Preparing a Works Cited in MLA Format

 

Books & Pamphlets

No Author

World Fact File.  New York:  Facts on File, 1990.

 

One Author

Robertson, Patrick.  Guinness Movie Facts & Feats.  Enfield, England: Guinness, 1991.

 

Two Authors

Freeman, Lucy, and Alma Halbert Bond.  America's First Woman Warrior.  New York: Paragon House, 1992.

 

Three Authors

Berry, Jason,  Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones.  Up from the Cradle of Jazz:  New Orleans Music

 

since World War II.  Athens:  University of Georgia Press, 1986.

 

More Than Three Authors

O'Brien, Robert, et al.  The Encyclopedia of Drug Abuse.  New York:  Facts on File, 1992.

 

With Editor

Allen, Robert C., ed.  Channels of Discourse:  Television and Contemporary Criticism.  Chapel

 

Hill:  University of North Carolina Press, 1987.

 

 

Encyclopedias

No Author

"Drug."  The World Book Encyclopedia.  1989 ed.

 

One Author

Chambers, Clarke A.  "Adams, Jane."  Encyclopaedia Britannica.  1989 ed.

 

 

Magazines

No Author

"Hands-on Babbling."  Science News  30 Mar. 1991: 205.

 

One Author

Salk, Lee.  "After-School Jobs: Are They Good for Kids?"  McCall's  Oct. 1990:  102-106.

 

 

Newspapers

Author

Perez, Suzanne.  "Landfill to Accept Only the Freon-free."  The Wichita Eagle

 

23 Oct. 1992:  D1.

 

Computer Software and CD-ROM (No page numbers)

 

"Lincoln, Abraham."  Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Computer software.       

 

Compton's New Media, Inc., 1992.  Macintosh 1.00M, CD-ROM.

 

Soldan, Theodore J., and James D. Spain.  Population Growth.  Computer software. Conduit, 1984.

 

 

 

 

 

Interviews

 

Turner, Tina.  Telephone interview.  14 Jun. 1993.

 

Stephan, Bob.  Personal interview.  07 Jul. 1992.

 

 

Unpublished Primary Sources

 

Plath, Sylvia.  Unpublished letter, 1958.  Sylvia Plath Estate.

 

 

Videocassettes

 

Glory.  Videocassette.  Prod. Freddie Fields.  Dir. Edward Zwick.  RCA/Columbia

 

               Pictures Home Video, 1990.  122 min.

 

 

Television Programs

 

The First Americans.  Narr.  Hugh Downs.  Writ. and prod. Craig Fisher.  NBC News

 

Special.  KAKE, Wichita, Kansas.  21 Mar. 1968.

 

 

Internet Sources

WWW

Long, Dana L.  "School Library Censorship." Quarterly Report, Indiana Dept. of Education.  Sept. 1997. Online. 

 

               Available: http://www.doe.state.in.us/legal/1996.  7 Nov. 1997.

 

Electronic Text

McMillin, Molly.  "Revitalizing a Neighborhood."  Wichita Online.  9 Nov. 1997: 53 pars.  Online.  Available:

 

               http://www.wichitaeagle.com/business/aviation/street1109.htm.  9 Nov. 1997.

 

 

Reprinted Information in Citations

For sources such as SIRS and NewsBank that reprint information from other sources, give information from both the original source and the source where you found the information. 

 

Anderson, Veda.  "Wetlands Preservation." Reno Gazette-Journal [NV]  3 Feb. 1992.  NewsBank, Environment,

 

1992, fiche 9, grid F5.

 

Gilman, Robert.  "No Simple Answers." In Context (Spring 1992): 10-13.  Rpt. in Population, Vol. 5.  Ed.

 

Eleanor Goldstein.  Boca Raton: Social Issues Resources Series, Inc., 1993.  Art. 44.