VI. Example Bibliography Page
MLA STYLE: PAPER AND ONLINE

From the MLA Handbook for Writers. 6th ed. New York:  MLA, 2003 [REF LB2369.G53 2003]
MLA web site http://www.mla.org.  For a more in depth treatment of online citing, here is MLA Works Cited Online Sources . 

• Follow punctuation, capitalization, and underlining provided in examples.
• Indent 5 spaces on all but the first line of each entry.
• Double-space within and between all entries.
• Alphabetize entries by author; if no author is given, begin with title.
• When listing an online source originally printed in a book, journal, or other printed format, use the general guidelines you would use to cite the printed form, followed by the online citation.
• Web Sites [MLA 5.9.1, 5.9.2] should have author (if given), title underlined, date of publication or update (if available) originator (if available), date of access, and the URL (electronic address).
• Articles from library subscription services (databases) [MLA 5.9.7] are cited just like the print version with the addition of the name of the database underlined, the name of the service, the library, the date of access, and URL if known.

PAPER REFERENCES
WEB SITES
ARTICLES FROM ONLINE DATABASES

PAPER REFERENCES

[Remember to double space and indent all but first lines]

BOOK, ONE AUTHOR    MLA 5.6.1

Kaku, Michio. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps and the Enth

     Dimension. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. 

BOOK, TWO OR THREE AUTHORS    MLA 5.6.4

Maddock, Richard C., and Richard L. Fulton. Marketing to the Mind: Right Brain Strategies for

     Advertising and Marketing. Westport, CT: Quorum, 1996. 

BOOK, MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS    MLA 5.6.4

Gilman, Sandra, et al. Hysteria Beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.  

BOOK, AN EDITOR    MLA 5.6.2

Lopate, Philip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: an Anthology from the Classical Era to the

     Present. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 1994. 

BOOK, CORPORATE AUTHOR    MLA 5.6.6

Public Agenda Foundation. The Health Care Crisis: Containing Costs, Expanding Coverage. New York:

     McGraw, 1992. 

BOOK, AN EDITOR IN ADDITION TO AN AUTHOR    MLA 5.6.12

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F. W. Robinson. Boston: Houghton, 1957.  

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED SCHOLARLY ARTICLE REPRINTED IN A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS    MLA 5.6.7

Frye, Northrop . "Literary and Linguistic Scholarship in a Postliterate Age." PMLA 99 (1984):990-95. 

     Rpt. in Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays, 1974-88. Ed. Robert D. Denham. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1990. 18-27. 

EXERPTED SOURCES FROM MULTIVOLUME CRITICAL ANTHOLOGIES (includes Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, etc.)  MLA 5.6.7

Daches, David. "W. H. Auden: The Search for a Public". Poetry 54 (1939): 148-56. Rpt. in  Poetry Criticism. 

     Ed. Robyn V. Young. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 332-33.

BOOK IN A SERIES (like Opposing Viewpoints, Taking Sides, and Contemporary World Issues)    MLA 5.6.16  

Dupler, Doug. Energy: Shortage, Glut, or Enough.

      Information Plus Reference Series.  Detroit, Gale, 2001.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE    MLA 5.6.8

Gates, David M. "Astronomy." Encyclopedia Americana. 1996 ed. 

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ARTICLE FROM A MAGAZINE    MLA 5.7.6

Simons, John. "Improbable Dreams." U. S. News and World Report 22 Mar. 1997: 4-7. 

ARTICLE FROM A WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE  (such as CQ Researcher or Issues and Controversies on File)  MLA 5.7.6

Jost, Kenneth. "Independent Counsels Re-examined." CQ Researcher 7 May 1999: 377-84.  

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE    MLA 5.7.5

Feder, Barnaby J. "For Job Seekers, a Toll-Free Gift of Expert Advice." New York Times 22 Mar. 1994,

     late ed.: A1+. 

ARTICLE IN A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL WITH CONTINUOUS PAGINATION    MLA 5.7.1

Scotto, Peter. "Censorship, Reading, and Interpretation: A Case Study from the Soviet Union."

     PMLA 109 (1994): 61-70.  

ARTICLE IN A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL THAT PAGES EACH ISSUE SEPARATELY    MLA 5.7.2

Hallin, Daniel C. "Sound Bite News: Television Coverage of Elections, 1968-1988." Journal of

     Communication 42.2 (1992): 5-24. 

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WEB SITES  [MLA 5.9.1.-5.9.4]

NO AUTHOR   MLA 5.9.2

Dutch Recipes. 9 Jun. 1998. 16 Sept. 2003 <http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/verona/190/eten.htm>. 

AUTHOR, NO DATE  MLA 5.9.1

Dawe, James. The Jane Austen Page. 16 Sept. 2003 <http://jamesdawe.com/austen.html>.  

ONLINE PERIODICAL  MLA 5.9.4. a-b

Majid, Anouar. "Living with Ismam." The Chronicle of Higher Education 14 Mar. 2003. 27 Oct. 2003. 

	<http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v49/i27/27b01001.htm>.

ONLINE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION   MLA 5.9.3d

DATABASES  [MLA 5.9.7]

PROQUEST    MLA 5.9.7  If periodical is a scholarly journal such as Lancet, instead of date, use volume no.

Lichtblau, Eric. “Administration Plans Defense of Terror Law.”  New York Times 19 Aug. 2003, late ed. 

        (East Coast): A-1.  ProQuest.  ProQuest Direct.  Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood.  15 Sept. 2003
 
	< http://www.proquest.com >.

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EBSCOHOST  (includes Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Health Source)  MLA 5.9.7

"Diabetes Increases Risk for Caesarean Delivery." Nutrition Research Newsletter Oct. 1999: 6-7.

     Health Source. Ebscohost. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 27 Oct. 2003

     <http://www.epnet.com>.

LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER   MLA 5.9.7

Colmer, John. "E. M. Forster: Overview." Reference Guide to English Literature. 2nd ed. Ed. D. L.

     Kirkpatrick. 2nd ed. St. James P, 1991. Reproduced in Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Kingwood Coll.

     Lib., Kingwood. 18 Oct. 2003 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.  

Grieder, Josephine. "Orthodox and Paradox: The Structure of 'Candide.' " French Review 57.4 (1984):

     485-92. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 23 Oct. 2003

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

NETLIBRARY   MLA 5.9.7

Burner, Eric. And Gently He Shall Lead Them. New York: NYU P, 1994.

      Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 27 Oct. 2003

     <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

ONLINE WEEKLY NEWS SERVICE   (includes CQ Researcher and Issues & Controversies on File)  MLA 5.9.7

Bettelheim, Adriel. "Public Broadcasting: Should the Government Subsidies Continue." CQ Researcher

     29 Oct. 1999: 929-52. CQ Researcher. Congressional Quarterly. Kingwood Coll. Lib., Kingwood. 18

     Oct. 2003 <http://library.cqpress.com>. 

IMAGE (Photograph, Drawing, or Print)--mages or pictures that you decide to use in a presentation or research papers must be cited. Only those that are obtained from royalty free clip art, such as the clip art available in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint do not need citing. Any items obtained from the web or scanned from a print source should be attributed to the owner of the copyrighted work.
As a general rule, the following elements are needed in the citation:
* Artist's Name, if known
* Title of Image
* Title of the image, if known (if not, use a description)
* Institution where held, if known.
* Title of article or book (if applicable)
* Author of article or book (if applicable)
* Title and Date of magazine (if applicable)
* Database name (if applicable)
* Date of access if online or publication if originally from print material
* URL (if applicable)

PepsiCo. PepsiCo 2000 Annual Report. "Gatorade Sales". 14 Aug 2001.
< http://www.pepsico.com/investors/annual-reports/2000/quaker.shtml>

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