Citing MLA Style

Source: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

(http://www.mla.org/store/CID24/PID363) 7th ed. New York: Modern

Language Association, 2009.

The examples listed below were created by VVC librarians based on the 7th ed. of the MLA Handbook and are not official. If questions arise, please refer to copies of the handbooks located in the library stacks (LB 2369 G53 2009) and on the dictionary stands.

Note: All citations should be double-spaced and indented five spaces after the first line.

***Be careful to distinguish italicized sections in citations.***

 

PRINT SOURCES

A book by one authors  [MLA 5.5.2]

Bracewell, Michael. Re-make, Remodel: Becoming Roxy Music. Cambridge: Da Capo,

2008. Print

A book by two authors  [MLA 5.5.4]

Haugen, David M., and Susan Musser. Media Violence. Detroit: Greenhaven,

2009. Print.

A book by an organization or corporate author  [MLA 5.5.5]

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:

DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed., text rev. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association,

2000. Print.

Article in a reference book  [MLA 5.5.7]

Bains, David R. "Contemporary Worship: Trends and Patterns in Christian America." Faith in

America. Ed. Charles H. Lippy. Vol. 3. Westport: Praeger, 2006. 1-23. Print.

Book with an editor  [MLA 5.6.2]

Beiser, Frederick K., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth

Century Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2008. Print.
Work in an anthology  [MLA 5.5.6]

Park, Ruth. “Playing Beatie Bow.” Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature. Eds.

Jack Zipes, et al. New York: Norton, 2005. 699-794. Print.
Article from a magazine  [MLA 5.4.6]

Isaacson, Walter. "How to Raise the Standard in America’s Schools." Time 27 Apr. 2009:

32+. Print.
Article from a scholarly journal  [MLA 5.4.2]

Bossen, Ann L., Janet K. Pringle Specht, and Sharon E. McKenzie. "Needs of People With

Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease." Journal of Gerontological Nursing 35.3 (2009):

8-15. Print.

Article from the "Taking Sides" series  [MLA 5.5.6]

Abhat, Divya, et al. "Cities of the Future: Today’s “Mega Cities” Are Overcrowded and

Environmentally Stressed." Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Global Issues.

Eds. James E. Harf and Mark Owens Lombardi. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

66-75. Print.

Article from the "Gale Literary" series  [MLA 5.5.6]

Hedrick, Joan D. "Journeying Across the Ghostly Wastes of a Dead World." Solitary Comrade:

Jack London and His Work. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P., 1982. Rpt. in Short

Story Criticism. Ed. Justin Karr. Vol. 49. Farmington Hills: Gale, 2002. 340-3. Print.
Newspaper article  [MLA 5.4.5]

Edwards, Brooke. "Dozens Show Support for Apple Valley Fire." Daily Press [Victorville] 30

Apr. 2009: A1+. Print.

  

ONLINE SOURCES

Periodicals found in an Online Database  [ MLA 5.6.4 ]

 Magazine article from an online database - Expanded Academic ASAP 

Von Drehle, David. "Death Penalty Walking." Time 14 Jan. 2008: 38. Expanded Academic

ASAP. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
 Journal article from an online database - Expanded Academic ASAP

Wintemute, Garen J. "The Future of Firearm Violence Prevention: Building on Success."

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association 282.5 (1999): 475+. Expanded

Academic ASAP. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.

 Newspaper article online database - NewsBank and LexisNexis

Said, Carolyn. "Defaults Hit Record in Region." San Francisco Chronicle 23 Apr. 2009: A1.

NewsBank Access World News. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
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Markon, Jerry. “Crackdown on Child Pornography: Federal Action, Focused on Internet, Sets

Off a Debate.” Washington Post 15 Dec. 2007: A1. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 23

Apr. 2009.

Article from an online database - CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints  

Soloway, Colin. "DC Voting Rights: Should Washington Citizens Have a Vote in Congress?"

CQ Researcher 11 Apr. 2008. CQ Researcher Online. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.

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Byrd, Robert C. “Undocumented Workers Should Not Receive Legal Status.”

Opposing Viewpoints: Legal System. Ed. Clare Hanrahan. Detroit:

Greenhaven, 2008.Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web.

23 Apr. 2009.

General and Non-periodicals Web publications  [ MLA 5.6.1 & 5.6.2 ]

 Article from an online encyclopedia - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Strawson, Galen. “Free Will.” Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online. Routledge, 29

Feb. 2004. Web. 23 Apr. 2009.
 Internet source - Special collection or scholarly project

Inventory of the 300th Hospital Unit Collection Number 1. Special Collections Eskind

Biomedical Lib. Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, Sept. 2003. Web. 30 Apr.

2009.

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“Women and the Civil War.” Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture. Duke

University Libraries, 5 Dec. 2008. Web. 8 June 2009.
 Internet source - Document from professional site or information database

“Cancer Alternative Therapies.” MedlinePlus. United States National Library of Medicine, National

Institutes of Health, 13 Apr. 2009. Web. 28 May 2009.
 Internet source - Personal page  *Include URL for obscure Web sites or when required by instructor.

Bidstrup, Scott. “Gay Marriage: The Arguments and the Motives”. Bidstrup.com. N.p., 2004.

Web. 30 Apr. 2009. <http://www.bidstrup.com/marriage.htm>.

 Internet source - Article from a news service

Twin, Alexandra. “Stocks Cut Losses.” CNNMoney.com. Cable News Network, 8 June 2009.

Web. 8 June 2009.

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