HCC Library: MLA Works Cited Format

*You may find it helpful to use NoodleTools to create your Works Cited page. It prompts you to copy and paste or type all the required information into boxes and then automatically generates properly formatted citations. 

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The OWL at Purdue University http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

An authoritative resource for MLA works cited formats not found below.

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The HCC Guide to Bibliographic Citations in MLA Format

Some rules to remember:

• Alphabetize entries in the works cited list by the first word in each citation (author or title);
• If author's name is unknown, leave it out and list the title first;
• Italicize titles of books, Web sites, and Database names;
• City of publication is no longer required for books; 
• Locations and URLs (Web site addresses) should be included in your citations, but when using a database, look for the Permalink rather than the long URL at the top of the Web browser, as that will not work later on; 
• For electronic resources, it is no longer necessary to list the date accessed, but if there is no date published, it is recommended to include the date you accessed the site; 
• Use correct punctuation and follow text formatting exactly.

...FOR PRINT SOURCES

BOOK with one author:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book: Subtitle. Publisher, Year of publication.

BOOK with two or more authors:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name, Author2 First Name Last Name, and Author3 First Name
Last Name. Title of Book: Subtitle. Publisher, Year of publication.
Use for: American Journey textbook, etc.

REFERENCE book:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name (if available). "Title of Article." Title of Reference Book. Edition, Year of publication.
Use for: Encyclopedias and books w/collections of articles.

MULTIVOLUME set of books:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of This Volume. Publisher, Year of Publication. Volume number of Title of The Multivolume Set of Books.
Use for: Hakim's The History of US.

MAGAZINE article:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, Day Month Year published: page number(s).
Use for: Time magazine or Cobblestone (print edition.)

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL article:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, page number(s).
Use for: English Journal (print edition.)

NEWSPAPER article:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, Day Month Year published, section letter and page number.
Use for: The New York Times (print edition.)

IMAGE, PAINTING, or PHOTOGRAPH:
Creator's Last Name, Creator's First Name. Title of Image. Year Composed, Name of Museum or Institution Housing the Work, City of Institution.
Use for: Mona Lisa at Louvre museum.

...FOR ELECTRONIC SOURCES

WEB SITE:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." (ex.: "Historic Valley Forge.")
Title of Web Page (ex.: USHistory.org), Publisher (ex.: Independence Hall Association),
Day Month Year Posted or Revised, Location (ex. www.address.com).
Use for: Any Web site, such as UShistory.org.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA article:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia Online. Location (website address). 
Use for: World Book Online, Britannica Online, etc.

NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE ARTICLE in a database:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Article Title." Title of Publication Day Month Year
published, page number(s). Database Name. Location (Permalink).
Use for: Gale Student Resource Center, ProQuest, EBSCO Student Resource Center, etc.

ARTICLE in a Reference Database (ABC-CLIO):
"Article Title." Database Name. ABC-CLIO. Location (Permalink).
Use for: ABC-CLIO's World Geography & American History databases.

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE in a database:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Article Title." Title of Publication Volume#.Issue#
(Year): page number(s). Database Name. Location (Permalink).
Use for: Gale Student Resource Center, ProQuest, EBSCO Student Resource Center, etc.

E-MAIL message:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Message from Subject Line." Received by Name of Recipient, Day Month Year of message. 

IMAGE, PAINTING, or PHOTOGRAPH online:
Creator's Last Name, Creator's First Name. Title of Image. Year Composed. Name of
Museum Housing the Work, City of Museum. Name of Web site or Online Photo Database. Location (URL).
Use for: Photograph or any other image found online.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW:
Interviewee's last name, Interviewee's First Name. Personal Interview. Date of Interview.
Use for: Quoting your grandfather in a family ancestry interview.

A YOUTUBE VIDEO:
Last Name, First Name of Creator [If different from uploader]. "Title of YouTube Video." YouTube, uploaded by [username], day Month Year uploaded, Location (URL). 

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