HOW TO CITE YOUR SOURCES

USING MLA FORMAT

Guidelines

1. Center the title Works Cited one inch from the top of paper. Double-space before the first entry.

2. Begin each entry flush with the left margin. If the entry is more than one line then indent five spaces.

3. Double-space within each entry and also double-space between each citation.

4. List each entry alphabetically by the author’s last name. If there is no author, use the first word of the title disregarding A, An, The.

Sample citations:

Book with one author

Weiss, Ann E. Easy Credit. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000.

Book with two authors

Boekhoff, P. M. and Stuart A. Kallen. Venus Williams. Farmington Hills, MI:

Thomson Gale, 2003.

Book compiled by an editor

Kelly, Kevin H. , ed. Books That Shaped Successful People. Minneapolis, MN:

Fairview Press, 1995.

Books without an author listed

What Life Was Like in the Age of Chivalry: Medieval Europe AD 800-1500.

Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1997.

An article in a reference book with an author

Robinson, Leif J. “Hubble Space Telescope.” Encyclopedia Americana, 2000 ed.

An article in a reference book – no author

“Humboldt River.” Encyclopedia Americana, 2000 ed.

Magazine article with an author

Leonard, William R. “Food for Thought.” Scientific American, Dec 2002: 108-115.

Magazine article – no author

“Oprah’s Class Act.” People, 23 Dec 2002: 24.

Article in newspaper

Ross, Winston. “Railroad Fuel Depot Nearly Done.” Spokesman-Review, 24 Jan 2003:A1.

World Wide Web

Author/editor. “Title of Web Page.” Date of publication or last revision. Full Title of the Sponsored/Home Web Page. Date accessed. <URL>.

Delany, Robert. “MLA Citation Style.” 4 Nov 2002. Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library. 27 January 2003 http://www.liu.edu/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm.

Johnson, Carolyn. “MLA Citation Style Examples.” Jan 2003. Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University. 27 January 2003. http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/citing/mla.htm

“Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format.” Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) 2002. Purdue University. 27 January 2003.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

Link to Internet Works Cited sources:

Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html