"The Works Cited section of your paper should list all the works
that you have cited in your text. Other names for such a listing are
Bibliography (literally, "description of books"). Works Cited
is more appropriate, since research papers often draw on not only books
and articles but also online resources. Below are some basic principles
and examples of developing a list of Works Cited, using the MLA style
of citing. Additional guidance can be found online at MLA-
Frequently Asked Questions. Try Citation
Maker by OSLIS to create your citations in the MLA style.
When preparing your final bibliography, alphabetize your sources by
the first letter of each entry. If an entry takes more than one line,
indent the additional lines five spaces or on-half inch.
Source
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Format for entry and an example of an entry
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Book
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Author's name. Title of the book.
City of publication: Publisher, Date.
Davidson, Art. Endangered Peoples. San
Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1993. |
Book with more than one author
|
Authors names in same order as on title
page. Reverse only the name of the first author.
Martin, Don W., and Betty Woo Martin. Oregon
Discovery Guide. Columbia: Pine Cone Press, 1996. |
Anthology or Compliation
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Editor’s name, abbreviation ed.
or comp. Title of the book. City of publication:
Publisher, Date.
Lewis, Jon E., ed. The Permanent
Book of the 20th Century. New York:
Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc.
1994. |
Encyclopedia
|
Author of the article. "Title
of the article." Title of the book. Edition.
Year of publication.
Mohanty, Jitendra M. "Indian
Philosophy." The New Encyclopedia
Britannica: Macropeadia. 15th ed.
1987. |
Encyclopedia on Web from an online database
|
Author of the article. “Title of
the article.” Title of the source. Copyright.
Online publisher. Date accessed <URL>.
"Patriot Act." World Book Online Reference Center.
2004. World Book, Inc. 19 Oct. 2004 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar751403&st=Patriot+Act>. |
Magazine
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Author of the article. "Title of
the article." Title of the magazine Date:
page numbers.
Bazell, Robert. "Science and
Society." New Republic 15
Mar. 1993: 13-14. |
Magazine on Web
|
Author of the article. "Title of
the article." Title of the magazine Date.
Date accessed <URL>.
Latimer, Clay. “Road Trips.” Auto
Racing Digest Jan. 1999. 25 Feb.
1999
<http://gw2.global.ebscohost.com>. |
Magazine on Web
from an online database
Use when citing:
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SIRS
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CQ Researcher
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Infotrac or EBSCO
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Author of the article. "Title
of the article." Title of the magazine. Date. Database
title. Name of service provider. Date accessed <URL>.
Isikoff, Michael. "Show me the Money:
Patriot Act helps the Feds in cases with not
tie to terror." Newsweek. Dec. 1,
2003. Student Edition. Infotrac. 19 Oct.
2004 <http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/howto/cited/index.html>.
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Newspaper
|
Author of the article. "Title of
the Article." Name of Newspaper [City of
publication for locally published newspapers if not
included in the name] Date: page numbers.
Russo, Edward. “Weighty question
awaits vote-by-mail ballot holders.” Register-Guard[Eugene]
19 Oct. 2004: A1 |
Newspaper on Web
|
Author of the article. "Title of
the Article." Name of Newspaper [City of publication
for locally published newspapers if not included in
the name] Date. Date accessed <URL>.
Hartman, Janelle. “Eugene’s fire chief
will resign.” Register-Guard[Eugene] 25 Feb.
1999: 26 Feb. 1999 <http://www.registerguard.com>. |
Professional Web Site
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Title of site. Name of institution or
organization sponsoring / associated with Web site.
Date accessed <URL>.
Portuguese Language Page. U of Chicago. 1 May
1997 <http://humanities.uchicago.edu>. |
Professional Web Site Article
|
Author of the article. “Article
Title.” Name of the web site. Date of the posting/revision.
Name of the institution or organization sponsoring
/ associated with the web site. Date accessed <URL>.
Poland, Dave. “The Hot Button.” Roughcut.
26 Oct. 1998. Turner Network Television. 28 Oct.
1998 <http://www.roughcut.com> |
Personal Web Site
|
Author of the site. For personal site
with no title, a description such as Home page. Date
accessed <URL>.
Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1 May 1997 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~ian/index>. |
Personal Interview
|
Name of person interviewed. Personal
interview. Date of interview.
Shaw, Lloyd. Personal interview.
21 Mar. 2003.
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Pamphlets
Use when citing
|
"Title of the article." Title
of the pamphlet. D.O.T. number, Publisher, Date.
"Landscape Architects." Chronicle
Guidance Publications. D.O.T. 001, Chronicle Guidance Publications,
Inc., 1998. |