Works cited 2010

THE WORKS CITED PAGE

MLA-Style Documentationfor the Research Paper

Parts of Works Cited Listing

• Author Information• Title Information• Publication Information

Parts Continued

Author Title

Smith, John T. The Meaning of Life.Boston: Bedford, 2011. Print.

1/2 inch indent Publishing

How to Use Slides

Ask three questions: What information do they (MLA)require? In what form do they want the information? What punctuation follows the information?

Using the Slides

Smith, John T. The Meaning Of Life.Boston: Bedford, 1996. Print.

1. What information do they require?

2. In what form do they want the information?

3. What punctuation follows the information?

Author’s name

Last name first, first name, middle initial (if any)

A period

Book With Multiple Authors

Smith, Mary L., and John Q. Public. TheMeaning of Life. Boston:

Bedford, 1996. Print.Smith, Mary L., Betty Boop, and John Q.

Public. The Meaning of Life. Boston: Bedford, 1996. Print.

Smith, Mary L., et al. The Meaning of Life. Boston: Bedford, 1996. Print.

Edition of a Book

Smith, Mary L., and John Q. Public. TheMeaning of Life. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford, 1996. Print.

Edited Collection (Anthology)Olsen, Tillie. “I Stand Here Ironing.” Points

of View: An Anthology of Short Stories. Ed. James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny. Rev. ed. New York: Mentor, 1995. 21-9. Print.

Something’s Missing?

If some of the publication information is missing,

use the following abbreviations:

Missing page number(s): n. pag. (note space)Missing publisher: n.p.Missing date: n.d.Missing place (before colon): n.p. (no capital)Capitalize first letter of abbreviations that follow a period: Boston, Bedford, 2009. N. pag.

Weekly Magazine

Smith, Harold K. “The Meaning of Life.” U.S. News and World Report 6 Jan.

1998: 43- 51. Print.

• If page “jumps” to non-connected page, use first page and the plus symbol: 43+.

Monthly Magazine

Filligree, Lacey. “Everything You Need to Know About Needlepoint.” Needlepoint Monthly Aug. 2000: 33-9. Print.

Bimonthly Magazine

Satterfield, Lucie T. “Two Ways of Looking at Bipolar Disorder.” Psychology Today

July- Aug. 1992: 163+. Print.

Magazine (no author listed)“Two Ways of Looking at Bipolar

Disorder.” Psychology Today July-Aug. 1992: 163+. Print.

• On your Works Cited Page, alphabetize according to the first major word in the title (not by a, an, or the).

Internet Database Sources

Sources found through an online database will require a combination of two listings: The print listing

Always ends with a page range or page number The database listing

Always starts after the page number(s) All database sources will require both

types of information.

Parts of the Database Listing

Name of Database. Medium. Access date.

Example: Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 May

2009.

Magazine With Database Info

Satterfield, Lucie T. “Two Ways of Looking at Bipolar Disorder.” Psychology Today July- Aug. 1992: 163+. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2009.

Opposing Viewpoints

Hardwig, John. "The Ethical Obligation to Consider the Spiritual Needs of the Dying." Contemporary Issues Companion: Coping with Death. Ed. Shasta Gaughen. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003. N. pag. Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 26 June 2009.

CQ Researcher Online

Price, Tom. “Future of Journalism: Will Newspapers’ Decline Weaken Democracy?” CQ Researcher 27 Mar. 2009: 273-96. CQ Researcher Online. Web. 27 May 2009.

Article from a CD

Satterfield, Lucie T. “Two Ways of Looking at Bipolar Disorder.” Psychology Today July- Aug. 1992: 163+. SIRS Researcher. CD- ROM, Boca Raton: SIRS, 2003.

Newspaper from Database

Smith, Geraldine S. “Man Bites Dog.” St. Petersburg Times (FL) 11 May 2001, South Pinellas ed.: B12. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 Feb. 2009.

Newspaper from Paper’s Website

Smith, Geraldine S. “Man Bites Dog.” Tampabay.com. St. Petersburg Times (FL), 11 May 2001: n. pag. Web. 22 Feb. 2009.

Journal

Hartman, David E., and Tim Brock. “Extracts from ‘A Virtual Poem: Extending

Classroom Reality?’” Computer Graphics 31.3 (1997):

75-7. Print.

Interview

Gates, William. Personal interview. 6 June 2000.

Gates, William. Telephone interview. 6 Feb. 2000.

Gates, William. E-mail interview. 17 May 2001.

Online-Only Publications

If the source is available only in electronic form, use the following example:

Landsburg, Steven E. “Who Shall Inherit the Earth?” Slate. 1 May 1997: n.

pag. Web. 17 May 1997.

Web Site

Author. “Title of Page.” Site Name. Sponsor or publisher, Last Updated. Medium. Access Date.

Ruch, Allen B. “Come on up, Kinch. Come up, you fearful Jesuit.” James Joyce: The Brazen Head. The Modern Word, 25 Apr. 2005. Web. 20 Aug. 2009.

Web Site: No Publisher

Liukkonen, Petri. “James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882-1941).” Books and

Writers. N.p., 2008. Web. 20 Aug. 2009.