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MLA STYLE SAMPLES FOR WORKS CITED PAGE
Double-space your citation list both between and within entries. Some professors may prefer single
spaced citations, as we’ve done below!!! Alphabetize sources by first word of citation. You are not
required to provide the URL for Web resources. Your instructor, however, may require this.
BOOKS
PRINT SOURCES
One author:
Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology
Revolution. New York: Farrar, 2002. Print.
Two authors:
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. Print.
Four or more authors:
Morrison, David E., et al. Defining Violence: The Search for Understanding. Luton: University of Luton Press,
1999. Print.
An edition other than the first:
Shakespeare, William. The Riverside Shakespeare. 2 nd ed. Ed. Anne Barton, Charles H. Shattuck, and Frank
Kermode. Boston: Cengage, 1997. Print.
A book with an editor:
Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale UP, 1995. Print.
A work in an anthology:
Peterson, Rai. “My Tribe outside the Global Village.” Visual Media and the Humanities: A Pedagogy of
Representation. Ed. Kecia Driver McBride. Knoxville: U of Tennessee P, 2004. 173-86. Print.
ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES
Hill, Annette. “The Language of Complaint.” Media, Culture and Society 50.4 (2000): 233-237. Print.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
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Weekly:
Stern, Christopher. “Gore Blames TV for School Violence.” Variety 1 June 1998: 24-25. Print.
Monthly:
Fallows, James. “The Early-Decision Racket.” Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2001: 37-52. Print.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Kunkel, Dale. “Evidence on Media Violence Still Stands.” Los Angeles Times 6 Nov. 2000, home ed.: F3+. Print.
Editorial:
“Poverty and Health.” Editorial. Washington Post 31 Aug. 2004: A20. Print.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
Posner, Rebecca. “Romance Languages.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia.15th ed. 1987. Print.
LITERARCY CRITICISM FROM A SERIES
Shayon, Robert Lewis. "The Interplanetary Spock." Saturday Review 17 June 1967: 46. Rpt. in Contemporary
Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Vol. 17. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. 403. Print.
Library Databases
The following Baxter Library Databases have automatic correct MLA citation generator capability
and are, therefore, not included below:
Academic OneFile, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Newspapers, Literature Resource Center, Magill On
Literature Plus, CQ Researcher, Opposing Viewpoints.
JSTOR
Regan, Patrick M., and Norton, Daniel. “Greed Grievance and Mobilization in Civil Wars.”
The Journal of Conflict Resolution 49.3 (2005): 319-336.
JSTOR. Web. 14 Sept. 2010. (Date accessed.)
EBOOKS
Ludwig, Jens, and Philip J. Cook. Evaluating Gun Policy: Effects on Crime and Violence. Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution Press, 2003.Web. 9 September 2009.
COUNTRYWATCH
Youngblood-Coleman, Denise, ed. Country Review: France. (2003): n. pag. CountryWatch Online. Web. 18 May
2006.
PRO & CON ONLINE
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Entire issue or first section:
“Covering Uninsured Children: The SCHIP Reauthorization Debate.” Congressional Digest Oct. 2007: n. pag.
Pro & Con Online. Web. 6 Nov. 2009.
Pro & Con arguments section:
Etheridge, Bob. “Should the House pass H.R. 3162. The Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP)
Act?” Congressional Digest Oct. 2007: n. pag. Pro & Con Online. Web. 6 Nov. 2009.
ACCESS SCIENCE
Barash, David P. “Sociobiology.” AccessScience@McGraw-Hill. Web. 4 Mar. 2004.
Web Publications
When citing information from a Web publication, provide the following general categories of
information (include the punctuation, italicization and capitalization).
Author’s Last name, First name. “Article Title” or Book Title. Publication information for print version.
Title of Overall Web Site. Publisher or sponsor of site. (If not available use n.p.) Date of publication. (If
not available use n.d.) If page numbers are required (as for anthologies or journal articles) use n. pag. if
there is no pagination.
WEB SITE
With corporate or group author:
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Drinking Water Chemistry. EPA, 8 July 2010. Web. 24 Jan.
2010.
Author unknown:
The Romantic Poets. English Dept., Pasadena City Coll., 26 June 2009. Web. 22 Sept. 2010.
WIKI ENTRY
"FIFA World Cup." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Sept. 2008. Web. 18 Mar. 2009.
PERSONAL EMAIL MESSAGE
Jones, Joanna M. “My Opinion on This and That.” Message to William W. Wright. 23 Feb. 2010. E-mail.
AN ONLINE BOOK
London, Jack. White Fang. New York: Grosset, 1906. Google Book Search. Web. 25 June 2009.
ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE MAGAZINE
Seidler, Christoph. “The Cloud Smells Like a Steam Engine.” Spiegel Online International. Spiegel. 19 Apr.
2010. Web. 20 Apr. 2010.
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