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RUSZMC27_0132334585.QXD 12/19/06 4:07 PM Page 296 27b 296 MLA MLA Documentation BASIC PARTS OF MLA WORKS-CITED ENTRIES Works-cited entries are composed of five basic parts, each of which is listed below, then marked and color-coded in the sample entries at the bottom of the page. ▼ Primary Acknowledgment (Author). Each entry usually begins with the name(s) of the author(s) or artist(s). In some cases you’ll have the option of focusing on other contributors—for example, a book’s editor, a CD’s producer, or a movie’s director. ▼ Title. Usually the second item of an entry, a title sometimes appears first— for instance, with an unsigned source. You might also list two titles within your entry—for example, the title of a book and that of a chapter inside. ▼ Secondary Acknowledgments. Some works are created by many hands. After the title, list the names of other people (aside from the primary acknowledgment) who are given credit for creating the source. ▼ Publication or Production Information. This part can be the most complicated—especially when dealing with electronic documents—but you’re offering readers three key details: who published the source, where, and when. ▼ Online Access Information. For online sources, state the date you last viewed the source and its URL or network address. Works Cited ▼ ▼ ▼ Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. 1954. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, ▼ 1994. ▼ ▼ ▼ Schoolnik, Skip, dir. “Slouching towards Bethlehem.” Writ. Jeffrey Bell. ▼ ▼ Perf. David Boreanaz and Charisma Carpenter. Angel. WB. KTLA, ▼ Los Angeles. 27 Oct. 2002. ▼ ▼ ▼ “W. B. Yeats.” 6 Nov. 2002. Poets.org. 2003. Acad. of Amer. Poets. 2 July 2003 ▼ .
RUSZMC27_0132334585.QXD 12/19/06 4:07 PM Page 297 MLA Works Cited Entries 27b MLA 297 ▼ Primary Acknowledgments (Author) Identify the author of a source in last-name-first order, spelling names as they appear in the source, even if those given are known pseudonyms. • Omit titles and degrees, such as M.D., S.J., Ph.D., President. • Include, however, identifying suffixes such as Jr. or III. Suffixes should be listed immediately after an individual’s name, preceded by a comma. • Include also traditional identifying modifiers (de Medici, for example) for persons not having last names, placing them immediately after the first name. One author or artist. List the last name first, followed by a comma, and first names and initials as they appear on the title page of the source. Add essential suffixes after the first name. When no last name is given, simply list the name by which the individual is recognized in the source. Two or more authors or artists. List their names in the same order they appear on the title page or byline. The first person appears last-namefirst, followed by all others in normal order. Separate each with a comma (even when only two persons are listed), preceding the last person’s name with the word and. Four or more authors or artists. You may use a shortened form, listing only the Latin abbreviation et al. (“and others”) after the first author’s name (last-name-first). Corporate or group authors or artists. List them as they appear on the title page or byline of the source, omitting initial articles (A, An, or The) when the name stands for a corporation or institution. Editors, translators, compilers, etc. When they are given primary acknowledgment, these individuals are listed just like authors—except before the ending period insert a comma and an abbreviation that identifies the form of contribution (see Chart 27.1). When listing multiple persons, place the abbreviation (pluralized by inserting s before the period) after the last individual’s name. Bloom, Amy. — Christine de Pisan. — King, Martin Luther, Jr. — O’Keefe, Georgia. — Shakira. — Armstrong, Lance, and Sally Jenkins. — Black, Francis, and Kim Deal. — Harrison, Maureen A., Ian F. Rae, and Ann Harris. — See Models 3, 5, 15, 23, 24, 29, 42, 49 Page, Jimmy, et al. — Roberts, Henry M., III, et al. — See Models 33, 84 Blue Man Group. — The Who. — World Health Organization. — See Models 48, 77, 78, 79 Cash, Johnny, and June Carter, perfs. — Heaney, Seamus, trans. — Lee, Spike, dir. — Selfe, Cynthia L., and Susan Hilligoss, eds. — See Models 9, 13, 31, 49, 51
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