Grand Haven High School

Library Media Center / Language Arts Department

MLA Version 2008

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN WORKS CITED (BIBLIOGRAPHY) ENTRIES

BOOKS

FOR A BOOK - NO AUTHOR:

The Norton Anthology of English Literature. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 2006.

FOR A BOOK - 1 AUTHOR:

LeGuin, Ursula. The Beginning Place. New York: Harper and Row, 2007.

FOR A BOOK - MORE THAN 1 AUTHOR (2-3):

Hensley, Dana, and Diana Prentice. Mastering Competitive Debate. New York: Clark Publishing

Company, 2006.

FOR A BOOK - MORE THAN 3 AUTHORS (use the first alone and the rest are indicated by et al. meaning "and others")

Dock, Lavinia, et al. History of American Nursing. New York: Random House, 2008.

FOR A BOOK - WITH AN EDITOR:

Yetman, Norman R., ed. Voices from Slavery. New York: Holt, 2007.

FOR A WORK in an ANTHOLOGY OR COLLECTION:

Fairbairn-Dunlop, P. “Women and Agriculture in Western Samoa.” Different Places, Different Voices.

Ed. Janet H. Momsen and Vivian Kinnaird. London: Routledge, 2005. 211-26.

FOR TWO OR MORE ITEMS FROM AN ANTHOLOGY (list Items separately followed by the anthology information):

Estleman, Loren D. “Big Tim Magoon and the Wild West.” Walker 391-404.

Salzer, Susan K. “Miss Libbie Tells All.” Walker 199-212.

Walker, Dale L., ed. Westward: A Fictional History of the American West. New York: Forge, 2003

FOR OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS AND TAKING SIDES:

Sullum, Jacob. “The Death Penalty is Just.” The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Carol

Wekesser. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2008. 57-60.

FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE OR ENTRY IN A REFERENCE BOOK - NO AUTHOR GIVEN:

"Legionnaire's Disease." Encyclopedia Brittanica. 2006 ed.

FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE OR ENTRY IN A REFERENCE BOOK - AUTHOR GIVEN:

Stein, Barbara. "Labrador Retriever." Collier's Encyclopedia. 2006 ed.

FOR A SIGNED BOOK REVIEW (from Contemporary Literary Criticism or Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism):

Dalbor, John B. “Slaughterhouse Five”. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 31.

Detroit: Gale, 2008. 201-208.

MAGAZINES

FOR A MAGAZINE ARTICLE - AUTHOR GIVEN:

Arthelm, Pete. "Requiem for a Heavyweight." Newsweek 13 October 2007: 102-103.

FOR A MAGAZINE ARTICLE - NO AUTHOR GIVEN:

“On Patrol in the Strait.” Newsweek 26 October 2006: 59+.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

FOR ONLINE DATABASES (Gale Databases etc.)

“Terror at Dusk.” Newsweek. 23 July 2007: 18. Galegroup General Reference Center Gold.

10 Sept. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com>.

Frost, Robert. “Birches.” LitFinder. 2008. Gale Publishing. 9 Sept. 2001 <http://www.galegroup.com>.

“Stonehenge.” Encyclopedia Americana Online. 2008 Grolier. 19 Sept. 2003 <http://go.grolier.com>.

FOR ONLINE BOOK:

Euripides. The Trojan Women. Trans. Gilbert Murray. New York: Oxford UP, 1915. 12 Oct. 2003 http://sacred-tests.com/cla/eurip/trojan.htm.

INFORMATION VIA EMAIL

Rule, Christopher. “West Nile River Research Project Results.” Email to Herbert Hancock.

16 Sept. 2007.

FOR INFORMATION FROM A WEBSITE:

Lindsay, Robert K. "Electronic Journals of Proposed Research.” The Center for Applied Research.

10 Apr. 2008 <www.car.org/menu.html>.

FOR ONLINE IMAGES

Hubble Space Telescope Release in the Space Shuttle’s Payload Bay. 23 Oct. 2007

<http://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/Space/Gif>.

PAMPHLETS

FOR A PAMPHLET :

Facts on Canada. Canada: Secretary of State for External Affairs, 2007.

FOR A CHRONICLE GUIDANCE CAREER PUBLICATION:

Special Agents. Moravia, N.Y.: Chronicle Guidance Publications, 2008.

FOR A CULTUREGRAM

“Czech Republic.” Culturegrams 2000. Orem, UT: Culturegrams, 2007.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

FOR GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS - NO AUTHOR GIVEN:

United States. Department of Commerce. Employee Handbook. Washington: GPO, 2006.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

FOR A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OR NEWS STORY - AUTHOR GIVEN:

Mencarelli, Jim. "School Strike Over in City." The Grand Rapids Press 14 October 2007: A1.

FOR A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - NO AUTHOR GIVEN:

"Fast Food for Runners." The Detroit Free Press 15 October 2006: B2+.

FILMS, RECORDINGS, VIDEOS, ETC.

FOR A TELEVISON PROGRAM :

“Yes…but Is It Art?”, Sixty Minutes. CBS. 3 Mar. 2008.

FOR RECORDINGS (Tapes, Cassettes, CD’s, etc.) - AUTHOR GIVEN:

Shakespeare, William. Ages of Man. Perf. Ben Kingsley. Columbia, 2005.

FOR FILM, VIDEO, OR DVD:

Bowling for Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore. Perf. Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen. 2002. DVD Fox Searchlight, 2002.

FOR A LECTURE, SPEECH, ADDRESS, OR READING:

Angelou, Maya. Address. Opening General Session NCTE Convention. Hilton Hotel, St. Louis.

18 Nov. 2006.

FOR AN INTERVIEW:

Wood, Gary. Personal or telephone interview. 27 February 2007.

FOR A REVIEW:

Denby, David. “High Roller.” Rev. of The Aviator, dir. Martin Scorsese. New Yorker 20 Dec. 2004: 186+.

Instructions for Works Cited Page

1. Center the title Works Cited one inch from the top; then double-space before the first entry.

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

3. End each entry with a period.

4. Indent 5 spaces for a second line of an entry and underline the title of the source for every entry.

5. Double space each entry and double space between each entry.

(Sample Works Cited Page as it would appear in your Research Paper.)

Works Cited

Dock, Lavinia, et al. History of American Nursing. New York: Random House, 2008.

Euripides. The Trojan Women. Trans. Gilbert Murray. New York: Oxford UP, 1915. 12 Oct. 2003 http://sacred-tests.com/cla/eurip/trojan.htm.

"Fast Food for Runners." The Detroit Free Press. 15 October 2006: B2+.