Works Cited Guidelines MLA 7 th Edition Power Point compiled by Laura Daberko, Shaker Heights High School Librarian.

Works Cited GuidelinesMLA 7th Edition

Power Point compiled by Laura Daberko, Shaker Heights High School Librarian

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What are the changes to MLA 7.0?

No more underlining – titles and name of

online product are now italicized.No more long URLs – only use URL of

resource if the citation information does not lead easily to the source.

Publication medium – include the medium type such as print, Web, performance, etc.

New abbreviations – for missing information, such as n.d. for no date, n.p. for no publisher and n.pag. for no page #

To cite a regular book, one author: • Last name, First name. Title. City: Publisher,

Year. Medium. Sample: • Deem, James. Bodies from the Ice: Melting

Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. Print.

To cite a regular book, more than one author:

• Last name, First name A, and First name Last name B. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Medium.

Sample: • Lang, Susan S. and Beth H. Marks. Teens & Tobacco.

New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1996. Print.

• Note: if there are more than two authors, include the first only and then write “et al.” after his/her name.

•To cite a regular book, with editor listed instead of an author: Last name, First name, ed. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Medium.•Sample: Sawvel, Patty Jo, ed. Student Drug Testing. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Print.

To cite a part of a book (like a chapter or an article in an edited collection):

• Last name, First name. “Chapter Title.” Book Title. Ed. Editor Name. City: Publisher, Year.

Page#-Page#. Medium.

Sample: • Liao, Jing. “The Arts, Entertainment, and Sports.”

Facts About China. Ed. Xiao-Bin Ji. New York: The H.W. Wilson Co., 2003. 161- 204. Print.

• To cite a general encyclopedia or reference book from a print source (this does NOT include specialized encyclopedias):

• “Entry Title.” Encyclopedia Title. Edition or Volume Year. Medium.

• Sample: • “Amphibian." World Book. 2007. Print. (If you have an author for the section, begin withthe author’s name—Last, First.)

• To cite Part of a book from a multivolume set or special encyclopedia:

• Author for section—Last name, First name. “Title of section.” Title of book. Ed. First name Last name. # of edition (if given). Volume #. City: Publishing company, date. Page numbers. Medium.

• Sample: • Kilar, Jeremy. “Germans." American Immigrant Cultures. Ed.

David Levinson et al. Vol 1. London: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997. 315-324. Print. (Note, if no author begin with title of the chapter.)

To cite an article from a database, originally in a book:

• Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Book Title. Ed. Editor First Name Editor Last Name. City: Publisher, Year. Page range. Database Name. Medium. Date of Access. <URL>.Sample:

Candeloro, Dominic. “Italian Americans.” Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley Kutler. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. 444-448. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 Jan. 2010. <www.shaker.org>.

To cite an article from a database, originally in a periodical:

• Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Periodical Title. Volume. Issue (Publication Date): Page numbers. Database Name. Medium. Date of Access. <URL>.Sample:Peele, Stanton. “Reducing Harms from Youth

Drinking.” Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education. 50.4 (December 2006): 67-88. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web.

20 January 2010. <www.shaker.org>.

• To cite an article from a webpage: • Last name, First name (if available). “Article

Title.” Website Name. Organization/Publisher Name (if available). Publication Date (if available). Medium. Date of Access. <URL>.

• Sample: • Palmer, Jack A. “The New Eugenics: Genetic

Engineering.” GeneticEngineering.org. n.d. Web. 20 January 2010. <www.geneticengineering.org>.

To cite an image or artwork: Artist Last name, First name. Title of work. Year. Medium. Institution in possession of work, City.

Note: To cite a photographic reproduction, include all of this information, followed by properly cited source information (i.e. book or database source).

Sample: Warhol, Andy. 100 Cans. 1962. Oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. The Art Collection.

Web. 4 February 2010. <www.shaker.org>.