Make sure to double-space your works cited per MLA guidelines.  The  following examples are single spaced to conserve paper.  MLA uses a ½” hanging indentation (or 5 typewriter spaces). Go to <http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/path/mla_master.htm> for additional examples. This style sheet is a very basic guide. Some professors find it useful for students to use, but others prefer that you contact them for help in citing these resources. Check with your particular professor about using this style guide.

 

CITING PRINT SOURCES

 

Book with one author:

Wray, Harry.  Japanese and American Education : Attitudes and Practices.  Westport:  Bergin, 1999.

 

Book with two or three authors:

Margulis, Lynn, and Karlene V. Schwartz.  Five Kingdoms :  an Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on  Earth.  3rd

 ed.  New York:  Freeman, 1998.

 

Book with four or more authors:

Mcleary, Joseph Webb, et al. By the Numbers: Using Facts and Figures to Get Your Projects, Plans, and Ideas

            Approved.  New York: American Management Association, 2000.

 

Book with an editor (anthology):

Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997.

 

Book with an author and an editor:

Toomer, Jean.  The Wayward and the Seeking:  A Collection of Writings by Jean Toomer.  Ed. Darwin T. Turner.

            Washington:  Howard UP, 1980.

 

Book with an edition:

Hudson, Rex A.  Chile: a Country Study. 3rd ed.  Area Handbook Series.  Washington: GPO, 1994.

 

Book with a corporate author:

Standards Committee of the American Herbal Products Association.  American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical

            Safety Handbook Guidelines for the Safe Use and Labeling for Herbs in Commerce.  Boca Raton:  CRC, 1997.

 

Book with no author:

Running Press Cyclopedia:  the Portable, Visual Encyclopedia.  2nd ed.  Philadelphia:  Running, 1995.

 

Component part within another work edited by another individual with series:

Spindler, Michael.  “Consumerism in Death of a Salesman.”  Readings on Death of a Salesman.  Ed. Thomas Siebold.  The

            Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Literature.  San Diego:  Greenhaven, 1999. 58-65.

 

Encyclopedia or familiar Reference book (signed):

Creech, James. “Age of Reason.”  The World Book Encyclopedia.  2000 ed.

 

Journal article, continuous paging:

Verona, Edelyn, Christopher J. Patrick, and Alan R. Lang.  "A Direct Assessment of the Role of State and Trait Negative

            Emotion in Aggressive Behavior."  Journal of Abnormal Psychology  111 (2002) :  247-58.

 

Journal article, pages each issue separately:

Hoffman, John P.  “The Community Context of Family Structure and Adolescent Drug Use.”  Journal of Marriage and

            Family  64.2 (2002): 314-30.

 

Magazine article:

Rees, Matt.  “The Terror That Will Not Quit.”  Time  1 July 2002:  22-25.

 

Newspaper article, with author:

Seelye, Katherine Q.  “Bush Proposing Policy Changes on Toxic Sites:  Taxpayers Would Bear Most Clean-

            up Costs.” New York Times.  24 Feb. 2002, late national ed.:  A1.

ERIC document:

Ferguson, Iyla.  Building Background Knowledge to Improve Reading Comprehension Through the Use of Technology.

            ERIC (ED 454504).

 

Unpublished Doctoral dissertation:

Domenig, Marc.  "Word Manager:  a System for the Specification, Use and Maintenance of Morphological Knowledge."

            Diss.  Universitat Zurich, 1989.

 

Published Doctoral dissertation:

McLennan, Joseph W. F.  The Career of Edmund J. Gleazer Jr., and His Contributions to the Community College

            Movement.  Diss.  Northern Illinois, 1982.  Ann Arbor:  UMI 1982. 8311313.

 

Government document:

United States.  Dept. of Justice.  Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Bureau of Justice Statistics

            Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1999.  Ed. Ann L. Patore and Kathleen Maguire.  Washington:

            GPO, 2000.

 

SPECIFIC TITLES (print sources)

Literary

Contemporary Literary Criticism                                                                              

Tyler, Ann.  "Manic Monologue." New Republic 17 Apr. 1989:  44-6.  Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism.  Ed.

 Rodger Matuz.  Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale, 1991.

 

Short Fiction Criticism                

Griffin, Joseph.  "Later Stories:  1928-1938."  The Small Canvas: An Introduction to Dreiser's Short Stories. Farleigh

            Dickinson UP, 1985.  111-27.  Rpt. in Short Fiction Criticism.  Ed. Anna Sheets.  Vol. 30.

            Detroit: Gale, 1997. 151-159.

 

Dictionary of Literary Biography                              

Friedman, Susan Stanford.  "Hilda Doolittle." Victorian Poets after 1850.  Dictionary of Literary Biography 35. Detroit:

            Gale, 1985.

 

Short Stories for Students, Poetry for Students, or Drama for Students

When quoting from an essay written especially for one of these sources, use this format:

Korb, Rena.  Essay on "Children of the Sea."  Short Stories for Students.  Ed. Kathleen Wilson.  Vol. 1.  Detroit: Gale,

            1996.  19-20.                 

 

Pro/Con

Annual Editions                             

Christensen, Thomas.  "Chinese Realpolitik."  Foreign Affairs Sep./Oct. 1996.  Rpt. in Annual Editions: Foreign Policy

 98/99.  Ed. Glenn Hastedt.  Guilford: Dushkin, 1998.                

 

Current Controversies                  

VanDyke, Ray, Martha Ann Stallings, and Kenna Colley.  "Mainstreaming Can be Effective." Current Controversies:

The Disabled.  Ed. Barbara Stalcrup.  San Diego: Greenhaven, 1997.  92-9.  Rpt. of "How to Build an Inclusive School Community: A Success Story."  Phi Delta Kappan Feb. 1995.

 

Information Plus                            

Endangered Species: Must They Disappear? The Information Series on Current Topics. Wylie: Information Plus, 1998.                      

Taking Sides                   

Sugarmann, Josh.  "Reverse Fire." Mother Jones  Jan./Feb. 1994.  Rpt. in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on

Controversial Issues in Health and Society.  Ed. Eileen Daniel. Guilford: Dushkin, 2001.

 

 

CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES: DATABASES

 

MLA offers multiple suggestions for providing the URL of a subscription service such as EBSCO or Gale.

  • Provide URL of specific document.
  • If that is excessively long, the URL of the service’s search page can be used.
  • If the above are not easily determined, end with the date of access.

SPC libraries have decided to end with date of access.  If your instructor requests a URL, see information at end of this handout.

 

Academic Search Premier

      Journal:

     Hartman, Julie.  "BeamConnection Designed for Improved Earthquake Response."  Civil  Engineering 70.4 (2001):  29.

               Academic Search Premier.  EBSCOHost.  M.M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 4 Jan. 2002.

 

    Magazine (no author):

    “Coffee Addicts at Reduced Risk?”  Diabetes Week  16 Dec. 2002:  17.  Academic Search Premier.  EBSCOHost.  M.M.

                Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 25 Jan. 2003.

 

Biography Resource Center

 “Tina Brown.” Business Leader Profiles for Students. Gale Research, 1999. Biography Resource Center.  Gale Group. M.M.

            Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 27 July 2001.

 

Custom Newspapers (Infotrac/GaleNet)

Warren, Beth.  "Domestic Violence Deaths Drop - No Apparent Reason for 73% Decline." Atlanta Journal – Constitution 29

            July 2001, Gwinnett Extra:  JJ1.  Custom Newspapers.   InfoTrac. M.M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College.  2 Aug.

            2001.

 

E*Subscribe

Lee, Patrick.  A First Year Evaluation Study of Integrated Math and Integrated Science Curriculum Programs in an Inner City

            High School.  E*Subscribe. ERIC Document Reproduction Service (ED 415092).  M. M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg

            College. 21 Jan. 2003.

 

FACTS.Com

Facts on File (news article)

"International News--Effects of El Niño Seen Across Americas; Other Developments."  Facts on File World News Digest

 31 Dec. 1997:  973 E1.  FACTS.com. M. M. Bennett Lib. St. Petersburg College.  15 Sept. 1998.   

 Issues and Controversies

     “Smoking Bans.”  Issues and Controversies 13 Apr. 2001:  FACTS.com. M.  M. Bennett Lib.  St. Petersburg College.  7

                Jan. 2003.

                

Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition

Nelson, Nancy. "Inhibitors of Angiogenesis Enter Phase III Testing." Journal of the National Cancer Institute  90.13 (1998):

                960-.  Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition. EBSCOHost.  M.M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 1 Aug.

                2001.

 

JSTOR (Journal article)

Georges, J.S.  “Integrated Versus Traditional Mathematics.”  American Mathematical Monthly 48.2 (1941):  126-131. JSTOR.

                M. M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 15 Jan. 2003.   

 

Literature Resource Center

Winegarten, Renee. “Victor Hugo : The Dangerous Master.” New Criterion  16.10 (1998) : 29. Literature Resource Center.

                Gale Group. M.M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 25 July 2001.

 

netLibrary

Hallberg, Bruce A.  Using Microsoft Excel 97.  Indianapolis, IN:  Que, 1997.  netLibrary.  M. M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College.  12 Apr. 2001. < http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/resources/index.htm>.

 

Student Resource Center

Meadows, Michelle.  "The Power of Accutane." FDA Consumer Mar. 2001:  18-.  Student Resource Center.  Gale Group. M.

                M. Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College.  9 Jan. 2002.  

           

If you must provide a URL, follow this example:

    “Coffee Addicts at Reduced Risk?”  Diabetes Week  16 Dec. 2002:  17.  Academic Search Premier.  EBSCOHost.  M.M.

                Bennett Lib., St. Petersburg College. 25 Jan. 2003. <http://www.epnet.com>.

 

Database URLs:                    EBSCO:         <http://www.epnet.com>                        

                                                  Gale:              <http://www.galegroup.com>

                                                  InfoTrac:       < http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>               

                                                  E*Subscribe  <http://edrs.com/Logon.cfm>

                                                  JSTOR          <http://jstor.org/search>

                                                                                                                       

CITING WORLD WIDE WEB SOURCES

 

A specific document from a website:

“Nepal Cheers 50 Years on Everest.”  CNN.com.  2003.  Cable News Network.  29 May 2003 <http://www.cnn.com/2003/

                WORLD/ asiapcf/south/05/29/everest.celebrations/index.html>.

 

An entire website:

HistoryChannel.com.  2003.  History Channel. 2 July 2003  <http://historychannel.com/>.

 

If specific document is not specific to a URL/address:

Provide a path because web site address is not specific to one page.

“This Day in Automotive History: May 29.”  History Channel.com.  2003.  History Channel. 20 May 2003

                <http://historychannel.com/>.  Path:  This Day in History; This Day in Automotive History.                           

 

Personal home page:

Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 28 March 2002. 15 May 2002  <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/ >.

 

ERIC Digest

Amundson, Norm.  "A Centric Career Counseling Model." ERIC Digests. 2 Dec. 1997. U. S. Dept. of Education. 17 June

                2003.  <http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_DIGESTS/d404582.html>.

 

An Online Newspaper:

St. Petersburg Times Online

Torbenson, Eric.  "Faraway Hurricane Hits Home in Florida."  St. Petersburg Times  3 Sept. 1998. 7 July 2003

                 <http://www.sptimes.com> 

 

An Online Book:

Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans.  Samuel Garth, John Dryden, et al.  The Internet Classics Archive. Ed. Daniel C. Stevenson.

                 Oct. 2001.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  3 July 2003 <http://classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.html>.

                               

A part of an online book:

Dunbar, Paul Laurence.  “Discovered.”  Modern American Poetry.  1919.  Bartleby.com:  Great Books Online.  Ed. Steven

                 van Leeuwen.  2003.  3 July 2003  <http://www.bartleby.com/104/53/htm>.

 

Article in a Periodical published only online:

Ricks, Mary Kay.  “Was Liberia Really Founded by Freed U.S. Slaves?”  Slate  3 July, 2003.  4 July, 2003

                <http://slate.msn.com/id/2085169>.                                                                                                                                                              

Article in a magazine or scholarly journal: If part of an archival database (EBSCO, Student Resource Center, etc.), follow directions under Databases. If the item is available online independently, follow these examples.

 

Scholarly Journal:

Hamlin, William.  “Elizabeth Cary’s Mariam and the Critique of Pure Reason.”  Early Modern Literary Studies  9.1 (2003):

                 22 pars.  3 July 2003 <http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/09-1/hamlcary.html>.                                                            

 

Magazine:

Thomas, Evan.  “The War Over Gay Marriage.”  Newsweek  7 July 2003. 3 July 2003  <http://www.msnbc.com/news/

                932621.asp?>.

 

An E-mail Communication:

Hall, Janice.  “Re:  Schedules.”  E-mail to Pat Barbier.  10 June 2003.

 

 

 

 

Sources:

Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  6th ed.  New York:  MLA, 2003.

 

Modern Language Association. 11 August 2003 <http://www.mla.org>

 

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