MLA and Turabian Guidelines for Citing Sources
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Basic Book Entry: Print Source ...................................................................................................... 1
Chapter in an Edited Book: Print Source ........................................................................................ 2
Scholarly Journal Article: Print Source .......................................................................................... 3
Scholarly Journal Article: Online Database .................................................................................... 4
Similarities and Differences Between Turabian Styles .................................................................. 5
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Basic Book Entry: Print Source
MLA Works Cited Entry1
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Place of Publication:
Publisher’s Name, year of publication. Medium.
Leggatt, Alexander. Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge
UP, 2005. Print.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name page number(s))
(Leggatt 161)
Turabian Bibliography Entry2
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Place of Publication:
Publisher’s Name, year of publication.
Leggatt, Alexander. Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation and Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2005.
Footnote or Endnote: In most cases, place the superscript number after the sentence in which
the reference to the source occurs. Then cite the source, indicating the relevant page numbers, in
a correspondingly numbered note at the bottom of the page or at the end of your text. 1
1. Author’s First and Last Names, Book Title: Book Subtitle (Place of Publication:
Publisher’s Name, year of publication), page number(s).
1. Alexander Leggatt, Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation and Identity (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2005), 161.
Turabian Reference List Entry3
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. year of publication. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Place
of Publication: Publisher’s Name.
Leggatt, Alexander. 2005. Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Violation and Identity. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name year of publication, page number(s))
(Leggatt 2005, 161)
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Chapter in an Edited Book: Print Source
MLA Works Cited Entry4
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle.” Book Title: Book
Subtitle. Ed. Editor’s First and Last Names. Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, year
of publication. page range. Medium.
Wright, Angela. “In Search of Arden.” Gothic Shakespeares. Ed. John Drakakis. New York:
Routledge, 2008. 42-59. Print.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name page number(s))
(Wright 50-51)
Turabian Bibliography Entry5
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle.” In Book Title:
Book Subtitle, edited by Editor’s First and Last Names, page range. Place of Publication:
Publisher’s Name, year of publication.
Wright, Angela. “In Search of Arden.” In Gothic Shakespeares, edited by John Drakakis, 42-59.
New York: Routledge, 2008.
Footnote or Endnote
2. Author’s First and Last Names, “Article Title: Article Subtitle,” in Book Title: Book
Subtitle, ed. Editor’s First and Last Names (Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, year of
publication), page number(s).
2. Angela Wright, “In Search of Arden,” in Gothic Shakespeares, ed. John Drakakis
(New York: Routledge, 2008), 50-51.
Turabian Reference List Entry6
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. year of publication. “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle.”
In Book Title: Book Subtitle, edited by Editor’s First and Last Names, page range. Place
of Publication: Publisher’s Name.
Wright, Angela. 2008. “In Search of Arden.” In Gothic Shakespeares, edited by John Drakakis,
42-59. New York: Routledge.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name year of publication, page number(s))
(Wright 2008, 50-51)
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Scholarly Journal Article: Print Source
MLA Works Cited Entry7
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.” Journal Title
volume.issue (year of publication): page range. Medium.
Spacks, Patricia Meyer. “Oscillations of Sensibility.” New Literary History 25.3 (1994): 505-20.
Print.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name page number(s))
(Spacks 510-11)
Turabian Bibliography Entry8
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle.” Journal Title
volume number, no. issue number (Date of Publication): page range.
Spacks, Patricia Meyer. “Oscillations of Sensibility.” New Literary History 25, no. 3 (Summer
1994): 505-520.
Footnote or Endnote
3. Author’s First and Last Names, “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle,” Journal
Title volume number, no. issue number (Date of Publication): page number(s).
3. Patricia Meyer Spacks, “Oscillations of Sensibility,” New Literary History 25, no. 3
(Summer 1994): 510-511.
Turabian Reference List Entry9
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. year of publication. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.”
Journal Title volume number, no. issue number (Additional Date Information): page
range.
Spacks, Patricia Meyer. 1994. “Oscillations of Sensibility.” New Literary History 25, no. 3
(Summer): 505-520.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name year of publication, page number(s))
(Spacks 1994, 510-511)
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Scholarly Journal Article: Online Database
MLA Works Cited Entry10
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.” Journal Title
volume.issue (year of publication): page range. Database Name. Medium. Date of
Access.
Miller, D. A. “Hitchcock’s Hidden Pictures.” Critical Inquiry 37.1 (2010): 106-30. Academic
Search Complete. Web. 5 May 2014.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name page number(s))
(Miller 106-07)
Turabian Bibliography Entry11
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.” Journal Title volume
number, no. issue number (Date of Publication): page range. Accessed Date of Access.
URL or Database Name.
Miller, D. A. “Hitchcock’s Hidden Pictures.” Critical Inquiry 37, no. 1 (Autumn 2010): 106-130.
Accessed May 5, 2014. Academic Search Complete.
Footnote or Endnote
4. Author’s First and Last Names, “Article Title: Article Subtitle,” Journal
Title volume number, no. issue number (Date of Publication): page number(s), accessed Date of
Access, URL or Database Name.
4. D. A. Miller, “Hitchcock’s Hidden Pictures,” Critical Inquiry 37, no. 1 (Autumn
2010): 106-107, accessed May 5, 2014, Academic Search Complete.
Turabian Reference List Entry12
Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. year of publication. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.”
Journal Title volume number, no. issue number (Additional Date Information): page
range. Accessed Date of Access. URL or Database Name.
Miller, D. A. 2010. “Hitchcock’s Hidden Pictures.” Critical Inquiry 37, no. 1 (Autumn): 106130. Accessed May 5, 2014. Academic Search Complete.
Parenthetical Citation
(Author’s Last Name year of publication, page number(s))
(Miller 2010, 106-107)
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Similarities and Differences between Turabian Citation Styles
Some Basic Entries
Bibliography
Indents
Line Spacing
Reference List
Indent the second and subsequent lines of a listing by ½ inch.
Single space within each entry
Double space between each entry
Sort
List alphabetically by author and
then by title if necessary.
List alphabetically by author and
then by date if necessary.
Publication Year
Book: Place after the publisher’s
name.
Place after the author’s name.
Journal: Place after the volume
and number.
Place after the author’s name.
Book Title
Capitalization:
each significant
word.
Capitalization:Use
Useheadline
headlinestyle;
style;capitalize
capitalize
each significant
Type: Put in italics.
Journal Name
Capitalization: Use headline style; capitalize each significant word.
Type: Put in italics.
Title of Article
and of
Book Chapter
Capitalization: Use headline style; capitalize each significant word.
Punctuation: Enclose in quotation marks.
Journal Volume,
Number, Date,
and Page Range
Place after the journal name:
volume, issue (date): page range.
Place after the journal name:
Volume, issue (date information other
than year): page range.
Examples:
36, no. 4 (October 2010): 105-106.
Examples:
36, no. 4 (October): 105-106.
36, no. 4 (2010): 105-106.
[when there is no date information
other than year]
36, no. 4: 105-106.
[when there is no date information
other than year]
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Works Consulted
Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th
ed. New York: MLA, 2009. Print.
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago
Style for Students and Researchers. Ed. Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and
Joseph M. Williams. 8th ed. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2013. Print.
Notes
1. See the MLA Handbook for information about citing a book by a single author (section
5.5.2).
2. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing books according to the notesbibliography style (section 17.1).
3. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing books according to the author-date style
(section 19.1).
4. See the MLA Handbook for information about citing inclusive page numbers (section 3.5.6),
publishers’ names (section 7.5), and a chapter in an edited book (section 5.5.6).
5. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing inclusive page numbers (section 23.2.4),
publishers’ names (section 17.1.6.2), and a chapter in an edited book according to the notesbibliography style (section 17.1.8.2).
6. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing publishers’ names (section 19.1.7.2) and
a chapter in an edited book according to the author-date style (section 19.1.9.2).
7. See the MLA Handbook for information about citing journal articles in print (section 5.4.2).
8. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing journal articles in print according to the
notes-bibliography style (section 17.2).
9. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing journal articles in print according to the
author-date style (section 19.2).
10. See the MLA Handbook for information about citing journal articles in online databases
(section 5.6.3).
11. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing journal articles in online databases
according to the notes-bibliography style (section 17.2).
12. See Turabian’s Manual for information about citing journal articles in online databases
according to the author-date style (section 19.2).
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