COMPONENTS Most print periodical entries (e.g., newspapers, magazines, and journals) will include the author’s name, article’s title in quotation marks, periodical’s name in italics, number or name of series, volume number, issue number, date of publication, relevant page numbers, and publication medium. Most print nonperiodical entries (e.g., books and pamphlets) will include the name of the author, editor, translator, or compiler; work’s title in italics; edition used; number of volumes; city of publication; publisher’s name, shortened according to MLA’s guidelines (7.5); year of publication; and publication medium. Most web publication entries will include the name of the author, editor, compiler, narrator, translator, or performer; work’s title in italics if it’s independent, or in quotation marks if it’s part of another work; website title in italics; version or edition; city of publication; website’s publisher or sponsor; date of publication; publication medium; and date accessed. SAMPLE ENTRIES A book with one author Leung, Mary. Purcell: The English Orpheus. London: Heinemann, 2006. Print. A book with two or three authors Avandez, Diana, and Andrew Janowicz. Art Deco. Acadie: Moncton, 2004. Print. Burney, Chuck, Tyler Capriotti, and Ann Kovak. A History of Aviation. Toronto: Doubleday, 2009. Print. A book with more than three authors may list all authors or use “et al.” Silverstein, Gordon, et al. The Eleusinian Mysteries. New York: Penguin, 2004. Print. A book with an editor that does not name an author listed on the title page Faber, K. R., ed. Shakespeare’s Great Tragedies: Critical Essays. London: Oxford UP, 2000. Print. An article in a newspaper Kurozumi, T. “How the West Was Won.” The Calgary Herald 14 June 2009: F3. Print. An article in a magazine Wheatley, Meaghan. “Swans in Danger.” Wide World Mar. 2001: 18–21. Print. An entry in an encyclopedia “Theseus.” Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. 2000 ed. Print. A work without print publication; data accessed online Eng, C. “The Missing Shoe.” Kids’ Lit Online. Premier Publications, 11 Jan. 2006. Web. 25 Apr. 2006. A work with print publication; data accessed online Chekhov, Anton. The Sea-Gull. Fairfield: 1st World Library, 2004. Google Books Search. Web. 20 June 2011. References Your Works Cited page should have a separate entry for every book, website, article, and other source you use. List the entries alphabetically by each one’s first word. TIP There are different citation styles; your teacher might give you guidelines for a different style. The examples on this page are based on MLA (Modern Language Association) style, which is commonly used for academic writing in the humanities (literature, philosophy, art, and classical studies). RESOURCE PAGES R–6
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