MLA Style Guide

Author 1's Last Name, First Name, and Author 2's 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.

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.

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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:
Date format is day-month-year; month should always be shortened to three letters (ex: Apr.). 

Author. "Title." Website. URL. 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.

Government Organization. Title of the website. Publisher, Year of Publication, URL. Date accessed.

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

           Accessed 20 Apr. 2019.

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

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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.

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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.

"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.

NOTE: 
If accessing a podcast on the web, provide URL; if accessing through an app, provide that instead

TEDTALK ON TED.COM

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.

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TEDTALK ON 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.

AT HOME OR CINEMA

Title of Film. Directed by First Name Last Name, Production Company, Date of Release.

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

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ONLINE

Title of Film. Directed by First Name Last Name, 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.

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FROM A DATABASE

 Title of Film. Directed by First Name Last Name, Production Company, Date of Release.

     Database Name, URL or DOI (if given). 

 Parasite. Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Barunson E&A, 2019.

     Kanopy, https://www.kanopy.com/en/lonestar/watch/video/11347306.

LIVE BROADCAST

"Title of Episode." Title of Program. Channel, Station Call Letters (if available), City, Broadcast Date.

"The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox, WXIA, Atlanta, 19 Jul. 1998.

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ONLINE

"Title of Episode." Title of Program, season, episode, Original Channel,

     Date. Streaming Site, URL.

“94 Meetings.” Parks and Recreation, season 2, episode 21, NBC,

     29 Apr. 2010. Netflix, www.netflix.com/watch/70152031.