MLA Style Quick Guide

Print Resources
Books - General Format
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstname. Title. Location: Publisher, Year. Medium.

Source
Book, One Author Book, Two or More Authors

Works Cited
Stone, Wanda. Suicide. New York: Random, 1985. Print. Brown, Charles and Genny Harvard. The Indian Ocean. Princeton: Princeton, 1998. Print. *For books with more than three authors, list the first author then add et al.*

Work in an Anthology

Finkelstein, Susan. Abuse of Animals Can Signal Violence in Families. Family Violence. Ed. Nancy Dziedzic. Current Controversies Ser. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2009. 101-105. Print.

Entry in a Multi Volume Encyclopedia/Dictionary

Ideology. The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print.

*For well known reference sources no publication information is required.*

Journal Article General Format

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Article Title." Journal Name Volume. Number (Year): pages. Medium.

Source
Article in a Journal

Works Cited
Cole, Mary. Whales. Journal of Biology 5.1 (1997): 107-134. Print.

Magazine Article General Format

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Article Title." Magazine Name Day Month Year: Page range. Medium.

Source
Article in a Magazine

Works Cited
Hale, Leo. Managing Y2K Problems. Time 12 Dec 1999: 97-99. Print.

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MLA Style Quick Guide

Electronic Resources

Web Site - General Format

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName (if available). "Title of Web Page or Article (if applicable)." Title of Web Site. Version or edition used. Publisher if known (if unknown use n.p.), Date of Publication (Day Month Year, as available, if not available, use n.d.). Medium. Date accessed (Day Month. Year).

Source
Web Site with Author

Works Cited
Quade, Alex. Elite Team Rescues Troops behind Enemy Lines. CNN.com. Cable News Network, 19 Mar. 2007. Web. 15 May 2008.

Web Site with No Author

"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. eHow, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

Journal Article (from Library database) General Format

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume.Number (Year): pages. Electronic Database Name. Medium. Date Accessed.

Source
Journal Article

Works Cited
Cole, Mary. Whales. Journal of Biology 5.1 (1997): 107134. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Jan. 2009.

Magazine Article (from Library database) General Format

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Article Title." Magazine Title. Date: pages. Electronic Database Name. Medium. Date Accessed (Day Month Year).

Source
Magazine Article

Works Cited
Halo, Lee. Managing Y2K Problems. Time. 12 Dec. 1999: 97. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Jan. 2009.

Source
Electronic Book (Ebook)

Works Cited
Roe, Karen. Child Abuse. Miami: ABC-CLIO, 1995. netLibrary. Web. 1 Feb. 2009.