How to cite MLA Style in a bibliography

Below are examples of how to site the sources used in a research project.

MLA Citation Style

Book
Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The

             History of the Future. New York : Pocket Books, 1993.

Book with no author or editor
Peterson’s Annual Guides to Graduate Study. 33^rd ed. Princeton ,  

                 NJ : Peterson’s Guides, 1999.

Book with editor
Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era.

                 Baltimore : Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

Article or Chapter from a reference book
James, Nancy E. “Two Sides of Paradise : The Eden Myth

                  According to Kirk and Spock.” Spectrum of the Fantastic.  

                 Ed.

 Donald Palumbo. Westport , Ct: Greenwood , 1988. 219-223.

Encyclopedia Article
Sturgeon, Thoedore. “Science Fiction.” The Encyclopedia  

                Americana . 1995.

Journal Article
Wilcox, Rhonda V. "Shifting Roles and Synthetic Women in Star  

                Trek: The Next Generation." Studies in Popular Culture  

                13.2 (1991): 53-65.

Article in monthly magazine
Keizer , Garret. “How the Devil Falls in Love.” Harper’s Aug. 2002:

                43-51.

Article in Newspaper
Millman, Nancy. “Some Voices Not Cloning Euphoria.” Chicago

                 Tribune 5 Feb. 1997: A3.

Website
Lynch, Tim. “This Day in History: August 20.” The History Channel

                Online. 15 May 1998. History Channel. 19 June 2003

                <http://historychannel.com/thisday/today/980820.html>.

Online Encyclopedia
Smith, Whitney. “Betsy Ross.” World Book Online Reference

                 Center . 2004. World Book, Inc. 18 July 2004

                <http://www.worldbookonline.com/ar?

                //na/ar/co/ar476000.htm>.

Online Newspaper or Magazine Database
Farley, Christopher John, and James Willwerth. “Dead Teen

                Walking.” Time 19 Jan. 1998 . Expanded Academic ASAP

                database. Gale Group Databases. Hobbs High School

                  Library, Hobbs , NM . 19 October 2004

                <http://web4.infotrac.galegroup.com>.

Helpful Hints:

• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, if a book, article, webpage, etc. has no author arrange it alphabetically by title.
• Double-space all lines.
• Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).
• Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July.
• Websites: include the title of the web page, the name of the entire web site, the organization that posted it (this may be the same as the name of the website). Also include the full date the page was created or last updated (day, month, year if available) and the date you looked at it.
• Online Newspaper or Magazine Database Articles: Include:
• The name of the database (underlined) and the company that created it and its home webpage;
• The full date of the article (day, month, year if available) and the date you looked at it;
• If you are citing a journal instead of a magazine, include the volume (and issue number) and date.
• The library or other organization and its location that provided you with access to the database.

Additional Resources:
MLA Citation Style:
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
Long Island University – B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library

MLA Format
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
OWL – Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

MLA List of Work Cited
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/list.html
Diana Hacker - Research and Documentation Online

MLA – Works Cited Documentation
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html
University of Wisconsin – Madison Writing Center

MLA Citations – Electronic Formats
http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.html
From Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey