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MLA: Works Cited Page
Note: This document should only be used as a reference and should not replace assignment guidelines.
Pages below refer to the MLA Handbook, 7 th ed.
Journal Article from a Database (192-193)
Author’s name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Volume#.Issue# (year): page-page. Title of Database. Web. Day
Month Year of access.
Query, Patrick. "Crooked Europe: The Verse Drama of W. H. Auden." Modern Drama 51.4 (2008): 579-604. MLA
International Bibliography. Web. 2 Aug. 2012.
Article or Document from a Website (184-187)
Author’s or editor’s name (if given). “Title of Article” (if given). Title of Website (if different from article). Publisher
or site sponsor (if not available, use N.p.), Day Month Year of publication (if not available, use n.d.). Web.
Day Month Year of access.
Gagnon, Steve. “The element sulfur.” It’s Elemental: The Periodic Table. Johnson Labs, 2012. Web. 2 Aug. 2012.
“Treatment Choices by Stage for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.” Cancer.org. American Cancer Society, 27 Feb. 2012.
Web. 2 Aug. 2012.
Book/Textbook (148-156)
Author’s Name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, year. Print.
Greene, Stuart, and April Lidinsky. From Inquiry to Academic Writing (2nd ed.). Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011.
Print.
Book Chapter or Article in an Anthology or Reference Book (157-161)
Author of Article (if given). “Title of Chapter or Entry.” Title of Book. Editors’ Names (if given). Edition (if given).
City: Publisher, year. Pages. Print.
Kumar, Amitava. “Passport Photos.” Reading Culture. Ed. Diana George and John Trimbur. 5 th ed. New York:
Pearson Longman, 2004. 493-504. Print.
Government or Corporate Publication (174-177, 224)
Author’s name (if given). Government Agency or Corporate Entity. Title of Publication. Report Number (if given).
City: Publisher, year. Web/Print. [If Web, give day month year accessed.]
*If no publisher is listed for a U.S. government document, use GPO (the Government Printing Office).*
Bureau of the Census. 1990 Census of Population and Housing: Population and Housing Unit Costs: Alabama. CPH-
2-2. Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census, 1992. Web. 2 Aug. 2012.
Broughman, Stephen. United States Dept. of Education. National Center for Education Statistics. Private School
Universe Survey (PSS): Survey Documentation for School Year 2009–10. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2012.
Web. 2 Aug. 2012.
Unpublished Interview (202)
Speaker’s name. Personal interview/Telephone interview. Day Month Year.
Fabrizio, Doug. Personal interview. 28 Mar. 2012.
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MLA: Works Cited Page
Note: This document should only be used as a reference and should not replace assignment guidelines.
Unpublished Lecture (203)
Speaker’s name. “Title of Lecture (if known).” Meeting and Sponsoring Organization (or Class). Location. Day
Month Year. Lecture/Keynote speech/Reading.
Favret, Mary. “Sonnet Sequences.” Poetry 202. Indiana University English Department. Bloomington, IN. 29 Sept.
2008. Lecture.
Unpublished Email or Letter (204)
Name of Author. “Title” [if available]. Message to the author. Day Month Year. Email.
Lindsjo, Sam. “Re: National Archives.” Message to the author. 12 Dec. 2011. Email.
Newspaper or Magazine Article, Online (141-143, 184-187)
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper or Magazine. Publisher or site sponsor (if not available, use N.p.), Day
Month Year of Publication. Web. Day Month Year of access.
Gladstone, Rick. “Annan Casts Blame Widely as He Resigns as Syria Envoy.” New York Times. New York Times, 2
Aug. 2012. Web. 2 Aug. 2012.
Jacobs, Alan. “E-reading: A Midterm Report.” The Atlantic.com Atlantic Monthly Group, 1 Aug. 2012. Web. 2 Aug.
2012.
Newspaper or Magazine Article, Print (141-143)
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper or Magazine Day Month Year of Publication: pages. Print.
Slaughter, Anne-Marie. “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” The Atlantic July-Aug. 2012: 84-102. Print.
Kitsantonis, Niki. “Optimism in Greece after Talks with Lenders.” New York Times 6 Aug. 2012: A7. Print.
Blog Post or Other Online Material (184-187)
Author’s name. “Title of Post.” Title of Website (if different from title.) Publisher or site sponsor (if not available,
use N.p.). Day month year of publication. Web. Day month year of access.
Yglesias, Matthew. “America’s Fiscal Union in Action.” Slate.com. Washington Post Company. 25 June 2012. Web. 6
Aug. 2012.
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Additional Sources
Source with more than three authors: 155
Religious text: 164
Conference Proceedings: 177
Asay, Ronald. “How the Americans Made Transcendentalism.” Journal of American
History 23 (1978): 345-357. Print.
Chan, Evans. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture 10.3
Electronic book: 184-186
(2000): n. pag. Project Muse. Web. 5 Dec. 2008.
Movie: 197-198
The Committee on Scholarly Editions. “Guidelines for Editors of Scholarly
Sound recording: 195
Editions.” Modern Language Association. MLA, 25 Sept. 2007. Web. 15 May
Visual art: 200-201
2008.
Kepner, Diane. “From Spears to Leaves: Walt Whitman’s Theory of Nature in ‘Song
of Myself’.” American Literature 51.2 (1979): 179-204. JSTOR. Web. 8 July
2010.
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