Works Cited Sample Entries-MLA Format

Use the examples below to create your own bibliography.

How to Cite Books

A book with one author:

Jones, Royce. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. Chicago: MacMillan, 1988.

A book with two authors: 

Neal, Sandra Ann and Susan Gray. The Women of Florence. New Haven:  UP,1989.

A book with more than two authors (et al means "and others" in Latin):

Ottoman, James, et. al. Exploring Architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Bantam, 1997.

A book with one editor, but no author:

Sanders, Ann, ed. Diary of a Friendship. Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1994. 

A book with two or three editors, but no author:

Tyson, James and Tom L. Gray, eds. African-American Poetry. New York  MacMillan, 1995. 345-58. 

A book with no author and no editor:

Primary Reference Books. 1995 ed. New York: Bowker, 1995.

An Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword:

Brewer, Robert. Preface. The Works of James Joyce. By Jacob Lewis.  New York: Baker & Taylor, 1992. 1-7.

How to Cite Collections or Anthologies

A novel or a play from a book that is a collection of several novels or plays:

Serling, Rod. Requiem for a Heavyweight. Modern American Plays. Ed. Robert  J.  Corbinet and Mariam Balf. New York: Scribner's, 1973. 57-89.

 A Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a book that is a collection of several authors' works:

Welty, Eudora. "At the Corner Store." American Poets. Ed. Gerald Levin. New  York:  Harcourt, 1995. 20-23.

A Poem, short story, essay, or a chapter from a collection of works by one author:

Anson, Margaret. "My Mama." Poems. New York: Doubleday, 1989. 11-12.  

How to Cite Encyclopedia Articles

An encyclopedia article (with no author):

"Fire Fighting." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed. 

 An encyclopedia article (with an author):

Bates, William. "Angelou, Maya." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.

 Article from Encarta Encyclopedia CD-ROM:

"Lewis Carroll." Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Redmond: Microsoft, 1996.

How to Cite Magazine and Newspaper articles

An article from a print magazine (not on the computer or Internet):

Cain, William. "Big Business of the Nineties." Business Week. 16 Aug 1998:  19-21.

A newspaper article (print version, not Internet):

James, Noah. "The Book Everyone Loves to Hate." New York Times. 22 Jan  1998, sec. C:12.   

Magazine or newspaper article found through eLibrary:

USGS.  “Earthquake Hazards Program.”  17 Jan. 2002.  http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/basics.html.  Elibrary. 1 Dec. 2003.  http://elibrary.bigchalk.com.

Magazine or newspaper article found through UMI ProQuest:

Leonard, Tom. "Men Reject Call for New Controls on TV Violence." The Daily Telegraph. Oct. 14, 1998: 10. ProQuest Direct. Online. 12 Mar 1999 http://proquest.umi.com/.

Magazine or newspaper article found through SIRS:

Trefil, James. "Discovering Cosmic Rays." ASTRONOMY Magazine, Jan. 2001, 36-39. Reproduced in SIRS Researcher CD-ROM (Boca Raton, Fla.: SIRS Mandarin, Fall 2001).

How to Cite Electronic Sources

 Web Sites:

Author or originator. “Title of article”. Title of item or complete work (if relevant). Date of visit <full http address>. Example –

Jenkins, John. “John Jenkins Home Page”. Marshall Junior High Staff . 4 May 2000 http://www.marshall.k12.il.us/jh/jenkins.htm 

Online Images:

Author or originator.  Description of title of image. Date of visit <full http address>. Example-

USGS. “Map: Major Volcanoes in Ecuador.” 30 Nov 1999 http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/Maps/map_ecuador_volcanoes.html

Online Sounds:

Author or originator. Description of sound. Date of visit <full http address>.

Example-

Jussi Bjoring Home page. “Di quella pira” aria from Il Travatore, by Guiseppe Verdi. 30 Nov 1999.  http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse?3468/bjorling.htm

Online Video Clips:

Author or originator. Description of title of video clip. Date of visit <full http address>. Example-

Zoological Society of San Diego. “Let’s See Those New Teeth”. San Diego Zoo Baby Panda Exhibit. 29 Nov 1999 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/special/panda/pand_baby_videos3.html

How to Cite Interviews

Give the name of the person, the kind of interview, such as personal or telephone, and the date.

Jones, John. Personal interview.  25 May 2000.

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