MLA Citation Format (for the Works Cited page)
Print Sources
Maui Community College Library
The examples below use the MLA citation style set forth in the 5th edition of Diana
Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference (available at the library’s Reference Desk).
If your particular type of source is not listed below, consult pages 349-367 of A Writer’s
Reference or the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, pages 142-235 (also
available at the library Reference Desk).
MLA style is very specific. Follow the spacing, italics, commas, indentation, and
punctuation marks exactly as they are shown in these examples and in the abovementioned books. When creating a list of Works Cited, all entries must be double
spaced and listed alphabetically.
Book, one author
(Hacker, p. 352 #6)
NOTE: For multiple authors see Hacker p. 350 #2
Coleman, Stuart H. Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian Hero.
Honolulu: MindRaising Press, 2002.
Book, two authors
(Hacker, p. 350 #2)
Ziegler, Richard, and Patrick Patterson. Red Sun: The Invasion of Hawai’i
After Pearl Harbor. Honolulu: Bess Press, 2001.
Journal article, one author (Hacker p. 356 #21-22)
NOTE: For two or more authors see Hacker p. 350 #2
D’Arcy, Paul. “Warfare and State Formation in Hawai‘i.” Journal of Pacific
History 38 (2003): 29-53.
Newspaper article
(Hacker p. 356 #23)
Daranciang, Nelson. “Big Surf Keeps Rescuers Busy.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin 19
June 2003, late ed.: A1+.
Magazine article (Hacker p. 355 #20)
Murr, Andrew. “Trouble in Paradise.” Newsweek 10 May 1999: 73.
Work in an anthology (Hacker p.352 #10)
Burgess, Puanani. “Choosing My Name.” Ho‘omānoa: An Anthology of Contemporary
Hawaiian Literature. Ed. Joseph P. Balaz. Honolulu: Ku Pa‘a, 1989. 4041.
Encyclopedia or dictionary entry (Hacker p. 353 #13)
Smith, William R. “Hawai‘i Blount Report.” Historical Dictionary of Oceania.
Ed. Robert D. Craig and Frank P. King. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press,
1981.
The CQ Researcher (Hacker p. 355 #20)
Wright, Scott. “Community Colleges.” The CQ Researcher 21 Apr. 2000: 329-352