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How to cite written resources
These are examples of citations of written material, as well as recordings and interviews. For information on citing electronic sources, please go to the page on citing electronic resources.
Use these citation examples to help you compile your Works Cited, Reference List or Bibliography page. Refer to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (available in the College Prep library) for documentation on citing sources within the text of your paper and for citing other types of sources not listed here.
*Citations on your bibliography page should be double-spaced and the second line should be indented.*
How to cite books:
Book by a single author
Two or more books by a single author
Book by more than one author
Book whose author is a company
Book with no author
Entry in a multi-volume reference set (including encyclopedias
& dictionaries) when using only one volume
Encyclopedia entry (no author)
Encyclopedia entry (author, and a corporate editor) - when using more than one volume
Multi-volume book (use this if you're using only one of the volumes)
Multi-volume book (use this if you're using two or more volumes)
Anthology
One work from an anthology
Book edited by two or three people
Book edited by more than three people
Translation
Books
Footnote
Two or more books by the same author
(alphabetical by book title)
Ambrose, Stephen. D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of
World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
---. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew
the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2001.
Rittner, Carol Ann, and Sondra Myers. The Courage to Care: Rescuers of
Jews During the Holocaust. New York: New York University Press,
1986.
Book by three authors
Andrews, Julia Frances, Kuiyi Shen, and Jonathan D. Spence. A Century
in Crisis: Modernity and Tradition in the Art of
Twentieth-Century China. New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1998.
Book by more than three authors
Hunt, A. D., et al. Ethics of World Religion. San Diego: Greenhaven
Press, 1991.
Footnote
3A. D. Hunt et al., Ethics of World Religion (San Diego, Greenhaven
Press, 1991) 46-48.
Book whose author is a company
Foreign Policy Association. A Cartoon History of the United States,
1776-1976. New York: Morrow, 1975.
Footnote
3Foreign Policy Association, A Cartoon History of the United States, 1776-1976
(New York: Morrow, 1975) 102.
The New English Bible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1971.
Demaitre, Luke. "Insanity, Treatment of." Dictionary of the Middle
Ages. Volume 6. p. 489-493. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1985.
Footnote
4Luke Demaitre. "Insanity, Treatment of." Dictionary of the Middle
Ages (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985), Volume 6.
Encyclopedia entry (no author)
"Pol Pot." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2005 ed.Footnote
7"Pol Pot." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2005 ed.Encyclopedia entry (author, and a corporate editor) - when using more than one volume
Kalia, Ravi. "Madras." Encyclopedia of India. Ed. Stanley Wolpert.
4 vols. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006.
Multi-volume book (use this if you're using only one of the volumes)
Conlan, Roberta. The XXII Olympiad: Moscow 1980, Sarajevo 1984.
Vol. 20. Los Angeles: World Sport Research & Publications, 2000.
Multi-volume book (use this if you're using two or more volumes)
Cook, Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt. 2 vols. to date. New York:
Viking, 1992- .
An anthology
Morgan, Robin, ed. Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings
From the Women's Liberation Movement. New York: Random House,
1970.
One work from an anthology
Faulkner, William. "Barn Burning." The Loners: Short Stories About
the Young and Alienated. Ed. L. M. Schulman. New York: Macmillan,
1970.
Book edited by two or three people
Magida, Arthur J., and Stuart M. Matlins, eds. How to Be a Perfect
Stranger, Vol. 1: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's
Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths Publishing,
1999.
Book edited by more than three people
De Bary, William Theodore, et al., eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition.
New York, Columbia University Press, 1999.
A translation
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Trans. Gregory
Rabassa. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998.
Beowulf: A Dual Language Edition. Trans. Howell D. Chickering, Jr.
Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1977.
Articles
Magazine article
Peterson, Peter G. "Public Diplomacy and the War on Terrorism."
Foreign Affairs Sept./Oct. 2002: 74-94.
Newspaper article
Wilkinson, Todd. "Alaskan Oil Battle May Shift Offshore." Christian
Science Monitor 6 May 2003: 1, 11.
Newspaper article or editorial (no author)
"Unraveling Iran's Nuclear Secrets." New York Times 9 May 2003,
Nat'l ed.: A4.
Book review
Miles, Jack. "You Won't Believe Who I Just Saw!" Rev. of The God of
Old : Inside the Lost World of the Bible by James L. Kugel.
The New York Times Book Review 11 May 2003: 12.
Nonwritten works
Book on tape or CD
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. 1937. Read by
Michele-Denise Woods. Audiocassette. Recorded Books, 1994.
Video or DVD
Napoleon: Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman. Prod. David Grubin
Productions. Videocassette. PBS Home Video, 2000.
Band of Brothers. Prod. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. DVD. HBO Home
Video, 2002.
Transcript of a radio or TV program
Edwards, Bob. "Profile: Israel's Labor Party in Disarray." Morning
Edition. National Public Radio. 8 May 2003. Transcript.
Interview
Said, Edward. Interview with Lynn Neary. Weekend Edition. National
Public Radio. KQED, San Francisco. 23 June 2002.
Barzilay, Sharona. Telephone interview. 13 May 2003.
Additional Citation Resources
A Research Guide for Students: Internet Sources Bibliography - lists some less common citation examples such as internet graphics, online government publications, and translated materials.
Dawson College Style Sheet - contains MLA electronic sources citation examples for your general bibliography and for footnotes.
Citation Styles - Examples of MLA and other styles, such as Chicago and APA. From publisher Bedford/St. Martin's.
