How To Do Research/Library Skills- Bibliography Help (MLA Style)

Books | Encyclopedias & Reference Books | Electronic Sources  | Interviews |  Magazines & Newspapers | Pamphlets | Sample Bibliography | Other Sites

General Notes 

• List cited works in alphabetical order of author's last name.

• List cited works without an author alphabetically by title.

• First line of each cited work begins at left margin – all other lines of  that cited work are indented five spaces.

• When typing your list of cited works, some sources say to double space, some say single space. Check with your teachers.

For further information consult the MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research or Using MLA Format online. 

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Books

Format:
Author's name. Title of book. Place of publication:
Publisher, Date of publication. Medium. 
(Example -Book, single author)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. New York:    Penguin Books, 2003. Print.
(Example - Book, two authors)
Levithan, David, and John Green. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. 1st ed. New York: Dutton, 2010. Print

(Example - Book, three authors)
Wilson, Hannah, Catherine Brereton, and Philip Steele. We, Who Are About to Die, Salute You. UK: Kingfisher, 2009. Print.

(Example – Book - anthology or collection with an editor instead of author)
Greenblatt, Stephen. "Paradise Lost." The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th Ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. Print.

(Example – Book - article or essay from an anthology or collection)
Harris, Muriel. “Talk to Me.” Helping Writers. Ed. Ben Smith.
New York: Knopf, 2000. 33-42. Print.

Encyclopedias & Reference Books

Format:
Author of article(if given). "Title of article." Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Medium.
"Waves." The New Book of Popular Science. 2. New York: Grolier, 2008. Print.
In-text citation:

("Waves" 250-255)

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Electronic Sources

Web Site Format:
Author's name, if given. “Title of Article.” Title of Web site. Date of posting/revision. Name of organization affiliated with site. Date of access. Medium. <URL>.

"2+3=8: Op-Ed Financial Times Supplement: This is Africa." The official website of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan. Royal Hashemite Court, 15/08/2010. Web. 15 Feb 2011. <http://www.queenrania.jo/media/articles/financial-times-supplement-africa>.

In-text citation:
("official website of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan")

Online Database Format:

Author’s name, if given. “Title of Article.” Title of Source. Name of database. Date of access. Medium. <Document URL>.

"Harriet Ross Tubman." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 15 Feb. 2011.

Document URL
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1631006589&mode=view&userGroupName=kcls_web&jsid=36d7c4e7c0c67d870c021baececb3dc0

Interviews You Conducted

Name of Person Interviewed. Personal Interview. Date of Interview.

Published Interview:
Riordan, Rick. Trickster’s Way Interview by Lyn Belisle.  Trinity University, Department of English. Web. 15 Feb 2011. <http://www.trinity.edu/org/tricksters/trixway/current/Vol%205/part1/Lyn_Belisle.pdf>.

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Magazines & Newspapers

Format:
Author of article. "Title of article." Title of
magazine/newspaper. Date of publication: Page number(s) of article.

(Example - Article from a magazine)
Sanders, Laura. "This is your brain going shopping." Science News. 29 Jan  2011: 8. Print.

(Example – Article from a newspaper)
Taylor, Judy. "A Case Study from South Africa." Washington Post 16 Jan 2000: A23. Print.

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Pamphlets

Source of Info. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.

Office of the Dean of Students. Resources for Success.
     Berkeley: University of California, 1999. Print.

Sample Bibliography (Remember to single or double space according to your teachers instructions.)

Bolgar, R. R. The Classical Heritage. New York: Harper
     Torchbooks, 1964. Print.

Chatman, Seymour, ed. Essays on the Language of
     Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Print.

“Economic Theory.” World Book. Chicago: World Book
     Encyclopedia, 1999. Print.

Gilman, Sander, et. al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley:
     University of California Press, 1993. Print.

Manegold, Catherine. "Becoming a Land of the
     Smoke-Free, Ban by Ban." New York Times. 22 Mar.
     1994, late ed.: A1+ Print.

Scotto, Peter. "Censorship, Reading, and Interpretation: A
     Case Study from the Soviet Union." PMLA .15 Mar.
     1993: 61-70. Print.

“Underwater Field Guide.” Diving Under Antarctic Ice. 1999.
     The National Science Foundation. 10 Sept. 1999. <scilib.
     ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/index.html>. Web.

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Other Sites

EasyBib
The Free Automatic Bibliography and Citation Maker.

Citation and Style Guides
A guide to the Turabian style from Concordia University Libraries.

Citation Machine
Hosted by the Landmark Project, this website allows students to click on a preferred citation styles, print and non-print, MLA, APA or Chicago Manual. Simply fill out the web form and click "make citations."

Citation StylesOnline!
From the publisher Bedford St. Martins, this site offers a variety of links to different styles of online citation.

Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines
From Duke University, this site details how to cite sources using the Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) formats.

Classroom Connect: Citing Internet Resources
Offers information on citing online resources.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
From Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, this page describes how to use the MLA format.

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Last Updated: April 24, 2012