Common Works Cited Formulas in MLA Style

CITING PRINT SOURCES

Book

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of

Publication.

King, Stephen. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. Print.

Work in an anthology, article in a collection, chapter of an edited book

Use this formula if you have a book in which the articles or literary works are written by different

authors.

Last name, First name. "Title of Piece." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Page Range of Entry. Medium of Publication.

Lovelace, Richard. “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars.” Literature and the Writing Process. Ed. Susan

X. Day, Robert Funk, and Elizabeth McMahan. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2007. 703. Print.

Article in an edited book that has been reprinted from a previous publication

Use this formula if you have a book in which previously published articles by different authors are

reprinted. The original information is first, then Rpt. in (Reprinted in), then the reprint information.

Last name, First name. "Title of Piece." Journal. Volume.Issue numbers, if given (Original Date):

Original Page Range, if given. Rpt. in Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Page Range of Entry. Medium of Publication.

Campbell, Gavin James. “Britney on the Belle Curve.” Southern Cultures 7.4 (Winter 2001). Rpt. in

Pop Perspectives: Readings to Critique Contemporary Culture. Ed. Laura Gray-Rosendale.

Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2008. 571-580. Print.

Map

Title of Map. Map. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. Medium.

Michigan. Map. Chicago: Rand, 2000. Print.

Article in a Reference Work

“Title.” Title of Reference Work. Ed. Editor’s Name. Number of Edition (if given). Vol. Volume

Number (if given). Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. Medium of Publication.

“Confessional Novel.” The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Ed. J. A.

Cuddon. 4th

ed. London: Penguin, 1998. Print.

Article from a Newspaper

Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper Date, edition (if given): Page Range.

Medium of Publication.

Whalen, Jeanne. “Glaxo Will Develop Needle-Free Vaccines.” Wall Street Journal 12 Dec. 2009,

eastern ed.: B5. Print.

Article from a Magazine

Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Date: Page Range. Medium of Publication.

Barrera, Rebeca María. “A Case for Bilingual Education.” Scholastic Parent and Child Nov.-

Dec. 2004: 72-73. Print

Article from a book in the Gale reference series

If you are using an article from a Gale print book that you located in the library’s reference section, see

the handout Jacobs Library has prepared about this. Go to the Jacobs Library Web page

(www.ivcc.edu/library) and then to the “For Students” section. Scroll down to “Citing Your Sources,”

and you’ll find a handout labeled “Citing Gale resources using MLA 7th edition (2009).”

If the entry has an author, include the

name first.

If there is no author, begin with the title.