1. MLA Rules for Works Cited

2. 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, Print.

3. 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, Print.

4. 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, Print.

5. 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): Web.

6. 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
<

7. Works Cited Page Alphabetize by beginning of Works Cited Entry:
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic Press, 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): Web.
Green, John, and David Levithan. Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
New York: Dutton, Print.
“Marfan Syndrome.” Britannica Online School Edition PreK-12.
Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 18 Jan
Waters, Fiona, ed. Poems from Many Cultures. London: Evans
Brothers, Print.

8. Resources
OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab