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Page 1: Selected Citation Guide – MLA Style - Cabrillo College · Selected Citation Guide – _____MLA Style Books Electronic books, ... Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles ... New Grove

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.

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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