Documentation for Works Cited page or Bibliography
(Based on MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, seventh edition)
*See the handbook if you have a source not covered in this document.

Book | Encyclopedia or Dictionary | Multivolume Reference Work | Magazine | Newspaper | Pamphlet
Television or Radio | Film or Video Recording | Interview
Internet Site | Article from a Database

PRINT SOURCES

BOOK

Author’s last name, First. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.

        Example: One author

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Paper, seventh edition. New York: MLA, 2009. Print.

       Two authors

McCormick, Phyllis A. and Gregory Taylor. How to do Holocaust Research. New York: Harcourt, 2006. Print.

        More than three authors

Tetrick, Amber, et al. Shakespeare in Boise. New York: Houghton, 2007. Print.

        An anthology or a compilation (with Editor)

Carlson, Lori M., ed. Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States. New York: Holt, 1994. Print.

        A work in an anthology

Cisneros, Sandra. “Good Hot Dogs.” Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States.
        Ed. Lori M. Carlson.  New York: Holt, 1994. Print.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OR DICTIONARY (Entries in alphabetical order)

Author’s last name, First. “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Book. Edition. Print.

        Signed Article

Nelson, Mark D. “Electronic Music.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2004 ed. Print.

        Unsigned Article

“Emory University.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2004 ed. Print.

MULTIVOLUME REFERENCE WORK (e. g. Authors and Artists for Young Adults) -- Citing one volume only

Author’s name. “Title of article.” Title of whole work. Editor. Volume #. Place of publication: Publisher, year. Print.

“Stephanie Tolan.”  Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Volume 45. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Print.

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MAGAZINE

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine. date: page number. Print.

Smith, Gary.  “The Ride of Their Lives.”  Sports Illustrated 20 Sept. 2004: 74-85. Print.

NEWSPAPER

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper [City] date of publication: page, edition (if given). Print.

Hoffman, Wayne. “Sportsmen May Face Higher Fees.”  The Idaho Statesman [Boise] 20 Sept. 2004:A1+. Print.

A PAMPHLET

Treat a pamphlet as you would a book.

Washington, DC.  New York: Trip Builder, 2000. Print.

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MISCELLANEOUS PRINT AND NONPRINT SOURCES

TELEVISION OR RADIO PROGRAM

“Title of Episode or segment.” Title of program. Title of series if any. Name of the network. Call letters, city of the local station.
        Broadcast date. Medium.

“Death and Society.”  Narr. Joanne Silberner.  Weekend Edition Sunday.  National  Public Radio. WUWM, Milwaukee. 25  
        January 1998. Radio.

FILM OR VIDEO RECORDING

Title. Director. Performers. (If desired.) Distributor, Year of release. Medium.

It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO,  
        1946. CD.

AN INTERVIEW (that you conducted)

Farley, Jeff. Personal interview. 28 Sept. 2004.

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ELECTRONIC SOURCES

AN ENTIRE INTERNET SITE

Author (if given). “Title of article.” Website Title. Name of institution/organization responsible for the site.Date of    
        posting/update. Web. Date of Access.

"Algeria." CIA The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 18 Dec. 2008. Web. 20 Jan. 2009.

A WORK FROM A LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE DATABASE

Author . “Title of article.” Title of original source (Date of publication). Title of database. Name of the database publisher. Web.
        Date of Access.

Stengel, Richard. "Democracy's Big Day." Time (02 Feb. 2009). eLibrary. Web. 22 Jan. 2009.

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• Double space everything
• Use hanging indention

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