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Selected Citation Guide – MLA Style_______________________________________________
Books
Electronic books, one author Author. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of
publication: Publisher, Publication year. Database name.
Medium. Date of access.
Junker, Karan. Gardening with Woodland Plants. 2nd ed. Portland:
Timberland, 2007. EBSCOHost Ebook Collection. Web. 5
Nov. 2015.
Printed Books, one author Author. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of
publication: Publisher, Publication year. Medium.
Kettlewell, Caroline. Electric Dreams: One Unlikely Team of Kids
and the Race to Build the Car of the Future. New York:
Carol & Graf, 2004. Print.
Printed Books, two or three authors
[four or more authors, use et al. after the first author’s name] Author, Author, and Author. Title. Edition statement if not the
first edition. City of publication: Publisher, Publication
year. Medium.
Byatt, Andrew, Alastair Forthergill, and Martha Holmes. The Blue
Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans. New York: DK,
2001. Print.
Printed Books, one editor [multiple editors follow the same form as authors] Editor, ed. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of
publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Medium.
Haerens, Margaret, ed. Illegal Immigration. Detroit: Greenhaven,
2006. Print.
Printed work from an anthology Author (if any). “Title of article/essay/poem.” Title of Anthology.
Editor. City of publication: Publisher, Publication Year.
Page range. Medium.
More, Hannah. “The Black Slave Trade: A Poem.” British Women
Poets of the Romantic Era. Ed. Paula R. Feldman.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1997. 472-82. Print.
Journal Articles – electronic & print Electronic journal articles from a subscription database
Author. “Article title.” Title of publication volume.issue
(Publication year): Page range. Database name.
Medium. Date of access.
Farr, Thomas. “Diplomacy in an Age of Faith.” Foreign Affairs
87.2 (2008): 110-24. Academic Search Complete. Web.
4 Nov. 2015.
Printed Journal articles with a volume number and no issue number Author. “Article title.” Title of publication Volume (Publication
year): page range. Medium.
Friedman, Warren. “Volunteerism and the Decline of Violent
Crime.” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 88
(1998): 1453-74. Print.
Printed Journal articles with volume and issue numbers Author. “Article title.” Title of publication Volume.issue
(Publication year): page range. Medium.
Napoli, Philip. “Deconstructing the Diversity Principle.” Journal of
Communication 49.4 (1999): 7-34. Print.
Magazine Articles – electronic & print Magazine articles from the Internet Author (if any). “Article Title.” Title of online publication Day
month year. Medium. Date of access.
Ross, Alex. “Song of the Earth: A Composer Takes Inspiration
from the Arctic.” New Yorker 12 May 2008. Web. 1 Nov.
2015.
Printed Magazine articles Author. “Article title.” Title of publication Date of issue: page-
page. Medium.
Griffin, Katherine. “Rebel Against a Sedentary Life.” Health Nov.
1999: 82-8. Print.
Newspaper Articles Electronic Newspaper articles from a subscription
database Author (if any). “Article title.” Title of newspaper Publication day
month year: Page range, OR starting page with +. Database name. Medium. Date of access.
Tansey, Bernadette. “Sports Doping Detection a Never-Ending
Science.” San Francisco Chronicle 11 Aug. 2008: A1.
National Newspapers Core. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.
Newspaper articles from the Internet Author (if any). “Article Title.” Title of online publication.
Publisher, day month year. Medium. Date of access.
“The Scientists Speak.” Editorial. New York Times. New York
Times, 20 Nov. 2007. Web. 1 Nov. 2015.
Printed Newspaper articles Author (if any). “Article title.” Title of newspaper Date of issue,
edition (if any): page range, OR starting page with +. Medium.
Rosenbloom, Stephanie. “Giant Retailers Look to Sun for Energy
Savings.” New York Times 10 Aug. 2008: B1+. Print.
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles
Electronic Encyclopedia and Dictionary articles Author of entry/article (if any). “Article title.” Title of publication.
Editor (if any). Version number (if any). Publisher, Date of electronic publication or last update. Database name. Medium. Date of access.
Rushton, Julian. “Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.” New Grove
Dictionary of Opera. Ed. Stanley Sadie. Oxford Univ.,
2008. Oxford Music Online. Web. 1 Mar. 2014
“Columbia River.” Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online. Encyclopedia
Britannica, 2008. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.
Printed Encyclopedia articles, signed and unsigned Author of entry/article (if any). “Title of article.” Title of
encyclopedia. City of publication: Publisher, Publication year. Medium.
Iverson, Peter. “Navajo.” Encyclopedia Americana. International
ed. Danbury: Scholastic Library, 2011. Print.
“Jackson Pollack.” The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Chicago:
Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 2011. Print.
Web Site
Author or Editor (if any). “Title of Web page.” Title of entire Web
site. Publishing institution or organization, Date of page OR last update (if no date, use n.d.). Medium. Date of access. <complete URL if page cannot be found using a search engine>.
“America on the Move.” Smithsonian National Museum of
American History. Smithsonian, 2010. Web. 1 Nov.
2015.
Crane, Gregory, ed. The Perseus Digital Library. Tufts U, n.d.
Web. 1 Nov. 2015.
Fung, Karen. “Africa: South of the Sahara.” Stanford University
Libraries. Stanford U, 2011. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.
Example of Works Cited
Works Cited
“America on the Move.” Smithsonian National Museum of
American History. Smithsonian, 2013. Web. 12
Nov. 2015.
Cannato, Vincent J. American Passage: The History of Ellis
Island. New York: Harper, 2009. Print.
Kusmer, Kenneth L. and Joe W. Trotter, eds. African
American Urban History Since World War II.
Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2009. EBSCOHost eBook
Collection. Web. 12 Nov. 2015.
Vinson, Ben. “Children of Fire: A History of African
Americans” Journal of Southern History 78.2
(2012): 528-30. Academic Search Complete.
Web. 3 Nov. 2015.
Produced by Cabrillo College Library - Fall 2015