MLA  Citation  Style  Examples   (6th ed., 2003)

The works-cited list should be double spaced and the first line flush with left margin. In entries that run more than one line, the subsequent line or lines should be indented 1/2 inch or five spaces. (MLA 4.4)    Note: Peninsula College English Dept. practice italicizes source names.  Chapter citations are from: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2003.

Print Sources: Books

Book by a Single Author  (MLA 5.6.1):

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York: Knopf, 1987.

Book by Two Authors  (MLA 5.6.4):

Gilbert, Sandra, and Susan Gubar. The Madwoman in the Attic. New Haven: Yale UP, 1979.

Book with More Than Two Authors  (MLA 5.6.4):

Quirk, Randolph, et al. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman, 1985.

Book with an Editor  (MLA 5.6.4):

Bloom, Harold, ed. Ernest Hemingway. New York: Chelsea House, 1985.

Work from an Anthology  (MLA 5.6.7):

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Nature." Anthology of American Literature. Vol. 1. Ed. George McMichael. 4th ed. New York: Rinehart, 1952. 1041-67.

Reprinted Journal Article from a Collection Such as CLC, TCLC, etc.  (MLA 5.6.7):

Roberts, Sheila. "A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith." World Literature Written in English 24 (1984): 232-38. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399-402.

Reprinted Critical Essay from a Collection Such as CLC, TCLC, etc.  (MLA 5.6.7):

Wagner, Linda W. "The Years of the Locust." Ellen Glasgow: Beyond Convention. U of Texas P, 1982. 50-70. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Anna Nesbitt Sheets. Vol. 34.Detroit: Gale, 2000. 80-82.

Book by a Corporate Author (MLA  5.6.6):

American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York: Random, 1989.

Article in a Reference Book (MLA  5.6.8):

Hamington, Maurice. "Gender Inequality." Encyclopedia of Family Life. Ed. Carl L. Bankston III. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 1999.

Introduction or Foreword to a Book  (MLA 5.6.9):

Marsalis, Wynton. Foreword. Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington. By John Edward Hasse. New York: Simon 13-14.

Background Information with no Apparent Author  (MLA 5.6.8):

"Herman Melville." Ed. Laurie Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Short Story Criticism. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 292-93.

Individual Volumes in a Multivolume Set Such as Masterplots and DLB (MLA 5.6.8):

George, Sharon K. "Sarah Margaret Fuller: Marchesa D’Ossoli." Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Literary Critics and Scholars 1800-1850. Ed. John Rathburn and Monica Grecu. Vol. 59. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1987. 142-52.

Book in a Series (MLA 5.6.16):

Wilson, Sharon R., Thomas B. Friedman, and Shannon Hengen, eds. Approaches to Teaching Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Other Works. Approaches to Teaching World Lit. 56. New York: MLA, 1996.

Republished Book (MLA 5.6.17):

Doctorow, E. L. Welcome to Hard Times. 1960. New York: Vintage-Random, 1988.

Print Sources: Periodicals

Article in a Scholarly Journal with Continuous Pagination (MLA 5.7.1):

Madden, Fred. “Sanity and Responsibility: Big Chief as Narrator and Executioner."Explicator 32 (1986): 203-17.

Article in a Scholarly Journal that Pages Each Issue Separately (MLA 5.7.2):

Fudge, Keith. "Sisterhood Born From Seduction: Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple, and Stephen Crane’s Maggie Johnson." Journal of American Culture 19.1 (1996): 43-50.

Article in a Newspaper (MLA 5.7.5):

Mathews, Anna Wilde. "Fine Print: How the Web Yanked Obscure U.S. Agency Into Legal Limelight." Wall Street Journal 14 June 2000, central ed.: A1+.

Article in a Magazine (MLA 5.7.6):

Ivins, Molly. "Deregulation Fails All Over Again." Texas Observer 14 Sept. 2001: 17.

A Review (MLA 5.7.7):

Updike, John. "Tote That Ephemera." Rev. of John Henry Days, by Colson Whitehead. The New Yorker 7 May 2001: 87-89.

Electronic Sources

To cite material derived from a subscription service to which the library subscribes, begin by following the guidelines for that type of source in print. Then complete the citation by adding the italicized name of the database used (PC uses italics), if known; the name of the service; the library; and the date of access.

Article from a library subscription database  (deep Web sources)

Database Article from a Magazine (MLA 5.9.4, cf. 5.7.1-4):

Kleiner, Carolyn. "Home School Comes of Age." U.S. News & World Report 16 Oct. 2000: 52. ProQuest. Peninsula College Library, Port Angeles, WA. 20 Feb. 2007. <http:// pc.ctc.edu/ enrolled/lmc/resources/default.asp>

Database Article from a Scholarly Journal (MLA 5.9.4, cf. 5.7.1-4):

Simon, Karen. "Kate Chopin on the Nature of Things." Mississippi Quarterly 51.2 (1998): 243-52. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Peninsula College Library, Port Angeles, WA. 28 Sept. 2006. <http://pc.ctc.edu/enrolled/lmc/resources/ default.asp>.

Database Article from a Newspaper (MLA 5.9.4, cf. 5.7.1-4):

Bank, David. "Foundations’ Funds Build Infrastructure to Aid in Campaign-Finance Overhaul." Wall Street Journal 17 Aug. 2001, eastern ed.: A10. ProQuest. Peninsula College Library, Port Angeles, WA. 18 May 2006. <http://pc.ctc.edu/ enrolled/lmc/ resources/default.asp>.

Database Article from a Book (See appropriate MLA chapter number reference as found above for "Books"):

King, Bruce. "Nigeria I: The Beginnings and Achebe," The New English Literatures: Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World, Macmillan, 1980, pp. 58-77. Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select. Gale.  Peninsula College Library, Port Angeles, WA. 1 May 2001. <http://pc.ctc.edu/ enrolled/lmc/resources/default.asp>.

Sources accessed using a surface Web search engine

Article from an Online Magazine (MLA 5.9.1):

Zimmer, Carl. "A Sleeping Storm." Discover Aug. 1998.19 June 2001 <http:// www.discover.com augustissue/sleep.html>.

Article from an Online Journal (MLA 5.9.1):

Cook, Philip J., et. al. "The Medical Costs of Gunshot Injuries in the United States." Journal of the American Medical Association 282.5 (1999). 19 June 2001 <http:// jama.amaassn.org/issues/v282n5/rfull/joc90626.html.>

Professional Web Site (MLA 5.9.2):

PBS Online. 20 June 2001. Public Broadcasting Service. 20 June 2001 <http://www.pbs.org>.

Personal Web Page with a Title (MLA 5.9.2):

Suber, Peter. Guide to Philosophy on the Internet. 8 April 2001. Philosophy Department, Earlham College. 19 June 2001 <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/gpi/index.htm>.

E-mail Communication

Albertson, Carl. "Why I voted against HB 242." E-mail to Peter Andrews. 7 Feb. 2001.

 

Chapter citations are from:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2003