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 Works Cited Guide - MLA Format (7th Ed.)

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General Overview of MLA Format for a Research Paper (7th Ed.)

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Single or multiple authors, editors, & no known author
Books
Collections of Work Anthologies, etc. (i.e.: The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries  Common and specialized (i.e.: Culture Grams)
Electronic Sources Websites, online databases (i.e.: Student Resource Center Gold)
Footnotes & Endnotes  Examples provided in MLA style
Parenthetical References Examples provided in MLA style
Periodicals Magazines, newspapers, etc. (i.e.: New York Times Upfront )
Programs (print & non-print) Radio and television broadcasts, films, etc. 
Works of Art Sculptures, Paintings, Photographs
Other Lectures, interviews, pamphlets, cartoons, etc.
SCIENCE - CSE Style Number style of citation specific to Biology
Research & Documentation Online Diana Hacker offers a wealth of information on documenting sources


Books

[Examples courtesy of http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/]

BOOK WITH A SINGLE AUTHOR:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

BOOK WITH TWO AUTHORS:
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.

BOOK WITH THREE OR MORE AUTHORS:
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan,

     UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

or

Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. Writing New Media: Theory and

     Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.

For other types of BOOK citations, go to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/  for examples.  This includes:

BOOK WITH AN EDITOR INSTEAD OF AN AUTHOR
BOOK WITH NO KNOWN AUTHOR
TWO OR MORE WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR
BOOK WITH AN AUTHOR AND AN EDITOR
A TRANSLATION
A BIBLE
A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
A LEGAL SOURCE OR DOCUMENT

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Collections of Work

ONE VOLUME OF WORK IN SEVERAL VOLUMES:
When citing only one volume of a multivolume work, include the volume number after the work's title, or after the work's editor or translator.

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria. Trans. H. E. Butler. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Loeb-Harvard UP, 1980. Print.

WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY (COLLECTION) OF WORKS:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Work." Title of Anthology. Ed. Editor's first and last name. Place of 
      publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Page number(s).

WORK IN COLLECTION BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS:
Author's last name, first name. Title of Work. Chap. in Title of Collection. Edition. Editor's first and last name. 
      Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

WORK IN COLLECTION WITH NO AUTHOR:
"Title of Work." In Title of Collection. Place of publication: Publication, Year of publication.

WORK IN COLLECTION WITH NO AUTHOR BUT EDITOR OR COMPILER:
"Title of Work." Title of Collection. Comp. Compiler's first and last name. Place of publication: Publisher, 
      Year of publication. Page number(s).

WORK IN COLLECTION BY SAME AUTHOR:
 Author's last name, first name. "Title of Work." Title of Collection . Place of publication: Publisher, Year
      of publication.

MULTIVOLUME WORK - NO AUTHOR OR EDITOR NAMED:
Title of Work. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Number of edition. Volume number of 
      Title of Multivolume Work.  Number of volumes.

AN EDITION OTHER THAN THE FIRST:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Work."  Number of ed.  Place of publication: Publisher, Year
     of publication.

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Etc.

ARTICLE IN ENCYCLOPEDIA - SIGNED:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Name of Encyclopedia . Number of ed. (if applicable). 
     Year of publication.

ARTICLE IN ENCYCLOPEDIA - UNSIGNED:
"Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia. Year of edition.

DEFINITION IN DICTIONARY:
"Entry." Title of Dictionary. Number of ed. Year of publication.

PERSON IN BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE:
"Person's last name, first name." Title of Book. Number of edition. Year of publication.

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Periodicals (newspapers & magazines)

The five main parts of a periodical citation are as follows:

  1. The name of the author - Last name, First name. (If there is more than one author, the additional author(s)
          will be listed by their First name followed by their Last name).
  2. Title of article (in quotes). 
  3. Title of the periodical (underlined).
  4. Issue date (Day, Month. Year of publication):
  5. Page number(s)

If a newspaper or magazine article is not printed on consecutive pages, indicate the page number that the
      article begins on followed by a plus sign.

ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL WITH CONTINUOUS PAGINATION: 
Author's last name, first name.  "Title of Article."  Periodical.  Volume number (Year): Page number+.

ARTICLE IN PERIODICAL - WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Name of Periodical  Day Month Year of publication: 
      page numbers(s).
Example:
Calabresi, Massimo. "As Kosovo Burns." Time 19 April 1999: 28+.

ARTICLE IN PERIODICAL - MONTHLY OR BIMONTHLY:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Name of Periodical Month. Year: page numbers(s).

ARTICLE IN NEWSPAPER - SIGNED:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper Day Month. Year: page number(s).

ARTICLE IN NEWSPAPER - UNSIGNED:
"Title of Article." Name of Newspaper Day Month. Year: page number(s).

EDITORIAL IN A PERIODICAL - SIGNED:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Editorial. Name of Periodical day Month. Year: page number(s).

EDITORIAL IN A PERIODICAL - UNSIGNED:
"Title of Article." Editorial. Name of Periodical Day Month. Year: page number(s).

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN A PERIODICAL:
Author's last name, first name. Letter. Name of Publication Day Month. Year: page number(s).

A REVIEW OF A BOOK:
"Title of Article." Rev. of Title of Book, ed. (Editor's name, if applicable). Title of Periodical Day, Month. 
     Year: page number(s).

A REVIEW OF A MOVIE:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Review." Rev. of Title of Movie, dir. Director's first and last name. 
     Title of Periodical Day Month. Year: page number(s).

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Programs (print & non-print)

The six main parts of a citation for a program are as follows:

  1. The title of the episode or segment (in quotes).
  2. Title of the Program (underlined).
  3. Title of series (if applicable).
  4. Name of Network on which program was aired.
  5. Call Letters of City/Station (if applicable).
  6. Date program was aired (Day Month. Year).

RADIO:
Director of Segment (if known). "Title of Segment."Title of Program. Title of Series. Station Call Letters, 
     City. Day Month. Year.

TELEVISION:
Title of Episode." Title of Program. Narr. (if applicable) Dir. (if known). Name of Network. Day Month. year.

MUSIC VIDEO:
Artist's, or Group's Name. "Title of Song." Title of CD. Production Company's Name, year song was produced.
     Music video. Dir. Director's first and last name (if known). Call Letters of Station. Day Month. Year.

FILM:
Title of Film. Dir. Director's first and last name. Perf. Principal performers first and last names. Name of
     Production Company, year film was released.

VIDEO RECORDING:
Title of Film. Dir. Director's first and last name. Perf. Principal performers first and last names. Year film was
     released. Format (ex: VHS, DVD). Name of Video Production Company, year video was produced.

SOUND RECORDING:
Author's last name, first name. Title. Perf. Performer(s) first and last name(s). Format (ex: Cassette, LP).
     Production Company, year.

PERFORMANCE:
Title. by Author's first and last name. Dir. Director's first and last name. Perf. Performers first and last names.
     Place of Performance (ex: Theater, City). Day Moth. Year.

PUBLISHED MUSICAL SCORE:
Composer's last name, first name. Title of Work. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

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Works of Art

The Three main parts of a citation for a work of art are as follows:

  1. Artist's last name, first name.
  2. The title of the work of art (underlined).
  3. Place where work resides (Name of museum, City).

ACTUAL WORK OF ART:
Artist's last name, first name. Title of the work. Museum, City.

PHOTOGRAPH of A WORK OF ART:
Artist's last name, first name. Title of Work. Museum, City. Title of Book in which the photograph appears. 
      By Author's first and last name. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Page number.

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Other

LECTURE:
Lecturer's last name, first name. "Title of Lecture." Title of Convention (if applicable). Place where lecture 
     was held, City, Day Month. Year.

PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST INTERVIEW:
Interviewee's last name, first name. Interview with First and Last name of interviewer(s). Name of Program
      Network. Call Letters (if applicable), City. Day Month. Year.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:
Interviewee's last name, first name. Personal Interview. Day Month. Year.

MAP OR CHART:
Name of Map (or Chart). Map (or Chart). Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

CARTOON:
Artist's last name, first name. Cartoon. Name of publication in which cartoon appears Day Month. Year: 
     page number.

ADVERTISEMENT:
Name of product being advertised. Advertisement. Name of publication in which advertisement appears. Day
     Month. Year: page number(s).

PAMPHLET:
Name of pamphlet. Place of publication: Publisher, Year.

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Electronic Sources:

A Blog Entry:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of individual blog entry." [Weblog entry.] Name of Weblog. Sponsoring organization, if available. Date Posted. < URL >  Date accessed.

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE ON CD-ROM:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Name [City] day Mo. year: of publication. Place of publication 
     of CD-ROM: Name of CD-ROM, year. Article number (if applicable). CD-ROM.

AN ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Web Site. Day Mo. year of article. Day Month. Year of
      access. < URL of web site >.

AN ARTICLE IN A MAGAZINE:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Name of Publication day Mo. year of publication. Day Month.
      Year of access. < URL of web site >.

AN ONLINE INFORMATION DATABASE:
Title of Web page. Day Mo. year of publication. Name of Corporation or Person who created the web site. 
      Day Month. Year of access. < URL of web page >.

A PUBLICATION ON CD-ROM:
Author's or Editor's last name, first name (if applicable). Title of publication. CD-ROM. Year ed. Place of
      publication: Publisher, year.

AN ARTICLE IN A MAGAZINE:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Articles." Title of Month Year  of publication. Day Month
      Year of access <URL>. 

A REVIEW:
Author's last name, first name. Rev. of Title, dir. First, Last Name of director. Name of online publication Day
      Month Year of publication.  Day Month Year of access. <URL>.

AN ANONYMOUS ARTICLE:
"Title of article." Name of online periodical Day Month Year of publication. Day Month Year of access <URL>.

AN EDITORIAL: 
Author's Last name, First name. "Title of Editorial." Editorial. Name of online periodical Day Month Year of
      access <URL>.

A LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Author's Last name, First name. Letter. Name of online newspaper. Day Month Year of publication.  Day 
      month year of access <URL>.

A WORK FROM A LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE:
Author's Last name, First name. "Title of work." Name of Magazine Day Month Year of publication.  Name 
      of subscription service.  Name of subscription holder (school). City, State. Day Month Year of access
      <URL>.

Example:
Gray, Paul. "The Arts / Books: Wild About Harry." Time 20 September 1999. Electric Library. Tomlinson
      Middle School Library, Fairfield, CT. 16 December 2000 <http://www.electriclibrary.com/>.

A FROM AN ONLINE SERVICE: Use the following format to cite an online service that does not provide a URL when queried with a keyword:
"Keyword(s)." Title of online source. Version. number. year. Name of online service. Day Month. year of
       access. Keyword: Keyword used to access online source.
Example:
"Croquet." Compton's Encyclopedia Online. Vers. 2.0. 1997. America Online. 12 December 1999. Keyword:
       Compton's.

A WORK FROM A GENERAL WEB PAGE:
Author's last name, first name (if available). "Title of Web Page or Document." Title of Web Site: Larger 
     Work (if available). Date of publication, last update, or date posted.  Name of Associated Organization or 
     Institution.  Day Mo. year of access < URL of web page>.
Example:
Zandonella, Liza. Library Media Center Online. 2 October 2003
      <http://www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/highschoolwest/C_highSchoolwest/01/>.

A TELEVISION OR RADIO PROGRAM: 
Performer's Last, and First name.  "Title of Piece."  Name of Program.  Name of station, location.  Day Month
      Year of broadcast. Transcript.  Day Month Year of access. <URL>.

A SOUND RECORDING OR SOUND CLIP: 
Creator's Last name, First name. "Title of Sound Recording." Year recorded. Title of collection, album, or CD.
      Name of company, organization that produced the recording). Year recording was produced. Day Month
      Year of access <URL>.

A FILM OR FILM CLIP:
Director's Last name, First initial(s)., dir. Title of Film. Year of release. Title of web site. Day Month Year of
      access <URL>.

A PAINTING, SCULPTURE, OR PHOTOGRAPH:
Creator's Last, First name. Title of work. Year created. Title of web site. Day Month Year of access <URL>.

AN INTERVIEW:
Interviewee's last name, first name. Interview with interviewer's first and last name. Name of program (or  
       website.) Day Month Year of broadcast (or web posting). Day Month Year of access <URL>.
          

MAP:
"Name of Map." Map. Title of web site. Creator (person, or organization) of web page. Day Month Year 
       of access <URL>.

CARTOON:
Artist's last name, first name. "Title." Cartoon.  Name of publication. Day Month Year of publication. Day 
       Month Year of access <URL>.

ADVERTISEMENT:
Title of Advertisement.  Advertisement.  Day Month Year of access <URL>.

E-MAIL COMMUNICATION:
Sender's last name, first name. "Title of message." Day Month Year of posting.  E-mail to (recipients last, 
       first name). Day Month Year of access.

DOWNLOADED COMPUTER SOFTWARE:
Name of software.  Version number. Day Month Year of download. <URL>. 

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Works Cited

Diana Hacker.  Research and Documentation Online. 1 October 2003. 
      <http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/index.html>.

Gibaldi, Josesph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Sixth edition. New York: Modern Language
       Association of America, 2003.

Modern Language Association. 2 October 2003. <http://www.mla.org>.

The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2008. Web. 20 June 2010.

UC Berkeley Library: Citation Styles, Plagiarism, & Style Manuals. 2 October 2003.
       <http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Citations.html>.


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