MLA Citation Style 

A. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Electronic book

In-text citation: (Ember and Ember)

Works Cited list example:

Ember, Melvin and Carol Ember, eds. Countries and Their Cultures. 2001. Virtual Reference Library. Gale.
MCC Libraries, Rochester, NY. 16 Dec. 2005 <http://www.galegroup.com/>.

An article in an online scholarly journal

In-text citation: (Gopinath)

Works Cited list example:

Gopinath, Sumanth. “Ringtones, or the Auditory Logic of Globalization.” First Monday: Peer Reviewed Journal
on the Internet 10.12 (2005). 19 Dec. 2005 <http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue
10_12/gopinath/index.html>.

An article in an online magazine

In-text citation: (Rowe)

Works Cited list example:

Rowe, Michael. “She Is No Homophobe.” The Advocate 22 Nov. 2005. 19 Dec. 2005
<http://www.advocate.com/>.

An article in an online newspaper version or on a newswire

In-text citation: (Barnes)

Works Cited list example:

Barnes, Susan B. “Podcasters Reach Out In Their Own Digital Show.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 19
--- June 2005. Newsbank. MCC Libraries, Rochester, NY. 19 Dec. 2005 <http://www.newsbank.com/>.
A work from a library subscription service e.g. EBSCOhost

In-text citation: (Wills et al.)

Works Cited list example:

Wills, Wendy, et al. “Young Teenagers' Perceptions of Their Own and Others' Bodies: A Qualitative Study of
Obese, Overweight and ‘Normal Weight' Young People in Scotland.” Science and Medicine 62.2 (2005):
396-406. ScienceDirect. Elsevier. MCC Libraries, Rochester, NY. 19 Dec. 2005
<http://www.sciencedirect.com>.

An e-mail communication

In-text citation: (DiSano)

Works Cited list example:

DiSano, Mary. “Re. The New Guide to Writing Research Papers.” E-mail to Stasia Callan and Ann
--- Penwarden. 1 Feb. 2006.

Website

In-text citation: ("Early Childhood Educational Issues")

Works Cited list example:

“Early Childhood Educational Issues.” National Association for the Education of the Young Children. 22 May
--- 2006<http://www.naeyc.org/ece/>.
 B. PRINTED RESOURCES

Book by a single author

In-text citation: (Saferstein 98)

Works Cited list examples for 1st edition and later edition:

Saferstein, Richard. Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
1977.

Saferstein, Richard. Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson, 2004.

Book by two or more authors

In-text citation: (Desmet, Speak, and Miller 127)

Works Cited list example:

Desmet, Christy, Kathy Houff Speak, and Deborah Church Miller. Argument. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
--- Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005.

Book by more than three authors

In-text citation: (Pavia et al. 79)

Works Cited list example:

Pavia, Donald L., et al. Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques: A Small-Scale Approach. 2nd ed.
--- Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2005.
Sacred texts

In-text citation: (Rev. 4.6-8)

Works Cited list example:

The Holy Bible: King James Version. Iowa Falls, IA: World Bible Publishers, 2001.

An article in a reference book

In-text citation: (Genuth 902)

Works Cited list example:

Genuth, Saul. “Metabolism.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol 23. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica,
--- 2002. 893-928.

Article in a weekly or biweekly magazine

In-text citation: (Tolson 60)

Works Cited list example:

Tolson, Jay. “The Battle That Changed the World.” U.S. News and World Report 24 Oct. 2005: 56-65.

Article in a newspaper

In-text citation: (Wielaard 11A)

Works Cited list example:

Wielaard, Robert. “Europe Warns Iran on Holocaust Denial.” Democrat and Chronicle 16 Dec. 2005: 11A.