MLA Bibliography or How to Make a List of Sources

MLA Bibliography: How to Make the List of Sources

Author. (Last name, first name) Title. (underlined). Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.

Example:

Hinton, Susan. Eloise. New York: Delacorte, 1979. 


Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: 

		Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Print.

For a book by 2 or 3 authors:

Author (First person mentioned - Last name, first name), Second author mentioned. (FIRST name, followed by last name) Title. (underlined) Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.

Example:


Fraser, William, David Sines, and Michael Kerr. Hallas' the Care of People with Intellectual Disabilities. Oxford:

		 Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. Print.

Book with more than three authors

Example:

Ramussen, R. Kent, et al., eds. The 50 States. Pasadena, CA: Salem, 2000. Print.

For an article in a reference book:

Author of the article. "Title of the Article." Title of the Book. (underlined) Editor. Vols. Place: Publisher, Date. Medium.

Example:

Siguan, M. "Psycholinguistics." Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Raymond Corsini. 2nd ed. 4 vols. New York:Wiley, 1994. Print.

For articles in magazines or newspapers:

Author of article. "Title of Article." Name of magazine (underlined) Date: Pages. Medium.

Example:

Prince, Dinah. "Marriage in the 80's." New York 2 June 1987: 30-38. Print.

For articles in journals:

Author of article. "Title of Article." Name of journal (underlined) Vol.No (Date):Pages. Medium.

Example:

  Barthelme, Frederick.  "Architecture." Kansas Quarterly 13.3(1981): 77-80. Print.

Online databases

Cite the original, then state name of database, (italicized), medium and date of access.

Example: database magazine article with no author

 "Facts and Figures." Hispanic June 1997: 17. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 June 2009.

Article published by a Database

Example:

"Prince Shotuko." Discovering Biography. Online ed. 2003. Web. 16 April 2009.

Essay from Literature Resource Center

Mangione, Jerre. "Federal Writers' Project Writers' Program." The Dream and the Deal: The Federal Writer's Project, 1935-1943.

Boston: Little-Brown, 1972. Excerpt from Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 46. Detroit: Gale, 1986. 147-152.

Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Web. 15 April 2009.

Article in a book from a database

Example:

Easterbook, Gregg. "The Media Glamorize Violence." American Values. Ed. Jennifer A. Hurley. N.p.: Greenhaven, 2000. N. pag.

            Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. in Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 12 April 2009.

DVD or Film

Title (italicized). Director. Distributor. Year of release. Medium. You may include screenwriter, performers, producers, etc. between the title and the distributor.

Example:

  Depression: Out of the Shadows. Directed, written and produced by Larkin McPhee. Narrated by Michael Murphy. Production of Twin Cities Public
        
           Television and WGBH. PBS. 2009. DVD.

For sources found on the World Wide Web:

Author of the article. "Title of the Web Page." Title of complete work (if part of a group of documents) Date created or last revised. Medium. Date you access the information. (URL, ONLY if you think it is difficult to find or instructor requires it.)

Example:

Abilock, Debbie. "Research on a Complex Topic." Nueva Library Help 8 Aug. 1996. Web. 23 Aug. 1997 .

Note:When citing sources, there are many variations to take into account, so,

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