Making a Works Cited List
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This is a guide for how you should format your Works Cited List. Always put your Works Cited List
in alphabetical order by author or if there is no author put it in order by the title. Always
capitalize proper nouns and use necessary punctuation. If you have any questions, please consult
your school librarian or a MLA handbook.
BOOKS
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title Underlined. Place of Publication: Publishing
Company, Copyright Date.
Example:
Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of the Article in Quotation Marks." Title of
Encyclopedia Underlined. Copyright Date.
Example:
"Nellie Bly." World Book Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. 1993.
MAGAZINES
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article in Quotation Marks." Magazine Title
Underlined. Month, Year of Publication: Page Numbers.
Example:
Gup, Ted. "Hiroshima." National Geographic. August, 1995: 78-101.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA (CDs, VIDEOS, CASSETTES)
Title of Resource Underlined. Edition or Version. Type of Media. Place of Publication: Publishing
Company. Copyright Date.
Example:
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe ed. CD-ROM. Novato: Broderbund, 1992.
WEB SITES
Creator's Last Name, Creator's First Name. Title of Site Underlined. Date the site was updated.
Institute or Organization. Date you visited the site. <URL in Brackets>.
Example: (No Author Provided)
"Corn Snake." 1998. WNC Nature Center. March 8, 2002.
http://wildwnc.org/at/cornsnake.html.