MLA Quick Reference Guide

Book    (MLA Handbook 148-152)

Last, First name of author.  Title of Book.  City Published: Publisher, Year Published.  Format.

Example:
Nielson, Troy.  Career Trek.  Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.  Print.

Book Article or Chapter/Work in an Anthology  (MLA Handbook 157-159)

Last, First name of author.  “Title of Article or Chapter.” Title of Book.  Ed. First Last name of editor. City Published: Publisher, Year Published. Format.

Example:
Hobbs, Thomas.  “Physicians Should Treat Alcoholism as a Disease.”  Current Controversies: Alcoholism.  Ed. James Torr.  San Diego: Greenhaven. 

2007.  219-223.  Print.

Book Article, Chapter or Essay Reprinted in Reference Book (MLA Handbook 159-160)

Last, First name of author.  “Article Title.” Book Title.  Ed. First Last name of editor.  City Published: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Rpt. in Book

Title.  Ed. First Last name of editor.  Vol. #.  City Published: Publisher, Year Published. Page(s). Format.

Example:
West, Ray B.  “Atmosphere and Theme in Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’.”  William Faulkner: Four Decades of Criticism.  Ed. Linda Welshimer Wagner. 

East Lansing: Michigan State University P, 1973.  192-198.  Rpt. in Short Story Criticism.  Ed. Laurie Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. 

Vol. 1.  Detroit: Gale, 1998.  148-151.   Print.

Journal Article   (MLA Handbook 136-140)

Last, First name of author.   “Article Title”.  Journal Name.  Volume.Issue (Year): Page(s).  Format.

Example:
Ofek, Elie, and Ozge Turut.  “To Innovate or Imitate? Entry Strategy and the Role of Market Research.”  Journal of Marketing Research (JMR)  45.5

(2008): 575-592.  Print.

Newspaper Article  (MLA Handbook 141-142)

Last, First name of author.  “Article Title.” Newspaper  Day Month Year: Page(s).  Edition. Column/Page. Format.

Example:
Korkki, Phyllis.  “Job Security? Consider a Career in Health Care.”  New York Times  15 Nov. 2009,  late ed.: BU2.  Print.

Magazine Article  (MLA Handbook 142-143)

Last, First name of author.   “Article Title.”   Magazine  Day Month Year: Page(s).  Format.

Example:
Reece, Tamekia.  “7 Computer Skills You’ll Need for Success.”  Career World  Oct. 2009: 20-23.  Print.
Article from GALILEO database (MLA Handbook 192-193)

Last, First name of author.  “Article Title.”  Title of Journal   Volume.Issue (Year Published):  Page(s). Name of Database.  Format. 

Day Month Year Accessed. 

Example:
Jones, Steven E.  “ Dickens on ‘Lost’: Text, Paratext, and Fan-Based Media.” Wordsworth Circle  38.2 (2007): 71-77.  Academic Search Complete. 

Web.  12 Nov. 2009.   

Website  ( MLA Handbook 184-188)

Last, First name of author.  “Section/Article Title.”  Title of the website.  Version or edition.  Publisher or Sponsor of the site, Day Month Year published

or last updated.  Format.  Day Month Year Accessed.

Example:
Hornick, Ed.  “Americans Paying Attention to Health Care Debate?”  CNN.com.  Cable News Network, 17 Nov. 2009. Web.  18 Nov. 2009. 

Television or Radio Program   (MLA Handbook 193-194)

“Title of Episode or Segment” or Title of Program or Series.  Narr. First Last name of narrator(s).  Writ. First Last name of writer(s).  Perf. First Last name

of performer(s).  Cond. First Last name of conductor.  Title of Program/Series.  Network.  Call letters and city of local station, Broadcast date. 

Format.

Examples:
“Bleak House.”   Masterpiece Theatre.   PBS.  WNGH, Atlanta, 22 Apr. – 13 May, 2007.  Television.

I Capuleti e I Montecchi.   By Vincenzo Bellini.  Perf. Andrea Rost and Vesselina Kasarova.  Lyric Opera of Chicago. Cond. Bruno Campanella.  Lyric

Opera of Chicago Radio Network.  WFMT, Chicago.  25 May 2002.  Radio.

Sound Recording    (MLA Handbook 195-196)

Last, First name of Artist.  Title of the Recording.  Perf. Name of Performer(s).  Cond. First Last name of Conductor.  Rec. day month year of recording. 

Manufacturer, Year of issue.  Format.

Example:
North, Alex.  Alex’s North’s 2001: the Original Motion Picture Score.  Perf. National Philharmonic Orch.  Cond. Jerry Goldsmith.  Rec. 21 Oct. 1992. 

Varèse Sarabande Records,1993.  CD.

Painting, Sculpture or Photograph   (MLA Handbook 200-201) 

Last, First name of Artist.  Title of the Work.  Date of composition.  Institution that houses the work, City where the work is housed.

Example:
Monet, Claude.  Japanese Bridge and the Waterlily Pool - Giverny.  1899.  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.

Interview   (MLA Handbook 201-202)

Last, First name of interviewer.  “Title of Interview.”  Title of Program or Source.   Call Letters, Location of Station.  Date of interview.  Page(s). Format.

Example:

Jones, Martin.  Interview with Pat Conroy.  All Things Considered.  Natl. Public Radio. WQMT, Dalton.  8 Dec. 2007.  Radio.

Welty, Eudora.  Interview.  Atlanta Journal Constitution   25 June 1985, D12.  Print.