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MLA Style Guide

Books

 

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Publisher, Year of publication.

Hoover, John. Time Management: Set Priorities to Get the Right Things Done. Collins, 2007. 

Author's Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title. Publisher, Year of publication.

Dorris, Michael, and Louise Erdrich. The Crown of Columbus. HarperCollins

           Publishers, 1999.

 

         

Author's Last Name, First Name, et al. Title. Publisher, Year of publication

Charon, Rita, et al. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine. Oxford UP, 2017.

 

Title. Translated by or editor. Publisher, Year of publication.

Beowulf. Translated by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy, edited by Sarah

     Anderson, Pearson, 2004.

 

 

 

Organization. Title of publication. Edition(if given). Publisher, Year of publication.

American Heart Association. American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook. 4th ed., Clarkson Potter, 2011. 

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Work." Title of Anthology, edited by 

     First and Last Names, Publisher, Year of publication, Pages.

Achebe, Chinua. "Uncle Ben's Choice." The Seagull Reader: Literature, edited by

     Joseph Kelly, W.W. Norton, 2005, pp. 23-27.

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title. Ebook ed., Publisher, Year of Publication.

 

Watson, Brad. Miss Jane. Ebook ed., W. W. Norton, 2016.

 

O'Connor, Patricia. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in

     Plain English. E-book ed., Riverhead Books, 2009.

Articles

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal

     Volume, Issue, Date, Pages.

Boggs, Colleen Glenney. "Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery."

     American Periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp.149-66.

 

***Article accessed Through a Database

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Periodical,

     Volume, Issue, Date, Pages. Name of Database, DOI or URL.

Stalter, Sunny. "Subway Ride and Subway System in Hart Crane's 'The Tunnel'." 

    Journal of Modern Literature, vol.33, no. 2, Jan. 2010, pp. 70-91. JSTOR,

     https://doi.org/10.2979/jml.2010.33.2.70.

 

*** Article in an Online Magazine

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal,

        Volume, Issue, Date, DOI or URL.

Schmidt, Desmond. "A Model of Versions and Layers." Digital

     Humanities Quarterly, vol. 13, no.3, 2019, www.digital

     humanities.org/dhq/vol/13/3/000430/000430.html.

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine,

     Volume (if any), issue (if any), Date, Pages.

Burt, Tequia. " Legacy of Activism: Concerned Black Students' 50-Year History

     at Grinnell College." Grinnell Magazine, vol. 48, no. 4, summer 2016, pp.32-38.

PRINT

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Publication, Date, Pages.

Saulny, Susan, and Jacques Steinberg. "On College Forms, a Question of Race Can Perplex."

     The New York Times, 14 June 2011, p. A1.

ONLINE

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Publication, Date, URL.

Banerjee, Neela. "Proposed Religion-Based Program for Federal Inmates is Canceled." 

     The New York Times, 28 Oct. 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/10/28us/28prison.html.

*NOTE: The date format should be day month year, and the month should always be abbreviated to three letters (ex: Apr.). 

     

From the Web

Entire Website:

Editor’s Last Name, First Name, role. Title of Site.

     Publisher, Date, URL

Proffitt, Michael, chief editor. The Oxford English Dictionary.

     Oxford UP, 2021,www.oed.com

Personal Website:

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Site. Date, URL.

Park, Linda Sue. Linda Sue Park: Author and Educator. 2021,

          lindasuepark.com

Work on a Website:

Author's Last Name, First Name (if any). "Title of Work." Title of

          SitePublisher (if any), Date, URL.

McIIwain, John, et al. "Housing in America: Integrating Housing,

          Health, and Resilience in a Changing Environment."

          Urban Land Institute, 28 Aug. 2014, uli.org/report/housing-in-america-

          housing-health-resilience.

 

Author. "Title." Website. Date accessed 

Beaton, Kate. “The Secret Garden.” Hark!  A  

     Vagrant, www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=350. Accessed 17 Jan.2017

“Title of Work.” Title of Site, Publisher (if any), Date, URL.  

"Housing in America: Integrating Housing, Health, and Resilience in a Changing Environment." Urban Land Institute, 28 Aug.

     2014,uli.org/report/housing-in-america-housing-health-resilience.

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Volume, Issue, Date, DOI or URL

Schmidt, Desmond. "A Model of Versions and Layers." Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol.13, no.3, 2019 

     www.Digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/13/3/000430/000430.html.

 

Author. Title of the website. Publisher, Year of Publication, URL. Accessed Date of access.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. HHS. www.hhs.gov/. 

           Accessed 20 Apr. 2019.

 

United States, Department of Education. Tips for Helping Students Recovering from Traumatic Events. Sept. 2005.                                   www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/recovering/part.html. 

Multimedia

"Title of Video." Title of Site, uploaded by Uploader's Name, Day

     Month Year, URL.

 

"Everything Wrong with National Treasure in 13 Minutes or Less."

     YouTube, uploaded by CinemaSins, 21 Aug. 2014, www.

     youtube.com.watch?v=1ul-_ZWvXTs.

Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of book. Narrator of book, audiobook ed.,

     Publisher, Date.

 

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Narrated by Sissy Spacek, audiobook ed.,

    unabridged ed., HarperAudio, 8 July 2014.

ORIGINAL

Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year  created, Location.

Van Gogh, Vincent. The Potato Easters. 1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

IN A BOOK

Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created, Location.

    Title of Book, by First and Last Names, Publisher, Year of publication,

    Page.

Van Gogh, Vincent. The Potato Eaters. 1885, Scottish National

    Gallery. History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from

    the Dawn of History to the Present Day, by H.W. Janson, Prentice

    Hall/ Harry N. Abrams, 1969, p. 508.

ONLINE

Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created. Title of

    Site, URL.

Warhol, Andy. Self-portrait. 1979. J. Paul Getty Museum, www.getty

    .edu/art/collection/objects/106971/andy-warhol-self-portrait-

    american-1979.

 

PUBLISHED

Subject's Last Name, First Name. " Title of Interview" Interview by

    First Name Last Name(if given). Name of Publication, Date,

    Pages or URL.

Whitehead, Colson. "Colson Whitehead: By the Book." The New

    York Times, 15 May 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/books

    /review/colson-whitehead-by-thebook.html. Interview.

PERSONAL

Subject's Last Name, First Name. Concise description. Day Month Year.

Bazelon, L.S.. Telephone interview with the author. 4 Oct. 2020.

***Note: If you accessed a podcast on the web, give the URL; if you accessed it through an app, indicate that instead.

"Title of Episode." Title of Podcast, hosted by First Name

    Last Name, season, episode, Production Company, Date, URL.

"DUSTWUN." Serial, hosted by Sarah Koenig, season 2, episode 1,

    WBEZ / Serial Productions, 10 Dec. 2015, serialpodcast.org/

    season-two/1/dustwun.

Speaker last name, First name. “Talk Title.” TED, Month Year, URL.

Jacobs, A. J. “The Life Cycle of a Cup of Coffee.” TED, Jan. 2021,   

       www.ted.com/talks/a_j_jacobs_the_life_cycle_of_a_cup_of_coffee.

 

TED Talk from YouTube:

Speaker last name, First name. “Video Title.” YouTube, uploaded by TED or TEDx Talks, Day Month Year, URL.

Bailey, Chris. “How to Get Your Brain to Focus | Chris Bailey | TEDx

     Manchester.” YouTube, uploaded by TEDx Talks, 5 Apr. 2019,

     www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y.

Title of Film. Role by First and Last Names, Production Company, Date of Release.

Breakfast at Tiffany's. Directed by Blake Edwards, Paramount, 1961.

ONLINE

Title of Film. Role by First and Last Names, Production Company,

    Date of Release. Title of Site, URL.

Interstellar. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Paramount, 2014.

     Amazon Prime Video, www.amazon.com/Interstellar-Matthew

     -McConaughey/dp/B00TU9UFTS.

FROM A DATABASE

 Title of Film. Directed by Director, Production Company, Date of Release

     Database Name in Italics, URL/DOI. 

 

Viewed as a Television Broadcast

"Title of Episode." Title of Program, role by First and Last Names, season,

     episode, Production Company, Date.

"Hush." Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, season 4,

    episode 10, Mutant Enemy/ WB Television Network, 14 Dec. 1999.

Viewed on a Website

"I, Borg." Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 5, episode 23, Paramount

     Pictures, 1992. Netflix, www.netflix.com.

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