May 2009.

Other Sources? Some of you have other types of sources that are not discussed here. MLA has specific requirements for every type of source. See me during a free period so we can find how to cite yours, or borrow one of the MLA books from the library.

Practice: View the Works Cited Page you are given In small groups, identify all the mistakes.