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MLA Works Cited Guide to SCC Library Literary Resources (7th ed.)
Online Databases
Literature Resource Center:
[essays first reprinted in a print source (e.g. Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism,
Poetry Criticism, etc.)]
Rauch, Alan. "The Monstrous Body of Knowledge in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein."
Studies in Romanticism 34.2 (1995): 227-53. Rpt. in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Criticism. Vol. 59. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Oct. 2008.
Journal articles or reviews in Literature Resource Center:
[essays not first reprinted in a print source]
Sullivan, Lance and Lara DelToro. "Motifs in „Daughter of Fortune‟." Studies in South American
Literature (English Edition) 4.3 (2004): 5+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Oct. 2008.
Literature Criticism Online:
Wells, Walter. “John Updike‟s „A & P‟: A Return Visit to Araby.” Studies in Short Fiction 30.2 (1993):
127-133. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Anna Sheets. Vol. 27. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 327329. Literature Criticism Online. Web. 1 June 2009.
Discovering Collection:
[anonymous and no date]
“John Updike.” DISCovering Biography. N.d. Discovering Collection. Web. 19 May 2009.
Discovering Collection:
[essays/articles first reprinted in a print source, then appearing in DC]
Ochshorn, Kathleen G. "A Cloak of Grace: Contradictions in `A Good Man Is Hard to Find'." Studies in
American Fiction 18.1 (1990): 113-17. Rpt. in Exploring Short Stories. Discovering Collection.
Web. 20 Sept. 2007.
MagillOnLiterature Plus:
Garbett, Ann D. “Billy Collins.” Critical Survey of Poetry. 2nd rev. ed. 2003. MagillOnLiterature Plus.
Web. 23 May 2009.
Gale Print Series (in Library Reference Collection)
World Literature Criticism:
Devyer, Jane M. “Symbol and Paradox in Hermann Hesse‟s „Magister Ludi‟.” The Midwest Quarterly
29.4 (1988): 487-96. Rpt. in World Literature Criticism. Ed. James P. Draper. Vol. 3. Detroit:
Gale, 1992. 1696-1700. Print.
Shakespearean Criticism:
[example includes: no publication city, translation, essay originally published 1846, essay in SC taken
from 1965 reprint of original – SC is this essay‟s 3rd printing]
Schlegel, August Wilhelm. “Criticisms on Shakespeare‟s Tragedies.” A Course of Lectures on
Dramatic Art and Literature. Ed. Rev. A. J. W. Morrison. Trans. John Black. Rev. ed.
1846. N.p: AMS Press, Inc., 1965. 400-13. Rpt. in Shakespearean Criticism. Ed. Mark W.
Scott. Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 400-401. Print.
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Introductory Material:
[information before essays, usually containing background information; applies to all similar material]
“Henry David Thoreau: 1817-1862.” Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Laurie Lanzen
Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale, 1984. 346-347. Print.
Magill’s “Critical Survey” Print Series (in Library Reference Collection)
Authored Article in a Less-familiar Reference Set (straightforward):
Earnshaw, Doris. “Denise Levertov.” Critical Survey of Poetry: English Language Series. Ed. Frank
N. Magill. Rev. ed. Vol. 4. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 1992. Print.
Authored Article in a Less-familiar Reference Set (not-so-straightforward):
[Signed/authored article, updated by a second author: second contributor is listed after the title, using
terminology from the work (Updated by, Rev., Trans., Comp. etc…) (5.5.6)
Different editor listed for a previous edition: use the editor of the edition you‟re citing]
DelFattore, Joan. “Herman Melville.” Updated by Mary Rohrberger. Critical Survey of Short Fiction. Ed.
Charles E. May. 2nd rev. ed. Vol. 4. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 2001. Print.
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