Works Cited Guidelines for Print Sources (Revised 09)

§ A Works Cited list (or bibliography) must be alphabetized by entry: Author’s Last Name or Title

of the Work if no author is given.

§ Tab in consecutive lines in each entry. (Hanging Indent: indent all lines after the 1^st by ½ inch = 1 tab)

§ New 2009 MLA guidelines require using italics for print titles and names of websites rather than underlining.

§ You must put Publication Medium (Print or Web) at the end of each entry.

§ Note that dates go in this order: day month year : 28 Sept. 2009

Use Basic format as model for all entries on this page; add information as necessary.

BASIC FORMAT (BOOK with one author)

Author’s Last name, First name. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Publication Medium.

Blainey, Geoffrey. A Short History of the World. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000. Print.

TWO AUTHORS (Follow basic format: 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. Print.

EDITOR INSTEAD OF AUTHOR (Use editor’s name in place of author’s, followed by, ed.)

Editor’s Last name, First name, ed. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Publication Date. Publication Medium.

Smart, Ninian, ed. Atlas of the World’s Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print.

ONE AUTHOR WITH MULTIPLE WORKS

After the first work (organized alphabetically), type in 3 hyphens followed by a period.

Nardo, Don. The French Revolution. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999. Print.

---. The Medieval Castle. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1998. Print.

MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS (Follow basic format, list all authors - only first author has last name listed first)

Beck, Roger, Linda Black, Larry Krieger, Phillip Naylor and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. World History: Patterns of Interaction.

Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 1999. Print.

CORPORATE AUTHOR (for instance The Editors of Time-Life Books, The American Medical Association)

Use the name of the group that published the book in place of the author; omit articles (A, The)

Time-Life Books. What Life was Like in Europe’s Golden Age. Alexandria, VA.: Time Life Inc., 1999. Print.

MAGAZINE

Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Publication date: Day (if

given) Month Year: Page number(s). Publication Medium.

Edwards, Mike. “Marco Polo in China.” National Geographic June 2001: 20-45. Print.

NEWSPAPER

Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Title of Article.” Name of Periodical Publication date: Day (if

given) Month Year: Section Page number(s). Publication Medium.

Arnold, Wayne. “Chinese on a Grand Tour.” New York Times 21 Oct. 2005: C1. Print.

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. Publication Medium.

ENCYCLOPEDIA

There are 2 types of encyclopedias- general and specific. The key feature of an encyclopedia is that entries are arranged

alphabetically (or sometimes chronologically). The author’s name is generally found at the end of the entry.

GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIA (Well known title; covers all topics: World Book, Compton’s, Britannica)

Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Entry.” Title of Encyclopedia. Date of edition. Publication Medium.

Entry with an author

Spitzer, Leo. “Mali.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1999 ed. Print.

Entry with no author

“Mali.” Compton’s Encyclopedia. 2004 ed. Print.

SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIA (focuses on a specific subject: Postwar America, Medieval World)

Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Entry.” Title of Encyclopedia. Vol. #. Ed(s). Editor’s First Name

Last Name. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Publication Medium.

Entry with an Author

Hockings, Paul. “India.” Countries and their Cultures. Vol 2. Eds. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember.

New York: Macmillan Reference, 2000. Print.

Entry with no author

“Hildegard of Bingen.” Medieval World. Vol. 4. Ed. Sally MacEachern. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2001. Print.

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, 1989. Print.

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. Print.

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. Print.

WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY

Use quotation marks for the title of shorter works: poems, essays, and short stories, but italicize 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. Publication Medium.

Howe, Marie. “What the Living Do.” Light-Gathering Poems. Ed. Liz Rosenberg. New York: Henry Holt and Co,

2000. 37-38.Print.

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Arthur Miller’s Collected Plays. New York: Viking Press, 1957. 225-329.

CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book. Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name.

Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Publication Medium.

Foss, Clive. “Life in City and Country.” In The Oxford History of Byzantium. Ed. Cyril Mango. New York: Oxford

University Press, 2002. Print.

BOOK IN A SERIES WITH SERIES EDITOR INCLUDED

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name. Series Title. Place of Publication:

Publisher, Date of Publication. Publication Medium.

Remini, Robert. John Quincy Adams. Ed. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The American Presidents. New York: Henry Holt and

Co., 2002. Print.

PLAY: citing a specific edition

Author’s Last name, First name. Title of Play. Ed. Editor’s First Name Last Name. Place of Publication:

Publisher, Date of Publication. Publication Medium.

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. New York: Washington

Square Press, 1992. Print.

ARTWORK, REPRODUCTION (painting, sculpture, etc. found in a museum)

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. Vol. # (if given). By Author’s (or Editor’s) Name. Place of

publication: Publisher, Date of Publication. Publication Medium.

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. Print.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION (Print and Web)

Name of government (if applicable). Name of Agency that issued document. Title of Document. Name of

author or editor (if given). Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Publication Medium.

United States. Department of Labor. Child Care: A Workforce Issue. Washington: GPO, 1988. Print.

United States. Department of Labor. Child Care: A Workforce Issue. 1988. Education Resources Information Center.

Web. 10 June 2009.

NONPRINT SOURCES

WEB VIDEO CLIP (YouTube)

“Title of Clip.” Name of creator. Original creation date (if known). Name of Website. Date clip posted.

Publication Medium.Your access date.

“Duck and Cover.” Autogrimes 85. 1950. YouTube. 08 Jan 2008. WebVideo Clip. 21Oct 2008

FILM OR VIDEO RECORDING

Title. Director. Studio, year of original release. Distributor, date of (re)release. Publication Medium.

Gone with the Wind. Victor Fleming. M-G-M, 1939. Turner Entertainment Co., 1999. DVD.

TELEVISION PROGRAM (Live as opposed to on video)

“Title of the episode or segment.” Name of the Program. Writer’s or Director’s Name if relevant. Title of the

Series (if any). Name of the Network. Call Letters, City of local station (if any), broadcast date. Medium.

“A Necessary War.” The War. Directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. PBS. WGBH, Boston, 23 Sep. 2007. Television.

SOUND/MUSICAL RECORDING

Name of recording artist. “Title of Song.” By name of composer (if different than recording artist). Title of

CD/Album. Recording Company, year of issue. Medium.

Beatles. “Come Together.” By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Abbey Road. Capitol Records, 1969. CD (or MP3 file).

INTERVIEW

Last name, First name of person interviewed. Type of interview. Interview date.

Galilei, Galileo. Personal Interview (or Telephone interview). 20 July 1630.

BROADCAST INTERVIEW

Name of person interviewed. Interview with Name of interviewer. Name of Program. Name of the Network.

Call Letters, city of local station (if any), broadcast date. Medium.

Colbert, Stephen. Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. NPR. WHYY, Philadelphia, 09 Oct. 2007. Radio.

LECTURE (including class at ABRHS)

Last name, First name of author of lecture. “Title of Lecture.” Sponsoring Organization, (Location), date.

Green, David “World-changing Worm Spit.” World History Class, ABRHS, 18 Oct. 2005. Lecture.

ABRHS Library. Based on the MLA Handbook, 7^th edition © 2008. June 2009