Library - MLA Print Citation Examples
Examples for Preparing a List of Works Cited for Print Sources
MLA (Modern Language Association Form)*
I. BOOKS
| A. | One author: |
| Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology | |
| Revolution. New York: Farrar, 2002. |
| B. | A book by two or more persons: |
| Grossman, Dave, and Gloria DeGoetana. Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call | |
| to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence. New York: Crown | |
| Publishers, 1999. | |
| Rabkin, Eric S., Martin H. Greenberg, and Joseph D. Olander, eds. No Place Else: Explorations | |
| in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1983. |
| C. | Two or more books by the same person: |
| Frye, Northrop. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1957. | |
| ---. Spiritus Mundi: Essays on Literature, Myth and Society. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1976. |
| D. | No author or anonymous: |
| The Chicago Manual of Style. 13th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993 |
| E. | Editor as “author”: |
| Hitt, Laura, ed. Human Rights. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2002. |
| F. | Edition: |
| Ebenstein, William. Today’s Isms; Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism. 7th ed. Englewood | |
| Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1973. |
| G. | A republished book (usually paperback): |
| Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. 1987. New York: Bantam Books, 1988. |
| H. | Association, institution as author: |
| New York Public Library. The New York Public Library Performing Arts Desk Reference. New York: | |
| Macmillan, 1994. |
| I. | Selection in a collection or anthology: |
| Weise, Elizabeth. “Not Yet for the Net.” Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in | |
| Mass Media and Society. Ed. Alison Alexander and Jarice Hanson. 6th ed. Guilford: | |
| McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2001. 202-206. |
II. ARTICLES IN REFERENCE BOOKS
| A. | Signed article: |
| Orlin, Louis L. “Phoenicia.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2004. |
| B. | Unsigned article: |
| “Fulgurite.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 2004. |
III. MAGAZINE AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
| A. | Article or story in a monthly magazine: |
| Fallows, James. “The Early-Decision Racket.” Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2001: 37-52. |
| B. | Article in a weekly magazine: |
| Lord, Lewis. "There's Something about Mary Todd." US News and World Report | |
| 19 Feb. 2001: 53. |
| C. | Article in a weekly magazine – no author given: |
| "Qantas Looks to Airbus for Long-Range Aircraft." Aviation Week and Space | |
| Technology 5 Apr. 2004: 22. |
| D. | Article in a journal with continuous pagination: |
| Mann, Susan. “Myths of Asian Womanhood.” Journal of Asian Studies 59 | |
| (2000): 835-62. |
| E. | Article in a journal without continuous pagination: |
| Wood, Michael. "Broken Dates: Fiction and the Century." Kenyon Review | |
| 22.3 (2000): 50-64. |
IV. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
| A. | Signed: |
| Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art Does Goliath a Favor.” New | |
| York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+. |
| B. | Anonymous: |
| “The Big Liftoff.” Los Angeles Times 14 Nov. 1987, sec. V: 1. |
| C. | Editorial: |
| "All Wet." Editorial. Boston Globe 12 Feb. 2001: 14. |
V. PAMPHLETS (Pamphlets are listed in the same manner as books.)
VI. INTERVIEWS
| Breslin, Jimmy. Interview with Neal Conan. Talk of the Nation. Natl. Public Radio. | |
| WBUR, Boston. 26 Mar. 2002. |
VII. RADIO OR TELEVISION PROGRAMS
| “Frederick Douglass.” Civil War Journal. Narr. Danny Glover. Dir. Craig Haffner. Arts | |
| and Entertainment Network. 6 Apr. 1993. |
* Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language
Association, 2003.