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Creating a Works Cited Page Using MLA Style

 

The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers covers the research process, plagiarism, guidelines of writing style such as the physical format of the paper, and documentation of references.  MLA style is used by writers in several disciplines, including the arts, humanities, literature, history, business, political science, and some professions.

MLA Style Manual Resources
The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is available in the Nealley Library at the Reference Desk (LB 2369 G53 2003.)  The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing

is also at the Reference Desk (PN 147 G444 1998) or use one of these Online Citation Builders:

The Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net

The Citation Builder
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php

Knight Cite
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/

General Tips

 

·         Label the works cited list, Works Cited.

·         Double-space all entries.  If your reference continues to a second line, use a hanging indent for all subsequent lines.

·         Alphabetize the list of works cited by the authors' last name.  Use the full first name of an author.

·         If you have more than one work by a particular author, list them alphabetically by title, and use three hyphens in place of the author’s name for every entry after the first.

·         Capitalize each word in the title and subtitle of a work. This rule does not apply to articles, short prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle.

·         Use underline or italics for titles of websites, books, and periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers).

·         Use quotation marks around titles of articles or chapters.

 

Referencing Books

 

Book – More than one Author

Bolton, Robert, and Dorothy Grover Bolton.  People Styles at Work:

 

Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships

 

Better.  New York: AMACOM, 1996.

 

Book with an Editor

Smith, Roger, ed.  Inventions and Inventors.  Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2002.

 

Chapter in an Edited Book

Netanyahu, Benjamin.  “Dismantle the International Terror

 

Network.”  The Terrorist Attack on America.  Ed. Mary E.

 

Williams.  Farmington Hills, MI:  Greenhaven Press, 2003.  148-155.

 

Electronic Book

Fry, Ronald W.  “Ace” Any Test Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press,

 

2000.     netLibrary. 2000. 7 May 2003. 

 

<http://emedia.netlibrary.com/reader/reader.asp?product_id=46334>.

 

Newspaper, Magazine, and Journal

Articles

 

Article from Newspaper

Halper, Evan, Duke Helfand, and Dan Morain.  “Davis to Propose

 

$4-Billion Car Tax Hike in New Budget.”  Los Angeles Times

 

13 May 2003: B1, B9.

 

Article from Magazine

Orecklin, Michele.  “Checking What You Check Out.”  Time  12 May 2003: 34.

 

Article from Scholarly Journal – More than One Author

Robinson, J. Renee, Karen Clements, and Colleen Land. 

 

“Workplace Stress Among Psychiatric Nurses: Prevalence,

 

Distribution, Correlates, & Predictors”.  Journal of

 

Psychosocial Nursing 41 (2003): 33-41.

Referencing Online Resources

 

Referencing a Website

Maginnis, Tara.  The Costumer’s Manifesto: Medieval European

 

Costume Links Page.  29 March 2003.  13 May 2003 

 

<http://www.costumes.org/pages/medievalinks.htm>.

 

Online Journal Article from the Internet

Loker, William M.  “ ‘Campesinos’ and the Crisis of

 

                Modernization in Latin America.”  Journal of Political

 

                Ecology 3.1 (1996): 69-88.  23 March 2000  <http://www.

 

                library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/volume_3/ascii-lokeriso.txt>.

 

Online Newspaper Article from the Internet

Brody, Jane E.  “Schools Teach 3C’s: Candy, Cookies, and Chips.”

 

            New York Times.  24 Sept. 2002.  7 May 2003 <http://www.nytimes.com>.

 

Article from an Online Periodical Database

Glascock, Jack.  “Gender Roles on Prime-Time Network Television:

 

Demographics and Behaviors.”  Journal of Broadcasting &

 

Electronic Media 45(2001): 656-669.  Academic Search

 

Elite.  EBSCOhost Web.  Santa Ana College Library, Santa

 

Ana, CA.  13 May 2003  <http://libnet1.sac.edu>.

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