MLA Style for Works Cited: Paper Sources     [text-only version for printing]

(Source: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999.) 

Double space all citations and indent the 2nd and subsequent lines.

Books

Format: Author(s), if known. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.

Aguirre-Molina, Marilyn, Carlos W. Molina, and Ruth Enid Zambrana, eds. Health Issues in the Latino Community.

San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2001.

Breier, Davida Gypsy, comp. Vegan & Vegetarian FAQ: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions. Baltimore:

Vegetarian Resource Group, 2001.

Brown, Michael K., et al.  Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society. Berkeley: U of California P, 2003.

Cullen, Jim. The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003.

United States. National Research Council. Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism.

Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism. Washington,

D.C.: National Academy Press, 2002.

Editions or Translations

Format: Author(s), if known. Title. Editor or Translator, if known. Specific edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. 

Batshaw, Mark L. Children with Disabilities. 5th ed. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes, 2002.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. Works. Ed. F. N. Robinson. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton, 1957.

Terranova, Antonino. Skyscrapers. Trans. Timothy Stroud. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003.

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Satires & Burlesques. Ed. Franklin R. Rogers. Berkeley: U of California P, 1967.

Multivolume Works

Format if using two or more volumes of a multivolume work: Author, if known; otherwise, Editor, if known. Title. Editor,

if relevant. Total number of volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. 

Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Ed. William S. Baring-Gould. 2 vols. New York:

C.N. Potter, 1967.

Frawley, William J., ed. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 2nd ed. 4 vols. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2nd ed. 13 vols. Detroit: Thomson/Gale, 2005.

Format if using only one volume of a multivolume work: Author, if known; otherwise, Editor, if known. Title. Editor,

if relevant. Specific volume number. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. 

"Child Abuse and Drugs." Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior. Ed. Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt.

Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2003.

Newcomb, Horace, ed. Encyclopedia of Television. Vol. 1. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.

"Tennyson, Alfred." Poetry Criticism. Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale, 1993.

Magazine Articles

Format: Author, if known. "Title of Article." Magazine Title Date: Pages. 

Abood, Maureen. "Juvenile Justice." U.S. Catholic May 2004: 34-38.

Peele, Stanton. "The Surprising Truth about Addiction." Psychology Today May-June 2004: 43+. 

"Profiles of the 2004 Cars." Consumer Reports Apr. 2004: 30+.

Journal Articles

Format: Author, if known. "Title of Article." Journal Title. Volume Number (Date): Pages. 

Allen, Joseph P., et al. "Stability and Change in Attachment Security Across Adolescence." Child Development 75

(2004): 1792-1805.

Goldrick, Barbara. "Monitoring the Health of Military Personnel." American Journal of Nursing 105.2 (2005): 29-33.

Newspaper Articles

Format: Author, if known. "Title of Article." Newspaper Name Date, Edition: Specific Page. 

Eisler, Peter. "Pollution Cleanups Pit Pentagon Against Regulators."  USA Today 14 Oct. 2004: 1A+.

Kolata, Gina. "Hopes Now Outpace Stem Cell Science." New York Times 29 July 2004, East Coast late ed.:P4+.

Articles from Reference Books

Format: Author, if known. "Title of Article." Title of Book. Editor, if known. Edition. Specific volume number. Place

of Publication: Publisher, Date. Pages.  (Note simplified format below for familiar encyclopedias and dictionaries.)

Dixon, Roger A. "Memory and Aging." Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Alan E. Kazdin. Vol. 5. Washington, D.C.:

American Psychological Association, 2000.

"Hack." Def. 3a. Random House Webster's College Dictionary. 2nd rev. and updated ed. 2001.

Rodriguez, Richard. "On the Subject of Gang Photography." Gangs and Society: Alternative Perspectives. Ed.

Louis Kontos, David Brotherton and Luis Barrios. New York: Columbia UP, 2003. 255-282.

Romrell, Lynn J. "Pregnancy." The World Book Encyclopedia. 2002 ed.

Thackrah, John Richard. "Sept. 11, 2001." Dictionary of Terrorism. London: Routledge, 2004.

Created by: J. Sevilla-Marzona 9/23/1999
last update: 2/2005

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