1. MLA WORKS CITED © 2002 UWF Writing Lab Information from MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7 th edition. New York: MLAA, 2009. Designed by Chris Bui and Tina Blaas Revised by Savanna Richter 2010

2. While parenthetical documentation usually includes the author and page number of the source, the full bibliographical entry of the source must appear on the Works Cited page. Defined

3. The Works Cited page is the last page of the paper. It includes all secondary sources cited. If a reference was consulted but not cited in the paper, do not include it in the Works Cited page.

4. Format Center “Works Cited” at the top of the page and begin entries on the following line. List reference entries alphabetically according to author. If the author’s name is unavailable, list entries by title.

5. The first line of each entry is flush with the left margin. Any subsequent lines of each entry are indented (also known as a hanging indent).

7. A typical entry includes the following: Author’s Last Name and First Name separated by a comma Title of Work City of Publication Publisher and Year of Publication separated by a comma

8. A period generally separates each field and always ends the entry. A colon separates the City of Publication and Publisher fields.

9. Author’s Last name, First name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example: Tatar, Maria. Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1992. Print. Book

10. If the book has an editor or translator, include it after the title. Include Ed. for editor or Trans. for translator before the name. Example: Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. Ed. Claudia Johnson. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.

11. Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Work.” Title of Book. Editor. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Page Numbers. Medium. Example: More, Hannah. “The Black Slave Trade: A Poem.” British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 472-82. Print. Short Story, Poem, or Essay in a Book

12. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume number. Issue number (Year of publication): Page Numbers. Medium. Example: Williams, Linda. “Of Kisses and Ellipses: The Long Adolescence of American Movies.” Critical Inquiry 32.2 (2006): 288-340. Print. Article in a Scholarly Journal

13. Note that there is not a period between the Title of Journal field and the Volume and Issue Number field. The issue number may be a month or a season (Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter).

14. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper Date, Edition: Page Numbers. Medium. Example: Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+. Print. Article in a Newspaper

15. Note that most longer newspapers articles are not printed on consecutive pages. In that case, list only the first page followed by a plus sign (+).

16. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Date: Page Numbers. Medium. Example: McEvoy, Dermot. “Little Books, Big Success.” Publishers Weekly 30 Oct. 2006: 26-28. Print. Article in a Magazine

17. If a multiple-page article is not printed on consecutive pages, then list only the first page followed by a plus sign (+).

18. Entries for Miscellaneous Sources

19. An entry for a television or radio program includes the title of the episode or segment, title of the program or series, name of the network, call letters and city of the local station, broadcast date, and the medium of reception. Information relating to a particular episode follows the title of the episode, while information pertinent to a series follows the title of the series.

20. Example: “Death and Society.” narr. Joanne Silberner. Weekend Edition Sunday. Natl. Public Radio. WUWM, Milwaukee, 25 Jan. 1998. Radio. Wadey, Maggie, adapt. “The Buccaneers.” By Edith Wharton. Perf. Mira Sorvino, Alison Elliott, and Carla Gugino. 3 episodes. Masterpiece Theatre. Introd. Russell Baker. PBS. WGBH, Boston, 27 Apr. – 11 May 1997. Television. If citing a specific person associated with the work, begin the entry with that person’s name:

21. An entry for a film includes the title, director, distributor, year of release, and the medium consulted. Any additional information, such as a performer, writer, producer, etc. may be included after the title of the film.

22. Example: It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946. Film. Chaplin, Charles, dir. Modern Times. Perf. Chaplin and Paulett Goddard. United Artists, 1936. Film. If citing a specific person associated with the work, then begin the entry with the name of the person:

23. An entry for a work of visual art, including sculptures, paintings, and photographs, includes the artist, the title, the date of composition, the name of the institution or person who owns the work, and city.

24. Example: Perutz, Dolly Hellman. Bird Flying Machine. 1973. Bronze. Central Park, New York. Eakins, Thomas. Spinning. 1881. Private collection. Thomas Eakins. Ed. Darrel Sewell. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in assn. with Yale UP, 2001. Plate 91. Print. If you cite a reproduction of a painting, sculpture, or photograph, state not only the institution or private owner and the city but also the complete publication information for the source in which the reproduction appears:

25. An entry for a personal interview includes the name of the person interviewed, title, interviewer’s name, appropriate bibliographic information: Wiesel, Elie. Interview with Ted Koppel. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18 Apr. 2002. Television. Reed, Ishmael. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 2007.

26. Alter, Robert, and Marilynne Robinson. “The Psalms: A Reading and Conversation.” 92 nd Street Y, New York. 17 Dec. 2007. Reading. An entry for a speech or lecture includes the name of the speaker, the title of the presentation if applicable, the meeting and sponsoring organization if applicable, the location, the date, and the form of delivery:

27. For two or more works by the same author, give the author’s name in the first entry only. Then replace the author’s name with three hyphens (---) for the other entries with the same author. Alphabetize the entries by the title.

28. Example Borroff, Marie. Language and the Poet: Verbal Artistry in Frost, Stevens, and Moore. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1979. Print. ---, trans. Pearl. New York: Norton, 1977. Print. ---. “Sound Symbolism as Drama in the Poetry of Robert Frost.” PMLA 107.1 (1992): 131-44. JSTOR. Web. 13 May 2008.

29. Things to remember…

30. Any fields that are not available may be skipped. A period always ends each entry. Titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, television shows, and movies are underlined or italicized. Put titles of poems, short stories, articles, and episodes or segments within television shows in quotation marks.

31. For any questions on how to cite these or other sources, please refer to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or call or stop by the UWF Writing Lab