MLA Citation Style, 6th Edition
Book (one author)
Johnson, Charles Richard. Middle Passage. New York: Atheneum, 1990
Book (two to three authors)
Leakey, Mary D. and Louis S. B. Leakey. Some String Figures from North East Angola. Lisboa: Museu do
Dundo, 1949.
Encyclopedia Article (signed article)
King, Charles. “Magna Carta.” The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 17th ed. 2001
Encyclopedia Article (unsigned)
“Broccoli.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 25th ed. 2004
Magazine Article
Cook, Mariana. “Cousin Kay.” Victoria. Nov. 2001: 27-28
Newspaper Article
Johnston, David Cay. “Got Game? Got Old Game?” New York Times. 11 July 2003
late ed., F1+
Anthology
McNally, John, ed. Humor Me: An Anthology of Humor by Writers of Color. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 2002.
Work in an Anthology
James, Henry. “The Friends of the Friends.” The Norton Book of Ghost Stories. Ed. Brad Leithauser.
New York: Norton, 1994. 40-60.
WWW Home Page
The Edith Wharton Society. Ed. Donna Campbell. 5 Aug 2003. Gonzaga U. 14 Aug. 2003.
<http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wharton/indexa.html>
Document from a WWW Site
Oates, Joyce Carol. “About Wuthering Heights.” The New Journal of Literature (11) (2003): 127-146.
Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page. Ed. Randy Smith. 2004. U of San Francisco.
14 Aug. 2004. http://storm.usfca.edu/~smith/wuthering.html
Item from a Library Database
Clark, Zsuzsanna. “The Poetry Slam.” Poetry Reader. 31 July 2004: 16. Columbia Index of Poetry.
Burbank High School Library, Burbank, 30 Sept. 2004.
Interviews
Face to Face
Pei, I.M. Personal Interview, 27 February 2004
By Phone
Clinton, William. Telephone Interview, 10 March 2006
By Letter
Morrison, Toni. Letter to the author. 2 May 2006
On Television
Morrison, Toni. Interview. McNeil/Lehrer News Hour. KCET, Los Angeles. 21 Apr 2008
Works Cited Formats
Encyclopedia Article (signed)
AUTHOR (Last name, First Name) ___________(period).
TITLE OF ARTICLE (In quotes)__________(period).
NAME OF ENCYCLOPEDIA (Underlined)__________(period).
EDITION ___ed. (If there is an edition number) COPYRIGHT ____
Example: King, Charles. “Magna Carta.” The New Encyclopedia. 18th ed. 2003
Encyclopedia Article (unsigned)
TITLE OF ARTICLE (in quotes) __________ (period).
NAME OF ENCYCLOPEDIA (Underlined) __________(period).
EDITION ___ed. (If there is an edition number) COPYRIGHT _____
Example: “Lettuce.” The Encyclopedia of Vegetables. 1st ed. 2006
One Book, One Author
AUTHOR (Last Name, First Name) __________(period).
TITLE OF BOOK (underlined)___________(period).
PLACE OF PUBLICATION __________ : (colon)
PUBLISHER ________ (period). Copyright ______
Example: Jones, Martha. Cooking for a Crowd. New York: Dutton’s. 2006
Website
TITLE OF WEBSITE (in quotes)______________
DATE (Day Month Year) (period). _____________.
<URL> (using angle brackets)____________
“Remodeling a Kitchen” 29 March 2006. <http://www.kitchenremodels.com>