MLA STYLE: PAPER AND ONLINE

From the MLA Handbook for Writers. 5th ed. New York: MLA, 1999 [REF LB 2369.G53 1999]
MLA web site http://www.mla.org For a more in depth treatment of online citing, here is MLA Works Cited Online Sources PDF. Free Adobe acrobat reader required.

[PAPER][WEB SITES][ONLINE DATABASES][APA STYLE][AVOIDING PLAGIARISM]

Follow punctuation, capitalization, and underlining provided in examples.
Indent 5 spaces on all but the first line of each entry.
Double-space within and between all entries.
Alphabetize entries by author; if no author is given, begin with title.
When listing an online source originally printed in a book, journal, or other printed format, use the general guidelines you would use to cite the printed forM, followed by the Internet citation.
Web Sites [MLA 4.9.2] should have author (if given), title underlined, date of publication or update (if available) originator (if available), date of access, and URL (the electronic address).
Databases [MLA 4.9.7] are cited just like the print version with the addition of the name of the database underlined, the name of the service, the library, the date of access, and URL if known.

PAPER REFERENCES
WEB SITES
ARTICLES FROM ONLINE DATABASES

PAPER REFERENCES

[Remember to double space and indent all but first lines]

BOOK, ONE AUTHOR MLA 4.6.1

Kaku, Michio. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps and the Enth

     Dimension. New York: Oxford UP, 1994.

BOOK, TWO OR THREE AUTHORS MLA 4.6.4

Maddock, Richard C. , and Richard L. Fulton. Marketing to the Mind: Right Brain Strategies for

     Advertising and Marketing. Westport, CT: Quorum, 1996.

BOOK, MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS MLA 4.6.4

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

BOOK, AN EDITOR MLA 4.6.2

Logate, Philip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: an Anthology from the Classical Era to the

     Present. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 1994.

BOOK, CORPORATE AUTHOR MLA 4.6.6

Public Agenda Foundation. The Health Care Crisis: Containing Costs, Expanding Coverage. New York:

     McGraw, 1992.

BOOK, AN EDITOR IN ADDITION TO AN AUTHOR MLA 4.6.12

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F. W. Robinson. Boston: Houghton, 1957.

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY ARTICLE REPRINTED IN A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS MLA 4.6.7

Frye, Northrop . "Literary and Linguistic Scholarship in a Postliterate Age." PMLA 99 (1984):990-95. 

     Rpt. in Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays, 1974-88. Ed. Robert D. Denhom. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1990. 18-27.

EXERPTED SOURCES FROM MULTIVOLUME CRITICAL ANTHOLOGIES (like CLC, TCLC, LC) MLA 4.6.7

Daches, David. "W. H. Auden: The Search for a Public". Poetry 54 (1939): 148-56  Poetry Criticism.

     Ed. Robyn V. Young. Vol. 1.  Detroit: Gale, 1991. 332-33.

BOOK IN A SERIES (like Opposing Viewpoints, Taking Sides, and Contemporary World Issues) MLA 4.6.16

Dupler, Doug. Energy: Shortage, Glut, or Enough.

      Information Plus Reference Series.  Detroit, Gale, 2001.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE MLA 4.6.8

Gates, David M. "Astronomy." Encyclopedia Americana. 1996 ed.

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ARTICLE FROM A MAGAZINE MLA 4.7.6

Simons, John. "Improbable Dreams." U. S. News and World Report 22 Mar. 1997: 4-7.

ARTICLE FROM A WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE MLA 4.7.6

Jost, Kenneth. "Independent Counsels Re-examined." CQ Researcher 7 May 1999: 377-84.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE MLA 4.7.5

Feder, Barnaby J. "For Job Seekers, a Toll-Free Gift of Expert Advice." New York Times 22 Mar. 1994,

     late ed.: A1+.

ARTICLE IN A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL WITH CONTINUOUS PAGINATION MLA 4.7.1

Scotto, Peter. "Censorship, Reading, and Interpretation: A Case Study from the Soviet Union."

     PMLA 109 (1994): 61-70.

ARTICLE IN A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL THAT PAGES EACH ISSUE SEPARATELY MLA 4.7.2

Hallin, Daniel C. "Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988." Journal of

     Communications 42.2 (1992): 5-24.

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WEB SITES

NO AUTHOR MLA 4.9.2

Dutch Recipes. 9 Jun. 1998. 20 Sept. 2002 <http://www.utexas.edu/student/cmhc/assertips.html>.

AUTHOR , no date MLA 4.9.2

Dawe, James. The Jane Austen Page. 27 Oct. 1999 <http://jamesdawe.com/austen.html>.

ONLINE PERIODICAL  MLA 4.9.4a-b

Daniels, Cora "The Last Taboo." Fortune 28 Oct. 2002. 16 Oct. 2002.

        <http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=209802>.

DATABASES

PROQUEST MLA 4.9.7 If periodical is a scholarly journal such as Lancet, instead of date, use volume no.

Faircloth, Anne, and Ed Brown. "The Best Cities for Business." Fortune 23 Nov. 1998: 142-45+. ProQuest

.       ProQuest Direct. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 8 May 2001

       <http://www.proquest.com> . 

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EBSCOHOST MLA 4.9.7

"Diabetes Increases Risk for Caesarean Delivery." Nutrition Research Newsletter Oct. 1999: 6-7.

     Health Source. Ebscohost. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 8 May 2001

     <http://www.epnet.com>.

LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER MLA 4.9.7

Colmer, John. "E. M. Forster: Overview." Reference Guide to English Literature. 2nd ed. Ed. D. L.

     Kirkpatrick. 2nd ed. St. James P, 1991. Reproduced in Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Kingwood Coll.

     Lib., Kingwood. 8 May 2001 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.

Grieder, Josephine. "Orthodox and Paradox: The Structure of 'Candide'." French Review 57.4 (1984):

     485-92. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 8 May 2001

     <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.

NETLIBRARY MLA 4.9.7

Burner, Eric. And Gently He Shall Lead Them. New York: NYU P, 1994.

      Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 27 Jan. 2003

     <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

ONLINE WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE MLA 4.9.7

Bettelheim, Adriel. "Public Broadcasting: Should the Government Subsidies Continue." CQ Researcher

     29 Oct. 1999: 929-52. CQ Researcher. Congressional Quarterly. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 8

     May 2001 <http://library.cqpress.com>.

ONLINE PERIODICAL MLA 4.9.4a-b

Hebel, Sara. "Appeals Court Says Colleges May Consider Applicant's Race in Striving for Diversity."

     Chronicle of Higher Education 6 Dec. 2000. 7 Dec. 2000 <http://chronicle.com/daily/2000/12/20001206>.

ONLINE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION MLA 4.9.3d

United States. Dept. of Justice, Natl. Inst. of Justice. Prosecuting Gangs: A National Assessment.

     By Claire Johnson, Barbara Webster, and Edward Connors. Feb. 1995. 31 Aug. 2000

     <http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/pgang.txt>.

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