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OHHS Quick Citation Guide, MLA

 

  1. The “Works Cited” list is the final page of your paper. Put entries in alphabetical order by the first letter of the entry.
  2. First line of each entry is not indented. Double space between entries.
  3. Titles of works may be italicized if your instructor requires it.

 

PRINT

Book – No author

A Guide to Our Federal Lands. Washington : Natl. Geographic Soc., 1984.

 

 

Book – One author

Atkins, Marcus. Thomas Edison. Boston : Twayne, 1999.

 

 

Book – Two authors

Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. Analysing Casual Conversation. London : Cassell, 1997.

 

 

Book – Three or more authors

Gilman, Sander, et. al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley : U of California P, 1993.

 

 

Editor instead of author

Barrett, Edgar, ed. Invention Talk. New York : Dial Press, 1997.

 

 

Book chapter

Burns, Emory. “The Early Years.” The History of Invention. Houston : Crown Books, 1997.

 

 

Encyclopedia – Author listed

Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica:

     Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.

 

 

Encyclopedia – No author listed

“Mandarin.” The Encyclopedia Americana . 1994 ed.

 

 

Pamphlet

Renoir Lithographs. New York : Dover , 1994.

PERIODICALS/SERIALS

Magazine – Author

Murphy, Cullen. “Women and the Bible.” Atlantic Monthly Aug. 1993: 39-64.

 

 

Magazine – No author listed

“Decade of the Spy.” Newsweek 7 Mar. 1994: 26-27.

 

 

Newspaper – Author

Manning, Anita. “Curriculum Battles from Left and Right.” USA Today 2 Mar. 1994: D5.

 

 

Newspaper – No author

“Inventions You Can Use.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer 21 Apr. 1998: E1+.

NON-PRINT

Sound Recording

Simon, Paul. “Spirit Voices.” The Rhythm of the Saints. Warner Bros., 1990.

 

 

Interview

Pei , I. M. Personal interview. 22 July 1993.

 

 

Video

Looking at Our Earth: A Visual Dictionary. DVD. Natl. Geographic Educ. Services, 1992.

 

 

TV/Radio Program

“Death and Society.” Narr. Joanne Silberner. Weekend Edition Sunday. Natl. Public Radio.

     WUWM, Milwaukee . 25 Jan. 1998.

DATABASES

Periodical

Youakim, Sami. “Work-Related Asthma.” American Family Physician Dec. 2001: 1839-52.

     Platinum Full-Text Periodicals. ProQuest. Oak Harbor High School Library, 2 Oct 2003.

     <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.

 

Because MLA does not address how to cite all online sources, the style for audio files, video files and images is taken from an article in Classroom Connect. (“Citing Internet Sources.” Classroom Connect Oct. 2001: 10.)

 

ONLINE

Audio file

“Water Sounds: Dripping.” [Online sound] 26 Sep 2004.

     <http://www.sound-effect.com/sounds/city/waterDRIP5.WAV>

 

 

Video file

Zoological Society of San Diego . “Zoo’s Giant Panda Cub, Mei Sheng, Receives First

     Veterinary Exam of the Year.” e-zoo videos, San Diego Zoo [Online video clip] 18 Jun

     2004. <http://www.sandiegozoo.com/videos/panda1-7-04.html>.

 

 

Image

“Whale.” [Online image] 18 Jun 2004. 

     <http://www.library.ca.gov/history/cahinsig.cfm>.

 

 

Email

Boyle, Anthony T. “Re: Utopia.” E-mail to Daniel J. Cahill. 21 June 1997.

 

 

Personal Webpage

Pellegrino, Joseph. Home page. 16 Dec. 1998. 1 Oct. 1999

     <http://www.english.eku.edu/pellegrino/personal.htm>.

 

 

Professional Webpage

The William Faulkner Society Home Page. Ed. Mortimer, Gail. 16 Sept. 1999. William

     Faulkner Soc 1 Oct. 1999. <http://www.acad.swarthmore.edu/faulkner>.

 

 

Periodical

Adler, Jerry. “Ghost of Everest.” Newsweek 17 May 1999. 19 May 1999.

     <http://newsweek.com/nw-srv/issue/20_99a/printed/int/socu/so0120_1.htm>.