MLA Format Bibliography
MLA Format Bibliography
or,
Nelson, Miriam E., et al. Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis. New York:
Perigee, 2003.
Hogan, David J., et al., eds. The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures.
Lincolnwood, IL: International, 2000.
Pound, Richard W., Richard Dionne, Jay Myers, and James Musson, eds. Canadian
Facts and Dates. 3rd ed. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry, 2005.
or,
Pound, Richard W., et al., eds. Canadian Facts and Dates. 3rd ed. Markham, ON:
2005.
Rogerson, Holly Deemer, et al. Words for Students of English: A Vocabulary
Series for ESL. Vol. 6. Advanced Level ESL. Pittsburgh, PA: U of Pittsburgh P, 1989.
8. Work in an anthology, a collection by several authors, with one or more editors and/or compilers:
11. Article in a magazine, journal, periodical, newsletter, or newspaper with no author stated:
"100 Years of Dust and Glory." Popular Mechanics Sept. 2001: 70-75.
"Celestica to Repair Palm Handhelds." Globe and Mail [Toronto] 29 Oct. 2002: B6.
"E-Money Slips Quietly into Oblivion." Nikkei Weekly [Tokyo] 22 Jan. 2001: 4.
"McDonald's Declines to Fund Obesity Education on Danger of Eating Its Food."
National Post [Toronto] 18 Apr. 2006: FP18.
"Pot Use Doubled in Decade, Study Says: 14% Smoked Up in the Past Year." Toronto Star
25 Nov. 2004: A18.
"Secondhand Smoke Reduces Kids' IQs." Buffalo News 23 Jan. 2005: I6.
12. Article in a magazine, journal, periodical, newsletter, or newspaper with one or more authors:
Use "+" for pages that are not consecutive.
Example: When numbering pages, use "38-45" if page numbers are consecutive. Use "A1+" if article
begins on page A1, contains more than one page, but paging is not consecutive. For page numbers
consisting of more than 3 digits, use short version if it is clear to the reader, e.g. 220-268 may be written
as 220-68, but 349-560 must be written in full.
Note also that there is no period after the month. The period in "Mar." is for the abbreviation of March.
If there are 4 or less letters in the month, e.g. May, June, and July, the months are not abbreviated. If the
publication date is July 18, 2005, citation will be 18 July 2005.
Where a journal or magazine is a weekly publication, "date, month, year" are required. Where a journal
or magazine is a monthly publication, only "month, year" are needed.
Where a newspaper title does not indicate the location of publication, add the city of publication between
square brackets, e.g. Daily Telegraph [London]. Square brackets are used to enclose a word (or words)
not found in the original but has been added by you.
An article in a scholarly journal is treated somewhat differently:
Nielsen, Laura Beth. "Subtle, Pervasive, Harmful: Racist and Sexist Remarks in
Public as Hate Speech." Journal of Social Issues 58.2 (2002): 265.
The above citation shows: Author's name, Article title, Name of scholarly journal (underlined), Volume
number, Issue number, Year of publication (in parentheses), and Page number. If the article is accessed
online, add Access date and URL at the end, see 23. Internet citations, or citing electronic sources (e).
Bogomolny, Laura. "Boss Your Career." Canadian Business 13-16 Mar. 2006: 47-49.
Cave, Andrew. "Microsoft and Sun Settle Java Battle." Daily Telegraph [London]
25 Jan. 2001: 36.
Cohen, Stephen S., and J. Bradford DeLong. "Shaken and Stirred." Atlantic Monthly
Jan.-Feb. 2005: 112+.
Coleman, Isobel. "Women, Islam, and the New Iraq." Foreign Affairs Jan.-Feb. 2006: 24+.
Daly, Rita. "Bird Flu Targeting the Young." Toronto Star 11 Mar. 2006: A1+.
Dareini, Ali Akbar. "Iranian President Defends Country's Nuclear Ambitions." Buffalo News
15 Jan. 2006: A6.
Hewitt, Ben. "Quick Fixes for Everyday Disasters." Popular Mechanics Nov. 2004: 83-88.
Johnson, Linda A. "Fight Flu with Good, Old Advice from Mom." Buffalo News
10 Oct. 2004: A1-2.
Mather, Victoria. "In Tiger Country." Photos by James Merrell. Town & Country Travel
Fall 2004: 102-111.
Mohanty, Subhanjoy, and Ray Jayawardhana. "The Mystery of Brown Dwarf Origins."
Scientific American Jan. 2006: 38-45.
Petroski, Henry. "Framing Hypothesis: A Cautionary Tale." American Scientist Jan.-Feb.
2003: 18-22.
Plungis, Jeff, Ed Garsten, and Mark Truby. "Caremakers' Challenge: Green, Mean
Machines." Detroit News and Free Press Metro ed. 12 Jan. 2003: 1A+.
Sachs, Jeffrey D. "A Practical Plan to End Extreme Poverty." Buffalo News 23 Jan. 2005: I2.
Saletan, William. "Junk-Food Jihad." National Post [Toronto] 18 Apr. 2006: A18.
Thomas, Cathy Booth, and Tim Padgett. "Life Among the Ruins." Time 19 Sept. 2005: 28+.
Wolanski, Eric, Robert Richmond, Laurence McCook, and Hugh Sweatman. "Mud,
Marine Snow and Coral Reefs." American Scientist Jan.-Feb. 2003: 44-51.
Wolanski, Eric, et al. "Mud, Marine Snow and Coral Reefs." American Scientist
Jan.-Feb. 2003: 44-51.
14. Advertisement:
Put in square brackets [ ] important information you have added that is not found in the source cited.
Build-a-Bear. Advertisement. 7 Feb. 2005 <http://www.buildabear.com/shop/default.aspx>.
GEICO. Advertisement. Newsweek 16 Jan. 2006: 92.
IBM. Advertisement. Globe and Mail [Toronto]. 29 Oct. 2002: B7.
Toyota. Advertisement. Atlantic Monthly. Jan.-Feb. 2005: 27-30.
May use short forms: Rev. (Review), Ed. (Edition, Editor, or Edited), Comp. (Compiled, Compiler).
Creager, Angela N.H. "Crystallizing a Life in Science." Rev. of Rosalind Franklin: The
Dark Lady of DNA, by Brenda Maddox. American Scientist Jan.-Feb. 2003: 64-66.
Dillon, Brenda. "Hana's Suitcase." Rev. of Hana's Suitcase, by Karen Levine.
Professionally Speaking June 2003: 36.
Foley, Margaret. "Measured Deception." Rev. of The Measure of All Things: The
Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World, by Ken Alder.
Discover Nov. 2002: 77.
Groskop, Viv. "Chinese Torture - at Five." Rev. of The Binding Chair, by Kathryn
Harrison. International Express 6 June 2000, Canadian ed.: 37.
Hoffman, Michael J. "Huck's Ironic Circle." Rev. of The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, by Mark Twain. Modern Critical Interpretations of Mark Twain's
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea,
1986, 31-44.
Iragui, Vicente. Rev. of Injured Brains of Medical Minds: Views from Within, comp.
and ed. Narinder Kapur. New England Journal of Medicine 26 Feb. 1998:
629-30.
Neier, Aryeh. "Hero." Rev. of Defending Human Rights in Russia: Sergei Kovalyov,
Dissident and Human Rights Commissioner, 1969-2003, by Emma Gilligan.
New York Review of Books 13 Jan. 2005: 30-33.
Onstad, Katrina. "A Life of Pain and Paint." Rev. of Frida, dir. Julie Taymor. National
Post [Toronto] 1 Nov. 2002: PM1+.
Redekop, Magdalene. "The Importance of Being Mennonite." Rev. of A Complicated
Kindness, by Miriam Toews. Literary Review of Canada Oct. 2004: 19-20.
Simic, Charles. "The Image Hunter." Rev. of Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, by
Diane Waldman. New York Review 24 Oct. 2002: 14+.
18. CD-ROM, DVD: See also 35. Tape Recording: Cassette, Movie/Film on VHS or DVD (Digital
Videodisc), Videocassette, Filmstrip
A Place in the Sun. Dir. George Stevens. 1951. DVD. Paramount, 2001 .
Encarta 2004 Reference Library. CD-ROM. Microsoft, 2003.
Encarta 2004 Reference Library Win32. Educ. ed. DVD. Microsoft, 2003.
LeBlanc, Susan, and Cameron MacKeen. "Racism and the Landfill." Chronicle-Herald
7 Mar. 1992: B1. CD-ROM. SIRS 1993 Ethnic Groups. Vol. 4. Art. 42.
Links 2003: Championship Courses. CD-ROM. Microsoft Game Studios, 2002.
YellowPages.city: Toronto-Central West Edition, 1998. CD-ROM. Montreal:
Tele-Direct, 1998.
United States. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. PL 104-193. Congressional
Record. Washington: GPO, July 31, 1996.
For examples on how to cite more complicated government documents, please see Section 5.6.21 in MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.
Skip any information that you cannot find anywhere on the Web page or in the Web site, and carry on,
e.g. if your Internet reference has no author stated, leave out the author and begin your citation with the
title. Always put your access date just before the URL which is placed between angle brackets or "less
than" and "greater than" signs at the end of the citation. Generally, a minimum of three items are
required for an Internet citation: Title, Access Date, and URL.
If the URL is too long for a line, divide the address where it creates the least ambiguity and confusion,
e.g. do not divide a domain name and end with a period such as geocities. Do not divide a term in the
URL that is made up of combined words e.g. SchoolHouseRock. Never add a hyphen at the end of the line
to indicate syllabical word division unless the hyphen is actually found in the original URL. Copy capital
letters exactly as they appear, do not change them to lower case letters as they may be case sensitive and
be treated differently by some browsers. Remember that the purpose of indicating the URL is for readers
to be able to access the Web page. Accuracy and clarity are essential.
a. Internet citation for an advertisement:
IBM. Advertisement. 23 Mar. 2003 <http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/2000Olympics/
ibm.htm>.
TheraTears. Advertisement. 2003. 8 May 2004 <http://www.theratears.com/dryeye.htm>.
b. Internet citation for an article from an online database (e.g. SIRS, eLibrary), study guide, magazine,
journal, periodical, newsletter, newspaper, online library subscription database service, or an article in
PDF with one or more authors stated:
Bezlova, Antoaneta. "China to Formalize One-Child Policy." Asia Times Online.
24 May 2001. 10 Oct. 2005 <http://www.atimes.com/china/CE24Ad02.html>.
Clifford, Erin. "Review of Neuropsychology." SparkNotes. 10 Oct. 2005
<http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/neuro/review/>.
Machado, Victoria, and George Kourakos. IT Offshore Outsourcing Practices in Canada. Ottawa:
Public Policy Forum, 2004. 10 Oct. 2005 <http://www.ppforum.com/ow/it_outsourcing.pdf>.
Marshall, Leon. "Mandela in Retirement: Peacemaker without Rest." 9 Feb. 2001.
National Geographic 10 Oct. 2005 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/
2001/02/0209_mandela.html>.
Thomason, Larisa. "HTML Tip: Why Valid Code Matters." Webmaster Tips
Newsletter. Dec. 2003. NetMechanic. 10 Oct. 2005 <http://www.netmechanic.com/
news/vol6/html_no20.htm>.
If using an online library subscription database service, add the name of the service, the name of the
library or library system, plus the location of the library where the database is accessed, e.g.:
Gearan, Anne. "Justice Dept: Gun Rights Protected." Washington Post. 8 May 2002.
SIRS. Iona Catholic Secondary School, Mississauga, ON. 23 Apr. 2004
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Note: 8 May 2002 = date of publication, 23 Apr. 2004 = date of access. Indicate page numbers after publication date if
available, e.g. 8 May 2002: 12-14. Leave out page numbers if not indicated in source.
Pahl, Greg. "Heat Your Home with Biodiesel". Mother Earth News. 12 Jan. 2003.
eLibrary Canada. Twin Lakes Secondary School, Orillia, ON. 10 Apr. 2006.
<http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/ce/canada>.
Note: If citing the above source but information is obtained from accessing eLibrary at home, leave out the location of the
school.
Pahl, Greg. "Heat Your Home with Biodiesel". Mother Earth News. 12 Jan. 2003.
eLibrary Canada. 10 Apr. 2006. <http://www.proquestk12.com>.
j. Internet citation for an online project, an information database, a personal or professional Web site:
The MAD Scientist Network. 1995-2001 or 30 Feb. 1906. Washington U
School of Medicine. 10 Oct. 2005. <http://www.madsci.org>.
O'Connor, J.J., and E.F. Robertson. "John Wilkins." Feb. 2002. U of St. Andrews,
Scotland. 10 Oct. 2005 <http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
Mathematicians/Wilkins.html>.
Officer, Lawrence H. "Exchange Rate between the United States Dollar and Forty
Other Countries, 1913 -1999." Economic History Services, EH.Net, 2002.
13 Apr. 2006 <http://www.eh.net/hmit/exchangerates/>.
Savill, R. Richard. "Jazz Age Biographies." The Jazz Age Page. 23 Oct. 2000.
12 Apr. 2006 <http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/Biograph.htm>.
Sullivan, Danny. "Search Engine Math." 26 Oct. 2001. Search Engine Watch.
10 Apr. 2006 <http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/math.html>.
Wurmser, Meyrav, and Yotam Feldner. "Is Israel Negotiating with the Hamas?"
Inquiry and Analysis No. 16. 23 Mar. 1999. The Middle East Media and
Research Institute. 10 Oct. 2005 <http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?
Page=countries&Area=israel&ID=IA1699>.
l. Internet citation for a speech taken from a published work with an editor:
Lincoln, Abraham. "The Gettysburg Address." 19 Nov. 1863. The Collected Works of
Abraham Lincoln. Ed. Roy P. Basler. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP,
1955. Abraham Lincoln Online. 10 Oct. 2005 <http://showcase.netins.net/
web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm>.
24. Interview:
Blair, Tony. Interview. Prime Minister's Office. 31 May 2003. 13 Apr. 2006
<http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page3797.asp>.
Chirac, Jacques. Interview. Time 16 Feb. 2003. 10 Oct. 2005
<http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2003/0224/cover/interview.html>.
Longin, Hellmut. Telephone interview. 3 May 2006.
Neilsen, Jerry. E-mail interview. 28 Apr. 2006.
Wyse, Randall. Personal interview. 24 July 2005.
25. Lecture:
State name of speaker, title of lecture in quotes, conference, convention or sponsoring organization if known, location,
date.
Bradley, Vicki. "Marriage." Agnes Arnold Hall, U of Houston. 15 Mar. 2003.
26. Letter, editorial:
An editorial:
Wilson-Smith, Anthony. "Hello, He Must Be Going." Editorial. Maclean's 26 Aug. 2002: 4.
Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Six Billion Short: How Will the Mayor Make Ends Meet?" Letter.
New Yorker 13 Jan. 2003: 33-37.
Great Wall of China, Beijing, China. Personal photograph by Cassy Wyse. 28 July 2005.
30. Patent:
Components: 1) Patent inventor(s) or owner(s). 2) Title of patent. 3) Issuing country and patent number.
4) Date patent was issued.
Arbter, Klaus, and Guo-Qing Wei. "Verfahren zur Nachfhrung eines Stereo-Laparoskope
in der minimal invasiven Chirurgie." German Patent 3943917. July 1996.
"Conversion of Calcium Compounds into Solid and Gaseous Compounds." US Patent 5078813.
27 Sept. 1988.
Kamen, Dean L., et al. "Transportation Vehicles and Methods." US Patent 5971091.
26 Oct. 1999.
"U.S.: Tape Sounds Like Bin Laden." AP, Washington, DC. On Your Side.
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo. 13 Nov. 2002.
33. Recording - Music CD, LP, magnetic tape:
Components:
1) Name of author, composer, singer, or editor. 2) Title of song (in quotation marks). 3) Title of recording
(underlined). 4) Publication medium (LP, CD, magnetic tape, etc.). 5) Edition, release, or version. 6)
Place of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. If citing from Internet, see Item 23.
Backstreet Boys. Larger than Life. Millennium. CD. Exclusive Management by
The Firm, Los Angeles, CA. Mastered by Tom Coyne, Sterling Sound, NYC.
Zomba, 1999.
Burch, Marilyn Reesor. Mosaic. CD. Writ., dir. and prod. Marilyn Reesor
Burch. Choirs dir. Don and Catherine Robertson. Barrie, ON: Power
Plant Recording Studio, n.d.
or,
Burch, Marilyn Reesor. Mosaic. CD. Writ., dir. and prod. Marilyn Reesor
Burch. Choirs dir. Don and Catherine Robertson. Barrie, ON: Power
Plant Recording Studio, [c. 1997].
Note: "n.d." means "no date" available. [c. 1997] means "circa 1997."
McDonald, Michael. No Lookin' Back. LP. Prod. Michael McDonald and
Ted Templeman. Engineered and mixed by R
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Dir. Ken Kwapis. Based on novel by
Ann Brashares.Perf. Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Blake Lively,
and Alexis Bledel. DVD. Warner, Dungaree, 2005.
Super Searching the Web. Videocassette. Lancaster, PA: Classroom Connect,
1997.
The Wizard of Oz. Dir. Victor Fleming. Based on book by Lyman Frank Baum.
Perf. Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley,
Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, and the Munchkins.
MGM, 1939. VHS. Warner, 1999.
Unpublished dissertations, theses
State author, title of unpublished dissertation or thesis in quotes, label Diss. or MA thesis, name of
university, and year.
Elmendorf, James. "The Military and the Mall: Society and Culture in Long Beach, California." BA
thesis. Hampshire College, 1995.
Jackson, Marjorie. "The Oboe: A Study of Its Development and Use." Diss. Columbia U, 1962.