Citing Sources

MLA Citation Guidelines

BOOK 

Author.  Title of Book.  City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright date.

Hirschmann, Kris.  Dolphins.  San Diego: Kidhaven Press, 2004.

 

 

BOOK BY TWO OR MORE PERSONS 

Authors.  Title of Book.  City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright date.

Spangenburg, Ray and Kit Moser.  Venus. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001.

 

 

BOOK - NO AUTHOR GIVEN 

Title of Book.  City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright date.

Webster's New Geographical Dictionary.  Springfield, Massachusetts:

 Merriam-Webster, 1997. 

 

 

WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY

Author of work.  “Title of work.”  Title of book.  City of Publication: Publisher,

           Copyright date.  Page numbers.

Poe, Edgar Allan.  “The Tell-Tale Heart.”  The Language of Literature.

           Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2003.  624-630.

 

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE 

“Title of Article.”  Name of Encyclopedia.  Edition Year.

"Civil War."  World Book Encyclopedia.  2004 ed.

 

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE  ONLINE 

“Title of Article.”  Name of Encyclopedia.  Information Supplier.  Access date.

Web address of main page.

"Japan."  World Book Online.  World Book, Inc.  16 November 2006. 

           <http://www.worldbookonline.com/>.

 

INTERNET ARTICLE 

Author (if available).  “Title of Article.”  Online.  Access date.  Web address.

"Welcome to the White House."  Online.  4 April 2006.  <http://www.whitehouse.gov/>.

 

 

REFERENCE DATABASES ONLINE 

“Title of Article."  Name of Database.  Database supplier.  Access date. 

Web address of main page.

"From Dots and Dashes to Digital."  SIRS Discoverer.  ProQuest. 10 May 2006. 

<http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com>.

"Hank Aaron."  Biography Resource Center.  Thomson Gale. 12 March 2007. 

           <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.   

“Optometrists.”  Georgia Career Information System.  Board of Regents.  21 August           2006.  <http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu >.

 

 

MAGAZINE ARTICLE 

Author.  “Title of Article.”  Name of Magazine.  Date of Publication, Page numbers.

Nash, J. Madeleine.  "Why the West Is Burning."  Time.  16 August 2004, 46-51.

 

 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE 

Author.  “Title of Article.”  Name of Newspaper.  Date of Publication, Section: Page number.

 

Wahlberg, David.  "Some Newborns Screened for Risk of Diabetes.”  Atlanta Journal-            Constitution.  24 August 2003, Section E:1.   

 

 

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL 

Title.  Type of media.  City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright date.

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Earthquakes.  Videorecording.  Elk Grove Village, Illinois:

Disney Educational Productions, 2004.

 

 

INTERVIEW 

Person interviewed.  Type of interview.  Date of interview.

Turner, Ted.  Telephone interview.  12 September 2003.