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MLA Citation Guide

Page history last edited by Mrs. G 13 years, 3 months ago

 

Print Medium

Example

MLA Rule

Bible Title of Bible (or other religious text). City: Publisher, Year. Print. Version. 5.5.10 

Book: 1 Author

Last name, First name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Print. 5.5.2 

Book: 2 or more authors

Last name, First name, and author last name, first name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Print.

5.5.4 

Book: Anthology

(short story, poem)

Last name, First name. "Selected Work". Title of Anthology. City: Publisher, Year. Print. (if there is an editor add Ed. last name, first name.) 5.5.6 
Book: Corporate author Organization. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Print. 5.5.5 
Book: Editor  Last name, First name, Ed. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year. Print.  5.5.3 
Book: Other than English Last name, First name. Title [English translation]. City: Publisher, Year. Print. 5.5.22

Dictionary 

"Word". Def. Entry number. Title of Dictionary. City: Publisher, Ordinal number ed. Year. Print. 5.5.7 
Editorial Last name, First name. "Title of Editorial." Editorial. Title of Periodical. Date: Page. Print.  
Encyclopedia Entry  Last name, First name. "Article." Title of Encyclopedia. Edition, volume.  City: Publisher, Year. Print.   5.5.7 
Government Document Country. Agency. Title of Document. City: Publisher, Date. Print. 5.5.20 
Graphic Novel Last name, First name. Title of Graphic Novel. Illus. first name, last name. City: Publisher, Year. Print.   5.5.12 
Illustrated  Book Last name, First name. Title of Graphic Novel. Illus. first name, last name. City: Publisher, Year. Print. 5.5.12
Letter to Editor Last name, First name. Letter. Title of Periodical. Date: Page. Print.  
Pamphlet Organization. Title of Pamphlet. City: Publisher, Date. Print. 5.5.19 
Magazine Article Last name, First name. "Article." Title of Periodical. Date: Pages. Print. 5.4.6
Newspaper Last name, First name. "Article." Title of Newspaper [city if not obvious]. Date, Section. Print. 5.4.5
Religious Text see Bible  

Web Medium 

Example 

 
Digital Document (Word, PDF, Excel) Last name, First name. Title of Document. City: Organization, Year. PDF file. 5.7.18
Digital Image (gif, jpeg) Last name, First name. "Title".Title of Website. Year created or posted. Organization. JPEG file. 5.7.18
Digital Music Last name, First name, perf. "Song." Title of Soundtrack. Record Label, Year. MP3 file. 5.7.18
E-mail Last name, First name. "Message subject." Message to first name last name. Date. E-mail. 5.7.13
Online Database  Last name, First name. "Article." Title of Publication. (Date): Issue:volume. Page numbers. Name of Database. Web. Access date. (URL is optional for online databases) 5.6.4

Website 

Last name, First name. "Webpage." Title of Website. Organization. Posting date. Web. Access date. <URL>. 5.6.1

Other 

Example 

 
Advertisement Company name. Advertisement. Title of Periodical. Date: Page   Number. Print. 5.7.10
Broadcast: Radio "Title of Segment." Title of Program. Network name. Call letters and city of station. Date. Radio.  5.7.1
Boradcast: Television "Title of Segment." Title of Program. Network name. Call letters and city station. Date. Television.  5.7.1
Chart/Graph Title. Chart. City: Publisher, Year. Print. 5.7.8
Comic Strip Last name, First name. "Title." Comic Strip. Title of Periodical [City if not common] Date: Issue:Volume. Print. 5.7.9
DVD Title of DVD. Dir. First name Last name. Perf. First name Last name. Movie Distributor, Year. DVD 5.7.3
Film  Title of Film. Dir. First name, Last name. Perf. First name Last name. Movie Distributor, Year. Film  5.7.3
Interview Last name, First name of interviewee. Interview by First name Last name. Title of Interview. *Proceed to follow print, tv, or radio citation to complete information 5.7.7
Lecture Last name, First name. "Topic of Lecture." Name of Class". Location of class/conference, City. Date. Lecture. 5.7.11
Legal Case

Print:

Case. Volume, name, page number. Name of court. Year of decision. Title of Case. Publisher. City, Date. Print.

Web:

Case. Volume, name, page number. Name of court. Year of decision. Title of Case. Organization. Date. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

5.7.14
Map Title. Map. City: Publisher, Year. Print. 5.7.8
Performance Title of Play. By First name Last name of playwright. Dir. First name Last name. Perf. First name Last name. Performing Group. Theatre name, City. Date. Performance.  5.7.4
Sound Recording   Last name, First name of artist. "Song." By First name Last name of composer. Title of Soundtrack. Record Label. City, Year. CD.   5.7.2
Visual Art  Last name, First name of artist. Title of Artwork. Year. Medium. Name of Museum, City.   5.7.6

 

Important Information: (5.2; 5.3)

  • Dates should be written as Day Month Year
  • Parenthetical Citation (Last name pg number)
  • Works cited page should be listed in alphabetical order

Books without Publication Information: (5.5.24)

  • n.p. = no place of publication given
  • n.p. =  no publisher given
  • n.d. = no date of publication given
  • n. pag. = no pagination given

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