**For further help with citation or citing in other styles (footnote/endnote, APA, etc.)
see your librarian**

Citing Sources Tips and Checklist
How to do In-Text Citations

How to Prepare Your Works Cited List in MLA Style
This list, placed on a separate page at the end of your essay, should include all the sources you quoted, paraphrased or summarized. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate any sources you cite. Each source you cite in your essay must appear in your "Works Cited List".

General Rules:

• Arrange your sources in alphabetical order by the last name of the author
• List the author by last name, follow it with a comma, and then first name
• If a source has more than one author, invert only the first author's name, then continue listing other authors
• If a source has no author, put it in the list by title. When putting it in alphabetical order, ignore 'A', 'The' or 'An' in the title
• You may choose to underline the title or to use italics. Be consistent by using one form only in your Works Cited List. Both forms are correct. Examples which follow will consistently use italics
• Indent second, third, fourth etc. lines five spaces
• DOUBLE-SPACE BETWEEN AND WITHIN ENTRIES
• Capitalize each word in the titles of books, articles, etc., not including 'A', 'The', or 'An' if they appear in the middle of the title
• For well-known encyclopedias, it is not necessary to list the publisher or place of publication. Usually it is only necessary to list the edition number (if any) and the publication date
• If you are listing more than one source by the same author, put the sources in alphabetical order by title, and instead of repeating the author's name, use three hyphens (---).

If you have any questions as to how to format your citations within your text or in your Works Cited list, you will find further detail in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. which is found in the Reference section of the Media Center with the call number R 808 GIB. Please also feel free to ask the librarian for help!! Citing electronic sources, especially, can be somewhat complicated. If in doubt ASK FOR HELP!

How to do In-Text Citations

Examples of MLA "Works Cited" List Citations for Various Sources
**If the type of source you are looking for is not listed below, go to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) for further examples**

Book Format:

Author(s). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

e.g. One author

e.g. Two or more authors

Print Encyclopedia Format:

Author of article (if available). “Title of article.” Name of encyclopedia. Edition. Date.

e.g.

Likens, Gene E. "Acid Rain." The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Micropedia. 15th ed. 1999.

Journal Format:

e.g.

Newspaper Format:

Author(s). “Title of article.” Name of newspaper Day Month Year, Edition: Page Number(s).

e.g.

Magazine Format:

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine Date of Publication: Page numbers.

e.g. For (bi)monthly magazine

Paul, Annie Murphy. “Self-Help: Shattering the Myths.” Psychology Today Mar.-Apr. 2001:60-68.

e.g. For weekly magazine

Video Format:

Title. Director. Distributor, Year of Release.
***There may be other information you should include here – see Librarian or MLA Handbook for help!

e.g.

After the Montreal Massacre. Dir. Gerry Rogers. National Film Board, 1990.

Television or Radio Program Format:

“Episode Title.” Name of Program. Title of series (if any). Call letters of network/station, City. Date.
***There may be other information you should include here – see Librarian or MLA Handbook for help!

e.g.

“Death and Society.” Weekend Edition Sunday. WUWM, Milwaukee. 25 Jan. 1998.

Work in an Anthology:

e.g.

Online Image :

e.g.

Web Page Format:

***If you can not find some of this information, cite what is available.

e.g.

Article on a web site:

e.g.

Interview conducted by the researcher:

Name of the person interviewed. Kind of interview (Personal, E-mail, Telephone). Date.

e.g.

Rowling, J.K. Personal Interview. 24 February 2006.

Email (or other personal communication):

Author. "Title of the message (if any)" E-mail to person's name. Date of the message.

** This same format may be used for personal interviews or personal letters. These do not have titles, and the description should be appropriate. Instead of "Email to John Smith," you would have "Personal interview."

e.g.

E-mail to you:

Kunka, Andrew. "Re: Modernist Literature." E-mail to the author. 15 Nov. 2000.

Email communication between two parties, not including the author:

Neyhart, David. "Re: Online Tutoring." E-mail to Joe Barbato. 1 Dec. 2000.

Article in an Online Magazine, Newspaper or Journal:

e.g.

Online Newspaper, Magazine or Journal Articles from a LIBRARY DATABASE Subscription Service such EBSCO or InfoTrac:

e.g.

Sources:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format. 2004. The Purdue University Online Writing Lab. 16 March 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#other>.