Citing
Sources
MLA Citation Style
(Modern Language Association)
Books
One author:
Russell, Ruth Woodman. Pine Manor Junior College: The First Fifty Years, 1911-1961. Chestnut Hill, MA: Pine Manor Press, 1967.
Two or three authors:
Nemerowicz, Gloria Morris, and Eugene Rosi. Education for Leadership and Social Responsibility. London: Falmer, 1997.
Part of a book (such as an essay in a collection):
Potter, Lois. “Shakespeare’s Life and Career.” Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide. Ed. Stanley Wells and Lena Cowen Orlin. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2003. 9-19.
An editor:
Turner, Jane, ed. The Grove Dictionary of Art. New York: St. Martin’s, 2000.
Journals and Magazines
Article (print):
Journal:
One author:
Milburn, Michael. “Robert Lowell’s Poems and Other People’s Prose.” New England Review 17.4 (1995): 77-97.
Wald, Gayle. “From Spirituals to Swing.” American Quarterly 55 (2003): 387-406.
Two or three authors:
Farmer, Alan B., and Zachary Lesser. “The Popularity of Playbooks Revisited.” Shakespeare Quarterly 56 (2005): 1-32.
Note: For journals in which each issue begins on page one, include both the volume and the issue number; for journals using continuous pagination, the issue number is not necessary.
Article (print):
Magazine:
Unsigned article:
“Campus Diversity.” U.S. News and World Report 7 July 2003: 45-49.
Signed article:
Kantrowitz, Barbara, and Anne Underwood. “The Teen Drinking Dilemma.” Newsweek 25 June 2007: 36-37.
Article (online database):
“Campus Diversity.” U.S. News and World Report July 2003: 45-49. Online. InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold. Accessed 30 July 2003. <http://web.7.infotrac.galegroup.com>
Newspapers
Article (print version):
Pearson, Carol. “Commencements: Nancy Reagan Helps Make a Special Day at Pine Manor.” Boston Globe 19 May 1986: 19.
Article (online database):
Campbell, Robert. “Richardson Revisited with Style.” Boston Globe 13 May 1986: 70. Online. Infotrac General Reference Center Gold. Accessed 23 July 2003. <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>
Encyclopedias
Article (print):
“Television.” Women’s Studies Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.
Article (online):
“Impressionism.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 24 Aug. 2007 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9042220>
Web Sites
Authored or edited:
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven van Leeuwen. 2007. 24 Aug. 2007 [the date you accessed the page] <http://www.bartleby.com/>
No author or editor identified:
“Top 10 reasons to attend PMC.” Pine Manor College. 23 July 2003 [the date you accessed the page] <http://www.pmc.edu/about/topten.html>
See Also...
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers LB2369. G53 2003
www.mla.org/style_faq