Works Cited
 

Adapted from MLA Style Sheets

Book by one author:
Boorstin, Daniel J.  The Creators: A History of the Heroes of the Imagination.
    New York: Random, 1992.

Two or more authors:
Hyde, Margaret, and Elizabeth Forsythe.  Suicide: The Hidden Epidemic.
    New York: Watts, 1986.

Book with an editor:
Hall, Donald, ed.  The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes.
    New York: Oxford UP, 1981.

Translation of a book:
Flaubert, Gustav.  Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial Life.  Trans. Francis
    Steegmuller.  New York: Modern Library-Random, 1957.

A work in an anthology:
Gong, Victor and Norman Rudnick, eds.  AIDS: Facts and Issues.
    New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1986.

A multivolume work, and three or more authors or editors:
Potter, G. R., et al., eds.  The New Cambridge Modern History.  14 vols.  Cambridge:
    Cambridge UP, 1957-70.
 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Author’s last name, First name.  (Date). Title of Article. Title of Reference Book
     (italics or underlined).  (Vol, Pages). Place of publication: Publisher.

A signed article in a reference book:
Manning, Kenneth. (1997) Nightingale, Florence. In The World Book Encyclopedia.
     (Vol. 14, pp. 420-422). Chicago: World Book, Inc.

An unsigned article in a reference book:
Key, Francis Scott. Webster’s American Biographies. 584. Springfield, MA: G. & C.
    Merriam Company, 1975.
 

MAGAZINES
Author’s last name, First name.  Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Magazine
     (italics or underlined).  Day Month Year: Pages.

An article from a monthly or bimonthly magazine:
Wills, Garry.  “The Words That Remade America: Lincoln at Gettysburg.”  Atlantic.
    June 1992: 57-59.
 

An article from a weekly or biweekly magazine:
Trillin, Calvin.  “Culture Shopping.”  New Yorker.  15 Feb. 1993: 48-51.
 

NEWSPAPERS
Author’s last name, First name.  Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Newspaper
     (italics or underlined).  Day Month Year, edition: section and page.

A signed article from a daily newspaper:
Barringer, Felicity.  “Where Many Elderly Live, Signs of the Future.”  New York Times.
    7 Mar. 1993, nat. ed.: sec. 1:12.

“Infant Mortality Down: Race Disparity Widens.”  Washington Post.  12 Mar. 1993:
    A12.
 

INTERVIEWS
Interviewed person’s last name, first name. Type of  Interview. Day Month Year.

Diamond, Carol.  Telephone Interview.  27 Dec. 1988.
 

ONLINE RESOURCES: Database
Author’s last name, First name.  Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Electronic Reference
     (italics or underlined).  Database. Internet address of database. Date accessed.

Signed Article in an Online Encyclopedia
Sochen, June. “Anthony, Susan Brownell.” World Book Online America’s Edition.
    http://www.worldbookonline.com. 2 Mar. 2001.

Unsigned Article in an Online Encyclopedia
"Sampson, Deborah.”  Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online. http://www.eb.com:180. 2 Mar.
     2001.

Article in a Reference Database
“Asoka.” Hutchinson’s Biography Database. EBSCOhost Full Display.
    http://libraries.maine.edu/maine.edu/mainedatabases. 2 Mar. 2001.

Article in a Magazine or Newspaper Database
“Why Seattle’s Big Quake Had Little Impact.” Christian Science Monitor. 2 Mar. 2001. EBSCOhost Full Display.
        http://libraries.maine.edu/maine.edu/mainedatabases. 2 Mar. 2001.
 

ONLINE RESOURCES: Other
Author’s last name, First name.  Title of Article (in quotes). Title of Electronic Reference
     (italics or underlined). Date of Posting/Revision. Internet address of database. Date accessed

Internet Site
Toole, Betty. "Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace." Biographies of Women Mathematicians Web Site.
    4 May 2006. 11 Sept. 2006.  <http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/love.htm>.

E-mail
Richardson, Robert. “Aviation News.” E-mail to Robert A. Barron. 2 Mar. 2001.
 

OTHER RESOURCES

Cartoons and advertisements:
Adams, Charles.  Cartoon.  New Yorker.  22 Feb. 1988: 33.

Philip Morris. Advertisement.  Freeze.
     Feb. 2001: 35.

Films, radio, and television programs:
The Last Emperor.  Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci.  With John Lone and Peter O’Toole.
    Columbia, 1987.

“If God Ever Listened: A Portrait of Alice Walker.”  Horizons.  Prod. Jane Rosenthal.
     NPR.  WBST, Muncie.  3 Mar. 1984.

Maps and charts:
Sonoma and Napa Counties.  Map.  San Francisco: California State Automobile Assn.,
    1984.

Works Cited

Baron, Alvin. Bud’s Easy Research Paper Computer Manual For IBM PC’s. 3rd ed.
    New York: Lawrence House Publishers, 2000.

“Modern Language Association (MLA) Guidelines.” UHWO Writing Center.
    http://homepages.uhwo.hawaii.edu/~writing/mla95.htm. 13 Dec. 2000.