Samples for Works Cited - MLA Style



One authorAllen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington,
     D. C.: National Geographic Society,1974.
Two authors Searles, Baird and Martin Last. A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction.
     New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1979.
Three or more authors or editors Brandes, Kathleen, et al., eds. Vanishing Species. New York:
     Time-Life Books, 1976.

Note: for a book with three or more authors, simply drop eds. from the entry.
A single work from an anthologySilko, Leslie Marmon. "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."Imagining
     America: Stories from the Promised Land. Ed. Wesley Brown
     and Amy Ling. New York: Persea, 1991. 191-95.
TranslationGiroud, Francoise. Marie Curie: A Life. Trans. Lydia Davis. New
     York: Holmes, 1986.
A book by an anonymous authorLiterary Market Place: The Dictionary of American Book Publishing.
     1998 ed. New York: Bowker, 1997.
Encyclopedia articlePettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. "Falcon and Falconry." World Book
     Encyclopedia, 2000.

Note: It is not necessary to give full publication information for encyclopedias. If the article is followed by the author's initials, check in the index of authors (usually located in the front of each volume) for the author's full name. If it is unsigned, give the title first.
Signed article in a weekly Kanfer, Stefan. "Heard Any Good Books Lately?" Time 21 July 1986:
     71.
Unsigned article in a weekly "America on Drugs." Newsweek 28 July 1986: 48-50.
Signed article in a monthly Heinrich, Bernd. "Why Is a Robin's Egg Blue?" Audubon July 1986:
     64-71.
Signed newspaper article
Kalette, Denise. "California Town Counts Down to Big Quake."
     USA Today 21 July 1986, sec. A:1.

Unsigned editorial or story

"A Question of Medical Sight." Editorial. Plain Dealer
     [Cleveland, OH] 11 Mar. 1993: 6B.

Note: For an unsigned story, simply omit Editorial.
Films, Radio and Television ProgramsThe Last Emperor. Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With John Lone
     and Peter O'Toole. Columbia, 1987.

"The Hero's Adventure." Moyers: Joseph Campbell and the Power of
     Myth. PBS, 23 May 1988.

Note: Other information (director, producer, narrator, writer) may be listed if appropriate.
CD-ROMCinemania. CD-ROM. Redmond: Microsoft, 1995.
Interviews Ellison, Ralph. "Indivisible Man." Interview. By James Alan
     McPherson. Atlantic Dec. 1970: 45-60.

Diamond, Carol. Telephone interview. 27 Dec. 1988.
Internet Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi:
     Bradley's Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University.
      4 Apr. 2008 <http:// www.bradley.edu/campusorg/
     psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html>
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