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MLA Secondary Citation Worksheet
Note: If you do not see an example of what you are citing, please see the examples provided in Citing Sources MLA Print and Non-Print.
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Student’s Name: ______________________________________
Print
Book – one author
Example:
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Warner Books, 1982.
Author‟s Last Name
First Name
Middle
Initial
Book Title
Place of Publication: (add
State if lesser known city)
Publisher
Publication
Date
Book – no author
Example:
The American Renaissance. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2004.
Book Title
Place of Publication: (add State if
lesser known city)
Publisher
Publication
Date
Book – two, three or more than three authors
Example of two:
Kirkpatrick, Larry D., and Gregory E. Francis. Physics: A World View. 5 ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2004.
Example of three: Thompsen, Adam, Mary Jensen, and Dori Graham. Coexisting Under Stress. Chicago: New Age Press, 2005.
Example of more than three: Adams, Barry, et al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. New York: Shooting Star Press,1994.
Author‟s
Last Name
(list all)
First Name
Middle
Initial
Book Title
Place of
Publication: (add
State if lesser
known city)
Publisher
Publication
Date
Book – one editor
Example:
Bevington, David, ed. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 3rd ed. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 1980.
Editor‟s Last
Name
First Name
Middle
Initial
Book Title
Place of Publication:
(add State if lesser
known city)
Publisher
Publication
Date
Book – two to more than three editors
Example of two: Fekrat, Sharon, and Jennifer S. Weizer, eds. All About Your Eyes. Durham: Duke University, 2006.
Example of three: Abbot, Jack, Greg Brunning, and Matt Doren, eds. System Dynamics. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman, 2001.
Example of more than three: Edwards, T., et al., eds. The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe. New York: Newcastle Press, 2004.
Editors‟ Names
Book Title
Place of Publication:
(add State if lesser
known city)
Publisher
Publication Date
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Reprinted article from another source
Journal Example: Spilka, Mark. “Of George and Lennie and Curley‟s Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck‟s Eden.” Modern Fiction
Studies 65.3 (1974): 43-50. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah Smith. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale,
1982.
430-44.
Book Example:
Flowers, Betty S. “Wrestling with the Mother and Father: „His‟ and „Her‟ in Adrienne Rich.” Private Voices, Public
Lives:
Women Speak on the Literary Life. Ed. Nancy Owen Nelson. N.p.: University of North Texas Press, 1995. 54-63. Rpt.
in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jacob Denney. Vol. 127. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 129-35.
Original Source
– Journal
Author‟s Name,
Last ,First, MI
Original Source “Title
of Article”
Original Source Journal Title
Original Source
- Book
Author‟s Name,
Last, First, MI
Original Source
“Title of Chapter”
Original Source Book Title
(Secondary Source)
Title of Source
(Secondary Source)
Editor‟s Name
Last, First, MI
(Secondary
Source)
Volume #
Original Source
Editor Name if
given, Last,
First, MI
Original Source
Volume # and
Issue #
Original Source Issue
Date
Original Source
Place of
Publication (add
Original
Source
Publisher
State if lesser
known city)
(Secondary Source)
Place of Publication
(add State if lesser
known city)
(Secondary
Source)
Publisher
Original
Source
Publication
Date
(Secondary
Source)
Date of
Publication
Original
Source
Pages
Original
Source
Pages
(Secondary
Source)
Pages
Anthology or Story Collection
Examples:
Allende, Isabel. "Toad’s Mouth." Reading Poetry: An Anthology of Poems. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: Random House, 1989. 41-47.
Chase, Richard. “Old Christmas Eve.” Grandfather Tales.
Ed. H. L. Pick. New York:Viking, 1973. 58-60.
Simon, Mark. “Understanding Gatsby.” Readings on The Great Gatsby. Ed. Richard Morrow. Chicago: Chelsea House Publishing, 2001. 54-59.
Author‟s
Last Name
Author‟s
First Name
Middle
Initial
Editor‟s
Last Name
Editor‟s
First Name
Editor‟s
Middle
Initial
“Article Title or Chapter”
Volume
#
Edition
#
Book/Anthology Title
Place of Publication;
Publisher
Publication
Date
(add State if lesser known
city)
Pages
Encyclopedia Article
Examples:
Gillingham, John. “Norman Conquest.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2004 ed.
“Origins of the Norse King Myth.” Mythology of the Celts and Vikings. Chicago: Gale, 2001.
Author‟s
Last Name
First
Name
Middle
Initial
“Article Title”
Encyclopedia Title
Place of
Publication: (add
State if lesser known
city)
Publisher
Publication
Date or
edition
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Magazine Article
Example:
Berthoud, John. "Congress Packs Highway Bill with Pork." Human Events 23 May 2005: 5.
Author‟s Last
Name
First Name
Middle
Initial
“Article Title”
Magazine
Issue Date
(Day, Month,
Year)
Pages
Scholarly Journal Article
Example:
Whiting, Wendy, and Charlotte White. "Northwest Musings." Open Spaces
Author‟s
Last Name
First
Name
Middle
Initial
“Article Title”
Journal
(2003): 123-128.
Volume
#
Issu
e#
Issue Date
Pages
(Day, Month, Year)
Newspaper Article
Examples: Dowdall, William. "Stem-cell Research and Its Benefits Are Often Linked Exclusively to Embryos." Letter to The Editor.
The Oregonian [Portland, OR] 15 Jan. 2007: B05.
Schwartz, John. “Obesity Affects Economic, Social Status.” Washington Post 30 Sep. 2003: A1, A4.
Author‟s Last
Name
First
Name
Middle
Initial
“Article Title”
X (if Letter
to the Editor)
Newspaper Title
City , State (if
not a national
newspaper
Issue
Date
Pages
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Electronic
Encyclopedia Article - online database
Examples: Rogers, Frank. "Southern Flying Squirrel." Encyclopedia of Animals. 2005. EBSCO Animals. EBSCOHost.
Hines Middle School, Hines, OR. 15 Feb. 2005 <http://search.epnet.com>.
“Chiru.” Funk and Wagnall‟s New World Encyclopedia. 2002. EBSCOHost. Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR. 15
Apr.
2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.
“ Title of Article”
Author‟s Name
(Last, First, MI)
Publisher
Database Name
Database Service
Encyclopedia Name
Subscribing library/
location
Publication Date
(if known)
City, State
(abbreviation)
Date
Accessed
Pages
(if listed)
Database Service
URL
Magazine - online database
Example:
Adler, Jerry. "Bears on Thin Ice." Newsweek 8 Jan. 2007: 148. Student Research Center. EBSCOHost.
La Salle High School, Milwaukie, OR. 17 Jan. 2007 <http://search.epnet.com>.
Author‟s Name
(Last, First, MI)
“ Title of Article”
Magazine Title
Issue Date
Pages
Database Name
Database Service
Subscribing library/
location
City, State (abbreviation)
Date Accessed
Database Service URL
Scholarly Journal - online database
Example:
Palmer, Kimberly. "The Skills That Lead to Higher Wages." Psychology Today (Mar/Apr 2004): 37.
Student Research Center. EBSCOhost. South Eugene High School Library, Eugene, OR. 16 Jan. 2007 <http://search.epnet.com>.
Author‟s Name
(Last, First, MI)
Database Service
“ Title of Article”
Journal
Subscribing library/location
Volume,
Edition
City, State
(abbreviation)
Publication
Date
Date Accessed
Pages
Database
Database Name
Service URL
Newspaper Article – online database
Example:
Newsbank.
Author‟s Name
(Last, First, MI)
Stern, Henry. "Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile." TheOregonian [Portland, OR] 9 Apr. 2003.
Roseburg High School, Roseburg, OR. 14 Apr. 2006 <http://infoweb.newsbank.com/>.
Newspaper
City, State (if not a
“Article Title”
national newspaper)
Issue Date
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Database Name
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Database Service
Subscribing library/location
City, State
(abbreviation)
Date Accessed
Encyclopedia Article on the Internet
Examples:
“Ernest Hemingway.” MSN Encarta. 27 Dec. 2005 <http://encarta.msn.com>.
Author‟s Name
Last, First, MI
Date Accessed
Magazine Article on the Internet
“Title of Article”
Encyclopedia/
Website Title
Article URL
Database URL
Example:
Author‟s Name
Last, First, MI
Website Title
Levy, Steven. “Great Minds, Great Ideas.” Newsweek 27 May 2002. 30 May 2004
<http://www.msnbc.com/news/754336.asp>.
“Article Title”
Magazine Title
Date posted/ updated (if
known – can leave blank)
Date Accessed
Article URL
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Scholarly Journal on the Internet
Example:
Fredrickson, B.L. “Cultivating Positive Emotions.” Prevention & Treatment 21 (Jan. 2002). 30 May 2004
<http://www.prevention/volume3/0001a.html>.
Authors
Journal
Volume Date
Pages
Date
Database URL
“Article Title”
Name(s)
Last, First, MI
, Issue
(if
known)
Posted/
Update
d
Accessed
Newspaper Article on the Internet
Example:
Stern, Henry. "Pre-emptive Blitz Set to Meet Threat of West Nile." Oregonian [Portland, OR] 9 Apr. 2003. 14 Apr.
2005 <http://www.oregonlive.com/>.
Date of Posting/
Author‟s Name
Newspaper Title
Date
Article URL
“Article Title”
Revision (if
Last, First, MI
known – can leave
blank)
Accessed
Personal Web Page
Example:
Murphy, Mike. Mike.soBoring.org. 17 Jan. 2007 <http://mike.soboring.org/>.
Author‟s Name
Last, First, MI
Web Page Title
Date
Posted/Updated
Date Accessed
Full URL
(if known)
Professional Web Page
Example:
"Statistics 2006." Statistics for 2006. 2007. American Cancer Society. 17 Jan. 2007
<http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/stt_0_2006.asp?sitearea=STT&level=1>.
Author‟s
Name
“Article Title”
Title of Web Page
Date
Posted
Last, First, MI
Sponsoring
Organization/Institutio
n
Date
Full URL
Accessed
Image - Internet
Example:
Williams, Kathy. “Green Apples.” Photograph. Kathy‟s Apples. 23 Feb. 2001. 29 May 2004
<http://www.comcast.net/kwhome.htm>.
Photographer/
Description (Type of image: Web Page Title
“Image/Photo Title”
Artist (if known)
photo, map, etc.)
Last, First, MI
Update/Last Date (if known)
Date Accessed
Full URL
Sound - Internet
Example:
Kennedy, John. F. “The Kennedy Withdrawal.” 2 Oct. 1963. White House Tapes.org. Miller Center of Public Affairs.
12
January 2007 < http://www.whitehousetapes.org/exhibits/vietnam_withdrawal/>.
Name of person or event
Date of the event or Web Page Title
“Name of the Speech or Recording”
recorded
Last, First, MI
speech
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Sponsoring Organization or Institution
Date Accessed
URL
Video - Internet
Example:
Martin Luther King, Jr.: „I Have a Dream‟. 28 Aug. 1973. American Rhetoric. 15 January 2007
< http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm >.
Director of
video,
if provided
Last, First, MI
E-Mail
Example:
Name of the Video
Date of
Video
Web Page Title
Sponsoring
Organization or
Institution
Date
Accessed
URL
Smith, Sandy. "Seattle Viaduct Alternatives." E-mail to Jane R. Doe. 17 Sep. 2005.
Author‟s Name
Last, First, MI
“Email Subject Line/Title of Email”
Description of Message
Date Received
Online Posting/Blog
Examples: Merrian, Joanne. "Spinoff: Monsterpiece Theatre." Online posting. 30 Apr. 1994. Shaksper. The Global Electronic
Shakespeare Conf. 23 Sept. 2002 <http://www.shaksper.net/archives/1994/0380.html>.
Tim. "Eight Million Books." Blog. 12 Dec. 2006. The LibraryThing Blog. LibraryThing. 17 Jan. 2007
<http://www.librarything.com/blog/>.
Author‟s Name
Last, First, MI
“Title or Description of posting”
Type: Online Posting
or Blog
Posting Date
Day, Month, Year
Web Page Title
Sponsoring Organization or Institution
Date Accessed
URL
Day, Month, Year
Other
CD-ROM – Encyclopedia Article
Example:
“Spiders.” Grolier‟s New Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Author‟s Name
CD-ROM Title
“Title of Article.”
Last, First, MI
Video/DVD
Video Example:
DVD Example:
Film Title
Interview
Example:
CD-ROM. Danbury, IL: Grolier, 2000.
Place of Publication
Publisher
(add state if not
well-known)
(if known)
Year of
Publication
Amazon Rainforest. Videocassette. National Geographic, Inc. 1997.
Discovering Spain. DVD. Questar Video Communications, 2001.
Director
Ford, Kenneth. Personal interview. 11 Feb. 2006.
Format
DVD or Videocassette
Distributor
Year
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Person(s) Interviewed
Last, First, MI
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Type of Interview –
Personal or Telephone or Email
Date of Interview
Day, Month, Year