MLA Format

Information you need:

1. Author…

· Give his last name first, then a comma and then his first name.

· Period

2. Title of the book

· Capitalize each important word and underline the whole title.

· Period

3. Publisher’s city

· Colon

4. Name of the publisher

· Period

5. Date the book was published

· 5 May, 2005

· End with a period

The following are examples for citing a document from various sources based on the MLA Style manual. Notice the order in which information is listed, the punctuation that is used, and the spacing of information.

Websites ---

No Author:

Title. day month year. <source>.

Cyberbee. 28 Jul 2002. <http://www.cyberbee.com>.

Has an Author:

Author, First Name. day month year. <source>.

Brett, Jan. Jan Brett's Home Page. 28 Jul 2002. <http://www.janbrett.com>.

BOOK--

Smith, Mary. How to Grow Worms. New York: Prentice Publishing, 1997.

Encyclopedia--

Trent, James. "Worms". World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 19. 2003, p. 598.

(The following is how a final copy of a works cited page should look. List sources in alphabetical order by author or the title if no author is available. [You can underline or italicize the title–just be consistent.] )

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Works Cited

Brett, Jan. Jan Brett's Home Page. 28 July 2002. <http://www.janbrett.com>.

Creation vs. Evolution: "Battle of the Earthworms." Dir. Ryall Wilson, Videocassette. PBS Video, 1982.

"Digging for Worms". Garden City Telegram. 9 Oct. 1998: B5.

McKay, Tony. “Who’s Watching the Earthworms?” Washington Post. 21 Nov. 1982: A17.

Smith, Mary. How to Grow Worms. New York: Prentice Publishing, 1997.

Stormy Thursday. Dir. Frank Lucci. Perf. Douglas Berry and Hal Gleason. 1987. Videocassette. Embassy, 1993.

Trent, James. "Worms". World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 19. 2003, p. 598.

"What's in an Earthworm?" Newsweek. 27 Sept. 1993: 72.

(Updated: 03/11/2004 by Mrs. Price, HOlcomb Elem. Library)