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Works Cited
Information Guide
All of the following information comes from 7th Edition MLA Handbook. If you do not see your type of
source listed on here, please refer to Purdue’s Online Writing Lab.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
A. Citing an Entire Website
1. Name of the author, complier, director, editor
2. Title of the work (usually in quotation marks)
3. Title of the overall Web site (italicized)
4. Publisher or sponsor of the site; if not available, us N.p.
5. Date of publication (day, month, and year, as available); if nothing is available, use n.d.
6. Medium of publication (Web)
7. Date of access (day, month, and year)
Examples:
Antin, David. Interview by Charles Bernstein. Dalkey Archieve Press. Dalkey Archive P, n.d. Web.
21 Aug. 2007.
“The Scientists Speak.” Editorial. New York Times. New York Times, 20 Nov. 2007. Web. 15 May
2008.
“Six Charged in Alleged N.J. Terror Plot.” WNBC.com. WNBC, 8 May 2007. Web. 9 May 2007.
Tyre, Peg. “Standardized Tests in College?” Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 15 May
2008.
B. A Scholarly Article (Journal)
1. The author’s last name, first (the second example has more than one author)
2. Title of the article in quotations
3. Title of publication in italics
4. All volume and issue numbers if available
5. Year of publication in parentheses
6. Page numbers; if not available, use n.pag.
7. Use the medium Web.
8. Date of access (day, month, and year)
Examples:
Barthelme, Frederick. “Architecture.” Kansas Quarterly 13.3-4 (1981): 77-80. Web. 17 Feb. 2007.
Shehan, Constance L., and Amanda B. Moras. “Deconstructing Laundry: Gendered Technologies
and the Reluctant Redesign of Household Labor.” Michigan Family Review 11 (2006):
n. pag. Web. 8 Nov. 2007.
C. A Periodical Publication in an Online Database (Proquest, EBSCOhost, Coin)
(online magazine and newspaper articles)
1. The author’s last name, then first
2. Title of the article in quotations
3. Title of publication in italics
4. All volume and issue numbers if available; if not, skip completely
5. Year of publication in parentheses
6. Page numbers: **A periodical article on the Web may not include page numbers. If possible, give the
inclusive page numbers, or when pagination is not continuous, the first page number and a plus sign; if
pagination is not available, use n. pag.
7. Title of the database in italics
8. Medium of publication consulted (Web)
9. Date of access (day, month, and year)
Examples:
Miller, Steven, and Sara Guyer, eds. Literature and the Right to Marriage.” Spec. issue of Diacritics
35.4 (2005): 1-124. Project Muse. Web. 5 June 2008
Rosenberg, Mark. “Something Old, Something New. . . .” Editorial. Canadian Journal on Aging 26.2
(2007): 81+. EBSCOhost. Web. 30 Nov. 2007.
Tolson, Nancy. “Making Books Available: The Role of Early Libraries, Librarians, and Booksellers in
The Promotion of African American Children’s Literature.” African American Review 32.1
(1998): n. pag. JSTOR. Web. 5 June 2008.
D. Article in a Magazine (Print)
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Examples:
Poniewozik, James. “TV Makes a Too-Close Call.” Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
Buchman, Dana. “A Special Education.” Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-48. Print.
E. Article in a Newspaper (Print) *same as magazines but page #’s differ and list an edition if there is one
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Paper Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.
Examples:
Brubaker, Bill. “New Health Center Targets County’s Uninsured Patients.” Washington Post
24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.
Krugman, Andrew. “Fear of Eating.” New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed. : A1. Print.
F. Books
Author’s Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium of Publication.
Examples:
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. Print.
*if there are 2 authors…
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner.
*more than 6 authors…
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al.
G. Reference Book (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries)
Lastname, Firstname. “Title” Title of Collection. Edition. Year. Print.
Examples:
“Ideology.” The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print.
*For online encyclopedias & dictionaries follow database guidelines.)