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Works Cited Guidelines for Print Sources
· A Works Cited list (or bibliography) must be alphabetized by entry: author’s last name or title
of work if no author is given.
· Tab in consecutive lines in each entry. (Hanging Indent: indent all lines after 1st by ½ inch)
· MLA recommends double spacing of entries, but some teachers may accept single spacing.
Check with your teacher for his or her preference. (Double space between all entries.)
· Note that dates go in this order: day month year.
BASIC FORMAT (ONE AUTHOR)
Last name, First name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Blainey, Geoffrey. A Short History of the World. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000.
Parenthetical Reference: (Blainey page #)
TWO AUTHORS (Note that second name is not in reversed order)
Atmore, Anthony and Gillian Stacey. Black Kingdoms Black Peoples. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979.
PR: (Atmore and Stacey page #)
EDITOR INSTEAD OF AUTHOR (Putting , ed. after name shows that person is the editor.)
Smart, Ninian, ed. Atlas of the World’s Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
PR: (Smart page #)
ONE AUTHOR WITH MULTIPLE WORKS
After the first work (organized alphabetically), type in 3 hyphens followed by a period.
Rice, Earle, Jr. Empire in the East: The Story of Genghis Khan. Greensboro, NC: Morgan
Reynolds Publishing, 2005.
----. Life During the Crusades. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1998.
For the parenthetical reference, use the last name and a brief abbreviation of the title.
PR: (Rice, Empire page #) or (Rice, Life page #)
MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS
Beck, Roger, Linda Black, Larry Krieger, Phillip Naylor and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. World History:
Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 1999.
PR: (Beck et al. page #) Note: et al. means “and everyone” in Latin
PERIODICAL
Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Publication date: Day (if
given) Month Year: Section (if Newspaper) Page number(s).
MAGAZINE
Edwards, Mike. “Marco Polo in China.” National Geographic June 2001: 20-45.
PR: (Edwards page #)
NEWSPAPER
Arnold, Wayne. “Chinese on a Grand Tour.” New York Times 21 Oct. 2005: C1.
PR: (Arnold C1)
NEWSWIRE (AP, Reuters, etc)
Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Wire Service Day Month Year. Rpt. in Title of Book in which you accessed article. Vol. #. (if relevant) Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Page #s.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
There are 2 types of encyclopedias- general and specific. The key feature of an encyclopedia is that entries are arranged alphabetically. If there is an author, provide his or her name, otherwise use the title of the entry. The author’s name is generally found at the end of the entry.
?Put “ Title of Article” inside quotation marks; Underline Title of Encyclopedia.
GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIA (World Book, Compton’s, Britannica): you do not need to
give the location and publisher.
Entry with an author
Spitzer, Leo. “Mali.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
PR: (Spitzer page #)
Entry with no author
“Mali.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
PR: (“Mali” page #)
SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIA) – Make sure to list the volume number, editor (after title),
location, publisher, and date.
Entry with an Author
Hockings, Paul. “India.” Countries and their Cultures. Vol 2. Eds.Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember.
New York: Macmillan Reference, 2001.
PR: (Hockings page #)
Entry with no author (and with an editor not listed on book cover or title page—if editor’s name is on title page,
put his or her name at start of entry followed by ,ed. )
“Hildegard of Bingen.” Medieval World.Vol. 4. Ed. Sally MacEachern. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2001. PR: (“Hildegard” page #) Note that you may shorten a title as long as the source is clear.
Print Sources part 2
SOURCE WITHIN A SOURCE (such as Gale volumes of Literary Criticism)
Author’s Last Name, First Name, “Title of Article.” Title of Original Source. Original publication date. Rpt. in Title of Book in which you accessed article. Vol. #. (if relevant) Ed(s).First Name Last Name (may be more than one). Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Page #s.
White, Deborah Elise. “The Seashore’s Path: Shelley and the Allegorical Imperative.” Studies in Romanticism. 1995. Rpt. In Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 93. Ed. Juliet Byington. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 330-342.
PR: (White page #)
CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book. Ed. First Name Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Foss, Clive. “Life in City and Country.” In The Oxford History of Byzantium. Ed. Cyril Mango. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
PR: (Clive page #)
WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY
Use quotation marks for the title of shorter works: poems, essays, and short stories, but underline the title of any work originally published independently: novels and plays.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Work.”(Or -Title of Work.) Title of the Anthology.
Ed. First Name Last Name. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Page #s.
Howe, Marie. “What the Living Do.” Light-Gathering Poems. Ed. Liz Rosenberg. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2000. 37-38.
PR: (Howe 37-38) or (“What the Living Do” 37-38) or (Howe, What the Living Do 37-38)
Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Arthur Miller’s Collected Plays. New York: Viking Press, 1957. 225-329.
PR: (Miller page #)
MULTIVOLUME WORK
NOTE: If you use two or more volumes of a multivolume work, cite the total number of volumes; if you use only one volume, cite the volume number you used.
McPherson, James, ed. Battle Chronicles of the Civil War. 5 volumes (OR vol 3.) New York: MacMillan Publishing Co, 1989.
PR: (McPherson vol #: page #) OR (McPherson page # ) if only one volume used and cited.
BOOK IN A SERIES WITH SERIES EDITOR INCLUDED
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Ed. First Name Last Name. Series Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Remini, Robert. John Quincy Adams. Ed. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The American Presidents. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002.
PR: (Remini page #)
ARTWORK, REPRODUCTION
Artist’s last name, first name. Title of artwork. Name of institution that houses the work, City. In Title of Book in which you accessed reproduction. Volume # (if given). By Author’s (or Editor’s) first name last name. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
Copley, John Singleton. Boy with a Squirrel. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. In Encyclopedia of Artists. Vol. 2. Ed. by William Vaughan. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
PR: (Copley) or (Copley, Boy with a Squirrel)
PLAY: citing a specific edition
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington Square Press, 1992.
PR: (Romeo and Juliet 2.2.46-47) or (2.2.46-47) if the play’s title is clear in the text.
(refers to act 2, scene 2, lines 46-47)
NON-PRINT SOURCES
Film
Title. Director. Studio, year of original release. Format. Distributor, date of rerelease.
Gone with the Wind. Victor Fleming. M-G-M, 1939. DVD. Turner Entertainment Co., 1999.
PR: (Gone with the Wind)
Musical recording
Name of recording artist. “Title of Song.” By name of composer (if different than recording artist). Title of CD. Publisher, year of publication.
Beatles. “Revolution.” By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The Beatles (White Album). EMI Records, 1968.
Interview
Galilei, Galileo. Personal Interview. 20 July 1630.
PR: (Galilei)
Lecture
Green, David “World-changing Worm Spit.” World History class. A.B.R.H.S., Acton. 18 Oct. 2005.
PR: (Green)
Created by the ABRHS library March 2006
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