Media Center MLA Style Manual

Use the following examples to document sources in the "Works Cited" section at the end of your research papers.  Arrange the titles alphabetically by author (or title, if no author appears in the entry.)  List only the titles actually cited in your paper.

For full information about the style required by the Castle High School faculty, refer to the Research Manual.

Print Sources              Electronic Sources               Specific Criticism Sources               

Print Sources

Book by one author                                                       
Book by two authors
Book by three or more authors
Book by one or more editors
Translation
Corporate author
Novel, story, poem, play, essay in anthology or collected work
Review of a book or other item
Magazine article
Encyclopedia article
Newspaper article
Pamphlet
Interview
Survey
Musical composition
Art work
Cartoons and advertisements
Film or television
Plays/Performances

Book by one author

Muller, Melissa. Anne Frank. New York: Henry Holt, 1998.

 

Book by two authors

Jennings, Peter and Todd Brewster. The Century. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

 

Book by three or more authors

Rombauer, Irma S., Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker. Joy of Cooking.
     
     New York: Scribner, 1997.

 

Book by one or more editors

Karney, Robyn and Joel W. Fisher, eds. Chronicle of the Cinema. New York:
    
      D.K. Publishing,1995.

 

Translation

Homer. The Illiad. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Viking, 1990.

 

Corporate author

United States. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Handbook of Labor
     
     Statistics. 1998 ed. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1997.

 

Novel, story, poem, play, essay in an anthology or collected work

Dickinson, Emily. "I Never Saw a Moor." Favorite Poems Old and New. Ed. Helen Ferris.  New 

     York: Doubleday, 1957.



Review of a book or other item

Morrow, Lance. "Embedded in Our Subsoil." Rev. of Robert Frost: A Life by Jay Parni.
       
     Time 5 April 1999, 69.

 

Magazine article

Kluger, Jeffrey. "Victory Lap." Time 9 Nov. 1998, 72-73.

 

Encyclopedia article or other alphabetically-arranged reference book

Ozment, Steven. "Reformation." World Book Encyclopedia. 1993 ed.

 

Newspaper article

Donn, Jeff. "Alzheimer’s Enzyme is Identified." The Indianapolis Star 8 April 99: A11.


Pamphlet

Architect. New York: Chronicle Guidance Publications. April 1999.

Interviews

Muller, Melissa. Telephone interview.   4 Apr. 2001.

Survey

Survey. Castle High School. Mr. Smith’s class. 17 May 2002.

 

Musical Composition

Mozart, Wolfgang A. Jupiter. Symphony No. 41.

 

Art Work

Picasso, Pablo. The Three Dancers. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Picasso, Pablo. The Three Dancers. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Illus. In The
    
      World Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.

 

Cartoons and advertisements

Smaller, B. Cartoon. New Yorker 24 Aug. 1998. 100.

 

Film or television

Gideon’s Trumpet. Dir. Collins, Robert. Worldvision Enterprises, 1985.

Brokaw, Tom. NBC News. WFIE, Evansville. 14 April 1999.

 

Play/Performance

The Grapes of Wrath. Adapted by Frank Galanti. Shanklin Theater, Evansville, IN 25
    
      Feb. 2002.

 

Electronic Resources (CHS subscription databases)

  

INSPIRE (for magazines and newspapers)

INSPIRE- Biography Resource

Student Resource Center

World Book Online

Internet  (General site from a search engine)

 

 Online Electronic Databases

Examples of MLA citation information for articles and documents retrieved from the Inspire Databases and Student Resource Center Databases. The citation elements to be included for work from a subscription service are in the following order. 

  • Author
  • Article Title
  • Publication Name
  • Publication Date
  • Page Number/Range
  • Database Name
  • Service Name
  • Publisher
  • Date of Access
  • URL of the service

EBSCOhost (From INSPIRE)

Magazine Article

"Dress Codes are Uniformly Popular." U. S. News & World Report
18 March 1998 :9-12.

     EBSCOhost on Inspire Online Databases. 18 May 1998 <http://www.inspire-
 
     indiana.net>.

Newspaper Article

Newcomb, Amelia. "A Uniform Look." Christian Science Monitor  09 February 1999 : B2.
 
     EBSCOhost on Inspire Online Databases.
18 February 1999 <http://www.inspire-

     indiana.net>.

Biography Resource Center

"Barbara Kingsolver." Contemporary Southern Writers. St. James Press, 1999.

    
Biography Resource Center on Inspire Online Databases.
 
     Gale Group. 12 May 2000 <http://www.inspire-indiana.net>.

 

  Student Resource Center  
Published by Gale Group

Format for a periodical reference:

Author. "Article Title." Original Source of the Article Date of original source: Pages of
    
     original source. Specific database on Student Resource Center. Publisher. Date of

     access <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

Example:

Brown, Charlie. "My Life in Cartoons." Cartoon Week 21 July 1999 : 7-12.

     InfoTrac:
General Reference   Center Gold on Student Resource Center .

     Gale Group. 15 May 2002 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

 

Format for an article that appeared in a book:

Author. "Article Title." Title of Book. City of Publication : Publisher, Date. Pages.

     Specific Database on
Student Resource Center . Publisher. Date of access

     <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

Example:

Hoffman, Baruch, Elaine. "The Golden Country.” 1984 Reviewed in Our Century.
 
    
New York : Harper and Row, 1983. 47-56. Republished in Contemporary Literary

     Criticism Select
on
Student Resource Center . Gale Group. 11 July 2001

     <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

 

Format for a reference article:

Author (if provided). "Article Title." Specific Database on Student Resource Center .

     Publisher
. Date of access <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

Example:

"Classical Greek Civilization, 2000 B.C.-300 B.C." DISCovering World History on

      Student Resource Center . Gale Group. 12 April 1999

       <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

   

Format for a republished journal essay:

Author (if provided). "Article Title." Original Source of Article Date of original source.

     Pages of original source. Specific database on
Student Resource Center .  Publisher.

     Date of access <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

Example:

Levin, Harry. "Wonderland Revisited." The Kenyon Review  Autumn, 1965: 591-93.
 
     Contemporary Literary Criticism Select on
Student Resource Center . Gale Group.

    
13 October 1999 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.

 

 

World Book Online

Peter Burbelo, "Clone," World Book Online Americas Edition. 13 Dec. 2001
   
     <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.

 

Internet   (General site from the World Wide Web)

"Cloning Fact Sheet." 29 May 2001. 12 Dec. 2001
     
     <http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/cloning.html>.

Specific Literary Criticisms from a Collection of Criticisms


Contemporary Literary Criticism
(CLC)

Lisca, Peter. "John Steinbeck."  Contemporary Literary Criticism.  Ed. Daniel G. Marowski.  45. 

     Detroit: Gale, 1987. 372-372.

 

Contemporary Authors (CA)

Carlisle, Barbara K. "Willa Cather." Contemporary Authors. Ed. Susan M. Trosky.
     
      128.  Detroit: Gale, 1990. 72-76.


Contemporary Authors New Revision Series

Johnson, Anne Janette. "James Clavell." Contemporary Authors New Revision Series.
    
     Ed. Hal May. 26.  Detroit: Gale, 1989. 89-92.

 

Current Biography

"Ludlum, Robert." Current Biography. 1982. Ed.  Charles Moritz. New York:
    
     H. W. Wilson, 1982. 247-250.