MLA Citation Format
MLA Citation Format

Citing Works in the MLA Style

All of the below information was taken from the MLA Handbook of Writers of Research Papers, 6^th Edition.  

Print Sources

Citing Books:

Author’s (or Authors’)name(or names).  Title of the book.  Place of publication (city):

Name of publisher, Year of publication.

Examples:

Kaku, Michio.  Hyperspace:  A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time

warps, and the Tenth Dimension.  New York: Oxford UP, 1994.

Jakobson, Roman, and Linda R. Waugh.  The Sound Shape of Language.  Bloomington:

Indiana UP, 1979.

For a reference book:

Mohanty, Jitendra M.  “Indian Philosophy.”  The New Encyclopedia Britannica:

Macropaedia. 15^th ed. 1987.

“Azimuthal Equidistant Projection.”  Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.  10^th ed.

1993. 

Citing Periodicals:

Author’s name.  “Title of article.”  Title of magazine  Date of issue (Day Month Year): 

Pages on which article appears. 

Examples:

Bazell, Robert.  “Science and Society: Growth Industry.”  New Republic 15 Mar. 1993:

13-14.

Frank, Michael.  “The Wild, Wild, West.”  Architectural Digest June 1993: 180+.

                        Note:  Use the “+” when an article is NOT printed on consecutive pages.

If no author is given:

“The Decade of the Spy.”  Newsweek 7 Mar.  1994: 26-27.

                        Note: Ignore any initial A, AN, or The when you alphabetize the entry.

Citing a Newspaper Article

Author’s name.  “Title of article.”  Name of newspaper.  Date of issue (Day Month Year),

Edition (if available):  Page Number(s) on which the article appears.

Example:

Feder, Barnaby J.  “For Job Seekers, a Toll-Free Gift of Expert Advice.”  New York Times 30

Dec. 1993, late ed.:  D1+.

Citing an Opposing Viewpoints Book or Pamphlet

Author’s Name (the author of the specific article). “Title of Article.”  Title of Book (Pamphlet). 

Ed. Name of Editor(s).  Opposing Viewpoints.  City of Publication: Name of

Publisher, Date of Publication.  

Example:

Chucker, Harold.  “There Is An Energy Crisis.”  Is There An Energy Crisis?.  Eds. Judy Smith

and Bruno Leone.  Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlet.  St. Paul: Greenhaven Press, 1981.  

Electronic Sources

Citing an Article Accessed through a Subscription Service

Author’s Name.  “Title of Article.”  Title of Magazine Date of Issue (Day Month Year):

Page Numbers (if available). Name of Database. Name of Service. Subscribing Library. Date of Access (Day Month Year) . 

Example: 

Frank, Michael.  “The Wild, Wild West.”  Architectural Digest June 1993:180+. 

Masterfile Select. EBSCO. Haverling H.S. Lib. 25 Jan. 2001.

Citing a Webpage

Author’s Name (if available).  “Title of Web Page.”  Title of Web Site. Date of Electronic

Publication.  Sponsoring Organization (If Available). Date of Access (Day Month Year)  .

Example:

Thomas, Michael.  “Driving While Black.”  Current Racial Issues in America. 2000. NAACP. 

24 Jan. 2001.  .   

Citing an Entire Website

Title of Web Site. Name of Editor (if available). Date of Electronic Publication or Update. Date

of Access (Day Month Year) .

Example:

Current Racial Issues.  Ed. Brett A. Smith. 2000. 24 Jan. 2001 .   

Citing a Photograph

MLA-style Citation Format:
(MLA Handbook, 6th ed., sections 5.8.6 and 5.9.9d)

Structure:

1.      Photographer's last name, first name, middle initial).

2.      Title of photograph (underlined or italicized).

3.      Original date of photograph (if available).

4.      Title of collection (underlined or italicized).

5.      Date of posting or most recent update of collection (if available).

6.      Current location of original document (if available).

7.      Name of project or reference database (underlined or italicized).

8.      Sponsoring organization.

9.      Date of access and electronic address.

Last name, First name Middle initial.  Title of photograph.  Original date of photograph.  Title of Online Collection.  Date of posting.  Current location of original document.  Database.  Sponsoring organization.  Day Month Year of access .

Example:

O'Sullivan, Timothy H.  Incidents of the War.  c1865.  Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library 
	of Congress,  1861-1865.  12 Jan. 2000.  American Memory.  Lib. of Congress.  2 Aug. 2005 . 
	<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cwar:@field(NUMBER+@band(cwp+4a40875))>.