MLA-Style Bibliographic Citation

 

 

 

BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR

 

Last name of author,  First name.  Title of book.  Place where book was

published:  Name of publisher, Date book was published.

 

 

EXAMPLE:

Bennett, Silvia.  Classic Sports Cars.  New York:  Flagstaff Press, 2003.

 

 

 

 

PRINT ENCYCLOPEDIA

 

“Title of Article.”  Title of Encyclopedia.  Date encyclopedia was published or

the edition.

 

 

EXAMPLE:

“Lambs.”  World Book Encyclopedia.  2003.

 

 

 

 

CD-ROM ENCYCLOPEDIA

 

“Title of Article.”  Title of Encyclopedia.  CD-ROM.  Date it was published

or the edition.

 

 

EXAMPLE:

“Volcanoes.”  Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia.  CD-ROM.  2003.

 

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCE

NOTE:  If a Web address (URL) must be divided between two lines, break it only after a slash and don’t use a hyphen.

 

 

 

Internet

“Title of article.”  Title of site.  Date site was updated.  Host of site.  Date site

was accessed. <URL>.

 

 

EXAMPLE:

“Giraffe.”  ExZOOberance Animal Photo Gallery.  5 Mar. 2001.

ExZOOberance.  19 Nov. 2002.  <http://www.exzooberance.com/ animal%20photo%20gallery.htm>.

 

 

 

 

Online Database

Name of author (if one is listed).  “Title of article.”  Date site was updated. 

Host of site.  Date site was accessed.  <URL>.

 

 

EXAMPLE:

“Animal Testing.”  18 June 2002.  Issues and Controversies.

10 Sept. 2003.  <http://www.2facts.com>.

 

 

Reid, Thomas.  "Return to Alaska."  11 July. 2002.  Washington Post.

26 Apr. 2003.  <http://sks6.sirs.com>.