Basic MLA Forms for Print Sources |
Citing a Book with One Author:
Author's name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Sample:
|
|
Karl, Frederick R. William Faulkner:
American Writer. New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. |
|
Citing a Book with Two Authors:
Authors. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Sample:
|
|
Bucy, Carole Stanford, and Carol Farrar
Kaplan. The Nashville City Cemetery: History
Carved in Stone. Nashville:
The Nashville City Cemetery Association, 2000. |
|
|
(Note: If there are more than three authors, you may list only the
first author followed by the phrase et.al.(The abbreviation for
the Latin phrase "and others") in place of the other
author's names, or you may list all the authors in the order
in which their names appear on the title page.) |
| top of page |
Citing a Part of a Book (such
as an essay in a collection): Author (s). "Title of Article." Title
of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name (s). Place of Publication: Publisher,
Year, Pages.
Sample: |
|
Carter, Hodding. "Huey Long's Louisiana
Hayride." Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men: A Critical
Handbook. Ed. Maurice Beebe and Leslie A. Field. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1969. 1-14. |
|
Citing an Article from a Reference Book:
Author's Name (if given). "Title of Article." Title of
Reference Book. Editor. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Samples:
|
|
Van Devender, George W. "William
Faulkner." Magill's Survey of American Literature.
Ed. Frank N. Magill. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation,
1991. |
|
O'Connor, William Van. "William
Faulkner." American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. |
|
|
top of page
|
Citing an Article from an Encyclopedia (unsigned): "Title
of Article." Title of Encyclopedia. Edition
Sample: |
|
"William Faulkner." Encyclopedia
Britannica. 2002 ed.
|
|
Citing a Signed Article from an Encyclopedia:
Author (s.). "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia.
Edition.
Sample:
|
|
Fogel, Daniel Mark. "Willa Cather." The
World Book Encyclopedia. 1992 ed. |
|
|
top of page
|
Citing an Anonymous Book: If
a book has no author's or editor's name on the title page, begin
the entry with the title. Do not use either Anonymous or Anon.
Alphabetize the entry by the title, ignoring any initial A., An,
or The.
Samples: |
|
Encyclopedia of Tennessee. New
York: Somerset Press, 1998.
|
|
New York Public Library Student's
Desk Reference. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1993. |
|
Citing an Article from Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC):
Top cite a previously published scholarly article in a collection
such as Contemporary Literary Criticism, give the complete
data for the earlier publication and then add Rpt. in ("Reprinted
in"), the title of the collection, and the new publication facts.
Sample:
|
|
Edel, Leon. "How to Read the Sound
and the Fury." Varieties of Literary Experience, Ed. Stanley
Bernshaw. New York: New York University Press, 1962. 241-57. Rpt.
in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol.
1. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1973. 18-27. |
|
|
top of page
|
Citing an Article from a Periodical (Article
from an actual copy of a journal or magazine): Name of Author (if
given). "Title of the article." Name of the periodical,
series number or name, volume number, issue number, (Date of Publication):
page numbers.
Sample of an unsigned article: |
|
"Making of a Candidate for President." Time (20
July 1984): 40-42.
|
|
|
Sample of a signed article:
|
|
Kuhn, Susan. "A New Stock Play
in Saving and Loans." Fortune (15 May 1995): 67-72. |
|
Citing an Article from a Newspaper (Article from an actual
copy of a newspaper):
Author's name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper,
Date, Edition: Section.
Samples:
|
|
Greeley, Andrew. "Today's Morality
Plan: The Sitcom." New York Times, 17 May 1987, late
ed.: A1. |
|
Manning, Anita. "Curriculum Battles
from Left and Right." USA Today, 2 March 1994: D5. |
|
|
