MLA Citing Examples (Print Sources)

 

Book – one author 

Example: Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Warner, 1982. Print. 

Author’s Last Name First Name 

Middle Initial

Book Title

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city) Publisher Publication Date Medium of Publication
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Book – no author

Example: The American Renaissance. Philadelphia: Chelsea, 2004. Print.

Book Title

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city) Publisher Publication Date Medium of Publication
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Book – two, three or more than three authors

Example of two:  Reilly, Mary Jo, and Leslie Jermyn. Mexico. 2nd ed. New York: Marshall, 2004. Print.

Example of three: Thompsen, Adam, Mary Jensen, and Dori Graham. Coexisting Under Stress. Chicago: New Age, 2005. Print.

Example of more than three: Adams, Barry, et al. Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations. New York: Shooting Star, 1994. Print.

Author’s 

Last Name

(list all authors up to three)

First Name 

Middle Initial

Book Title

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city) Publisher Publication Date Medium of Publication
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Book – one editor

Example:  Bevington, David, ed. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 3rd ed. Glenview, IL: Scott, 1980. Print.

Editor’s Last Name

First Name

Middle Initial

Book Title

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city) Publisher Publication Date Medium of Publ.
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Book – two, three or more than three editors

Example of two: Fekrat, Sharon, and Jennifer S. Weizer, eds. All About Your Eyes. Durham: Duke UP, 2006. Print.

Example of three: Abbot, Jack, Greg Brunning, and Matt Doren, eds. System Dynamics. Glenview, IL: Scott, 2001. Print.

Example of more than three: Edwards, T., et al., eds. The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe. New York: Newcastle, 2004. Print

Editors’  Names

Book Title

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city) Publisher Publication Date Medium of Publ.
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Reprinted Article from Another Source

Journal Example: Spilka, Mark. “Of George and Lennie and Curley’s Wife: Sweet Violence in Steinbeck’s  Eden.” Modern Fiction

      Studies 65.3 (1974): 43-50.  Rpt. in Contemporary  Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah Smith. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1982.

      430-44. Print.

Book Example:    Flowers, Betty S. “Wrestling with the Mother and Father: ‘His’ and ‘Her’ in Adrienne Rich.” Private Voices, Public Lives:

        Women Speak on the Literary Life. Ed. Nancy Owen Nelson. N.p.: U North Texas P, 1995. 54-63. Rpt. in Contemporary  Literary Criticism. Ed. Jacob Denney. Vol. 127. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 129-35. Print.

     

Note:  For the original source, fill out either the row for journal or the one for book; fill out the secondary source info regardless of the original source.

Original Source – Journal Original Source

Author’s Name (Last ,First, MI)

Original Source

 “Title of Article”

Original Source Journal Title

Original Source Volume # and Issue #

Original Source Issue Date Original Source Pages
             
             
Original Source - Book Original Source

Author’s Name

(Last, First, MI)

Original Source

“Title of Chapter

Original Source Book Title

Original Source Editor Name (if given) (Last, First, MI)

Original Source

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city)

Original Source Publisher Original Source Publication Date Original Source Pages
                 
                 
 

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Anthology or Story Collection

Example, Poem:            Allende, Isabel. "Toad’s Mouth." Reading Poetry: An Anthology of Poems. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: Random, 1989. 41-47. Print.

Example, Short Story:  Chase, Richard. “Old Christmas Eve.” Grandfather Tales.  Ed. H. L. Pick. New York: Viking, 1973. 58-60. Print.

Example, Essay:           Fowler, Robert. "Newspeak and the Language of the Party." George Orwell's 1984. Ed. Harold Bloom. Updated ed. New York: Chelsea, 2007. 93-108. Print. 

Author’s 

Last Name

Author’s 

First Name

Middle

Initial

Article Title or Chapter

Book/Anthology Title

         
         
 
Editor’s

Last Name

Editor’s

First Name

Editor’s

Middle

Initial

Volume

#

Edition

#

Place of Publication (add state if lesser known city)

Publisher Publ. Date Pages Medium of  Publ.
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Encyclopedia/Reference Work

Example, Well-Known Source:        Gillingham, John. “Norman Conquest.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 2008 ed. Print.

Example, Not Well-Known Source: Allen, John L. "Mexico." Student Atlas of World Geography. 6th ed. New York: McGraw, 2009. Print. 

Note:  If the reference work or encyclopedia is well-known, omit the publisher, place of publication, volume #, and page #s. 

Author’s Last Name First Name Middle

Initial

Article Title Title of Reference Work Place of

Publication (add state if lesser known city)

Publisher Publication Date and/or Edition Volume # (if given) & Pages Medium of Publ.
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Magazine Article

Example:  Volgelstein, Fred. "Keyword: Monopoly." Wired Aug. 2009: 58-68. Print.

Kamp, David. "Rethinking the American Dream." Vanity Fair May 2009: 118+. Print.

 

Note:  If the page numbers are not consecutive, only list the first page and a plus sign.

Author’s Last Name First Name Middle

Initial

Article Title
Magazine
Issue Date

(Day, Month, Year)

Pages

Medium of Publication

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Scholarly Journal Article

        Examples:  Noland, Heather, James H. Price, Joseph Dake, and Susan K. Telljohann. "Adolescents' Sleep Behaviors and Perceptions of Sleep." Journal of School Health 79.5 (2009): 224-230. Print.

Harris, Frances. "Ethics from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0." Knowledge Quest 37.3 (2009): 56+. Print. 

Note:  If the page numbers are not consecutive, only list the first page and a plus sign.

Author’s Last Name First Name Middle Initial Article Title
Journal
Volume # Issue # Publication Year Pages Medium of Publication
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Newspaper Article

        Examples:  Kantor, Jodi. "In Classroom, a Pragmatic View of the Supreme Court." New York Times 3 May 2009, natl. ed.: A1+ Print.

        Rivera, Dylan. "Oregon Puts Money Where Its Roads Are." Oregonian [Portland, OR] 29 July 2009, sunrise ed.: A1+. Print.

        Smith, John. "Who's Really to Blame for Debt?" Letter to the Editor. News-Review [Roseburg, OR] 28 July 2009: 6. Print. 

Note:  If the page numbers are not consecutive, only list the first page and a plus sign.

Author’s Last Name First Name Middle

Initial

Article Title
X (if Letter

to the Editor)

Newspaper Title
City, State (if not a national newspaper & if city not in title)

Issue Date

Edition  (if given) Pages Medium of Publ.
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