MLA A Brief Guide to MLA Style The following are examples for citing resources (that you have quoted or paraphrased) in a "list of works cited." The list is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author. If there is no author, file the citation alphabetically by the title of the resource. Note: All entries should begin flush with the left margin. If an entry runs more than one line, indent the subsequent line or lines one half inch or five spaces. RESOURCE TYPE LIST OF WORKS CITED EXAMPLES Book, single author Rodriguez, Richard. Brown: the Last Discovery of America. New York: Penguin Books, 2003. Book, two or more authors Pilcher, Jane and Imelda Whelehan. Fifty Key Concepts in Gender Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2004. Book, more than three authors Sproat, Becky, et al. Librarians Who Hate Citation. Tacoma, WA: Fake P, 2003. Book, corporate author American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM­IV­TR. 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Film or video Tannen, Deborah. That’s Not What I Meant!: Language, Culture and Meaning. Videocassette. Into the Classroom Media, 2004. Entry in a "standard,” well­ known encyclopedia. If no author, begin entry with title. Bergmann, Peter G. "Relativity." New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. 1993. Signed article in a specialized Feagin, Joe R. “African­American Studies.” Encyclopedia of encyclopedia. If unsigned, Sociology. Ed. Edgar F. Borgatta. 2nd ed. 5 vols. New York: begin entry with title. Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. Article from an anthology such as Contemporary Literary Criticism Roberts, Sheila. “A Confined World: A Rereading of Pauline Smith.” World Literature Written in English 24 (1984): 232­38. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard, Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 399­402. Journal article with author Posner, Michael I. "Seeing the Mind." Science 262 (1993): 673­674. Same article if found on Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) database Posner, Michael I. "Seeing the Mind." Science 262 (1993): 673­ . Expanded Academic ASAP. InfoTrac. Tacoma Community College Lib., WA. 1 Oct. 1997 <http://web7.infotrac.galegroup.com/>. Journal article with author paginated by issue. Hergott, Lawrence J. “Galileo’s Grapes: Recognizing Those Who Helped Make Us Who We Are.” Journal of the American Medical Association 290.17 (2003):2235­ . Journal article without author found on Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) database "Antiviral Agent Causes Adverse Effects in SARS Patients." Drug Utilization Review 19 (2003): 87. Expanded Academic ASAP. InfoTrac. Tacoma Community College Lib., WA. 4 Dec. 2003 <http://web7.infotrac.galegroup.com/>. Magazine article with author Righton, Barbara. “All the Sad Horses.” Maclean’s 10 Feb. 2003: 38­40.
MLA Newspaper article with author Kolata, Gina. "First Mammal Clone Dies; Dolly Made Science History." New York Times 15 Feb. 2003 A4. Same article if found in ProQuest database* Kolata, Gina. "First Mammal Clone Dies; Dolly Made Science History." New York Times 15 Feb. 2003 A4. Name of database. ProQuest. Tacoma Community College Lib., WA. 22 Feb. 2003 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>. Magazine article found on the Internet Landsburg, Steven E. "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?" Slate 1 May 1997. 10 Sept. 1998 <http://slate.com/Economics/97­05­ 01/Economics.asp>. Journal article from EthnicNewswatch database Sherwood, Marika. "Engendering Racism: History and History Teachers in English Schools." Research in African Literatures 30.1 (2002): 184­ . Ethnic NewsWatch. ProQuest. Tacoma Community College Lib., WA. 15 Oct. 2002 <http://enw.softlineweb.com/ethnic.htm>. Web page with government (corporate) author United States. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Mental Health. Schizophrenia. 2002. 22 May 2003 <http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/schizoph.cfm>. Web page with author, but no Wilde, Russel. How To Be Drug Smart. 23 May 2003 date <http://www.aarpmagazine.org/health/Articles/a2003­01­16­ drugsmart.html/page=1>. Web page with no author or date Note: If a web page has no author (or obvious sponsoring organization) you should think twice before using it. What Is a Fuel Cell? 23 May 2003 <http://216.51.18.233/whatis.htm>. Web page with no author; one "Avoiding Plagiarism." The Pearl A. Wanamaker Library. 28 Sept. “publication” of several on the 2001. 15 Oct. 2002 page <http://www.tacomacc.edu/library/plagiarism.shtm>. Ask you instructor if he or she prefers underlining (as shown above) or italics. If you are unable to provide the inclusive page numbers for an article (common when you are using electronic access), give the first page number followed by a hyphen, space and period, for example, “198­ .”. *ProQuest publishes a large number of databases; most of the time we search “all” of the databases. Some instructors will accept “ProQuest” as the database title. If not, to see which database to cite in your works cited list, do the following: § While on the results page, mark the item(s) you plan to cite § Click on Cite (near the top of the list of results) § Choose Format>Citations only § Choose Citation style>MLA and click on “Download” to see the citation, including the database name Last revised 2/17/2006