MLA Style Citation Guide - Rockingham Community College Flipbook PDF

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. Dir. Randa Haines, Perf. Geraldine Fitzgerald. Monterey Video, 1980, DVD. Title: MLA S

---

114 Views
4 Downloads
FLIP PDF 77.65KB

DOWNLOAD FLIP

REPORT DMCA

MLA Style Citation Guide Gerald B. James Library

Begin the Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your paper. Label the page Works Cited (do no italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words at the top of the page. Alphabetize each entry in a works cited list by the first letter, ignoring the articles A, An, and The. Indent subsequent lines of entries 5 spaces. Names: Author names should appear as they do on the title page, whether spelled out or using initials. The first author is listed last name first, but any other authors appear in normal order. Name of the editor, compiler, or translator of a book (if applicable and if not cited earlier), preceded by any appropriate abbreviation, such as Ed. Titles: Capitalize the first, last, and all principal words. Use 12 pt. font size. Dates: Use the order: day month year. Shorten the month to the standard 3- or 4- letter abbreviation. If no publication date is available, use "n.d." in place of date. Spacing: Citations should be double-spaced. Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks. URL for online sources: “You should include a URL as supplementary information only when the reader probably cannot locate the source without it or when your Instructor requires it.” (MLA Handbook, 7th ed., p.182) RCC’s English Department prefers that the URL be included for individual websites, but not for databases. The examples here reflect that preference. Common abbreviations: Use n. pag. when no page numbers are given. Use n.p. when no publisher or sponsor has been provided. Use n.d. when no publication date is provided. See pages 240-47 in the MLA Handbook, 7th ed. for a more complete list of abbreviations.

Online version of this document is on the library webpage: http://www.rockinghamcc.edu/library/citations.htm

Recommended by the RCC English Faculty in cooperation with James Library Revised 8/10

1

Online Sources Book Pattern: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Title of database. Name of Subscription Service. Web. Accessed day Month Abbreviation Year. Example: Gale, Robert L. An F. Scott Fitzgerald Encyclopedia. Westport, CN: Greenwood P, 1998. NetLibrary. Web. 26 Feb. 2010.

NOTE: Books with 2 or 3 authors use the following format and use the same order as on the title page:

Broer, Lawrence R., and Gloria Holland. Rogers, Amy, Robert Inman, and Frye Gaillard. Books with more than 3 authors:

Lauter, Paul, et al. Books with more than 3 editors:

Lauter, Paul, et al., eds.

Book Chapter/Essay/Reference Pattern: Lastname, Firstname. "Title of chapter/essay." Title of Work. Publication Year. Page number startsends. Title of Database. Name of Subscription Service. Web. Accessed day Month Abbreviation Year. Examples: McHugh, Diana. "The Destructive Effects of Jealousy." Literary Theme: The Destructive Effects of Jealousy (2006): 1-2. Literary Reference Center. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. 2

Reef, Catherine. "Generations." Ernest Hemingway: A Writer’s Life (2009): 76-91. Google Books. Web. 12 Aug. 2010. < http://books.google.com/books?id=pu8cNXafosC&pg=PA85&dq=hemingway+%22hills+like+white+elephants%22&hl=en&ei=68K QTJXNIMH38AaBzbivDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEMQ6 AEwBTgU#v=onepage&q=hemingway%20%22hills%20like%20white%20elephants%22 &f=false>.

Barth, Melissa E. "The Yellow Wallpaper." Masterplots II: Short Story Series Rev. ed. (2004): n. pag. Literary Reference Center. Web. 10 Mar. 2010.

Lanier, Doris. “The Bittersweet Taste of Absinthe in Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants.’” Studies in Short Fiction 26:3 (Summer 1989): 279-88. Rpt. in Ernest Hemingway. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House, 1999. 43-45. NetLibrary. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.

Journal Article Pattern: Last name, First name. "Title of work." Periodical name Volume number. Issue number (Published Year): Page number starts. Title of database. Name of subscription service. Web. Accessed day Month abbreviation Year. Example: Grant, David. “Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ and the Tradition of the American in Europe.” Studies in Short Fiction 35.3 (1998): 267. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Jan. 2010.

Billitteri, Thomas J. "Youth Violence." CQ Researcher 20.9 (2010): 193-216. CQ Researcher. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. 3

Magazine Article Pattern: Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Published day Month abbreviation Year: Page number starts-ends. Title of database. Name of Subscription Service. Web. Accessed day Month abbreviation Year. Example: Spotts, Peter N. "Global Warming? Scientists Find Methane Source in Arctic Seas." Christian Science Monitor 4 Mar. 2010: 1. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Mar. 2010.

Newspaper Example: "Ways to Respond to Climate Change." New York Times 02 Mar. 2010: 22. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 Mar. 2010.

Ehlers, Matt. "Smokers May Grumble, But They're Obeying the Ban." The News & Observer, (Raleigh, NC) 15 Feb. 2010: n. pag. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 8 Mar. 2010.

YouTube Examples: Shimabukuro, Jake. "Ukulele weeps by Jake Shimabukuro." 04 April 2008. Online Video Clip. YouTube. 22 April 2006.

Obama, Barack. "We Have a Lot of Work to Do." Speech. 2 Nov. 2008. YouTube. 23 June 2009. .

“Midnight Train to Georgia." Perf. Gladys Knight, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr. American Idol. 21 May 2008. YouTube. 6 June 2009. . 4

Print Sources Book Pattern: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Print. Example: Chaffee, John. Thinking Critically. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print. Rogers, Amy, Robert Inman, and Gaillard Frye, eds. Novello: Ten Years of Great American Writing. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 2000. Print.

NOTE: Books with 2 or 3 authors use the following format and use the same order as on the title page:

Broer, Lawrence R., and Gloria Holland. Rogers, Amy, Robert Inman, and Frye Gaillard. Books with more than 3 authors:

Lauter, Paul, et al. Books with more than 3 editors:

Lauter, Paul, et al., eds.

Anthology Example: Citing a work in an anthology Twain, Mark. "A Fine Old Man." Anthology of American Literature. Ed. John Thomas. Chapel Hill, NC: U of NC P, 2008. 98-101. Print.

Example: Citing the entire anthology Davis, Harold. Poems of North Carolina Poets. New York: Macmillan, 2002. Print. 5

Book Chapter/Essay/Reference Pattern: Lastname, Firstname. "Title of chapter/essay." Title of Work. Publication Year. Page number startsends. Print.

Example: Heller, Terry. “Edgar Allen Poe.” Short Story Writers. Rev. ed. Ed. Charles E. May. Vol. 3. Pasadena, CA: Salem P, 2008. 857-66. Print.

“The Pearl.” Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 202-03. Print. Kubitschek, Missy Dehn. ‛‛‛Tuh de Horizon and Back’: The Female Quest in ‛Their Eyes Were Watching God.’” Black American Literature Forum 17:3 (Fall 1983): n. pag. Rpt. in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. 19-33. Print.

Blyn, Robin. “O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried.’” Explicator 61.3 (Spring 2003): 189. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 211. Detroit: Thompson Gale, 2006. 227-28. Print.

Angley, Patricia. “Fleur Pillager: Feminine, Mythic, and Natural Representations in Louise Erdrich’s ‘Tracks.’” Constructions and Confrontations: Changing Representations of Women and Feminism, East and West. Ed. Cristina Bacchilega and Cornelia N. Moore. HI:University of Hawaii Press, 1996. 159-60. Rpt. in Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 92-96. Print. 6

Journal Article Pattern: Last name, First name. "Title of work." Periodical name Volume number. Issue number (Published Year): Page number starts-ends. Print.

Example: Renkl, Margaret, and Jacquelyne Froeber. "Why Can’t I Concentrate?" Health 23.5 (2009): 7581. Print.

Magazine Article Pattern: Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Published day Month abbreviation Year: Page number starts-ends. Print.

Example: Suddath, Claire. “Does Obesity Rehab Work?” Time 1 Mar. 2010: 36-39. Print.

Newspaper Example: Mary Beth, Marklein. "Plugged in at Two-year Schools." USA Today 16 Nov. 2009. 5D. Print.

Recorded Films or Movies Pattern: Film title. Dir. Name of the Director, Perf. If relevant, list performer names. Distributor, Release year. Medium (e.g. DVD, VHS). Example: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. Dir. Randa Haines, Perf. Geraldine Fitzgerald. Monterey Video, 1980, DVD. 7