BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS
MLA STYLE
On Works Cited page: begin each entry flush with the left margin; indent additional lines five
spaces; double-space between all lines (for space considerations, all examples herein will be single-spaced;) single-space after each period in each entry.
BOOKS
BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR
Spiers, Katie. Recipes for Natural Beauty. 3rd ed. New York: Facts on File, 1998.
Note: if the book is a first edition, there is no need to place that information in the citation.
BOOK WITH TWO OR THREE AUTHORS
Bartlett, Donald L., and James B. Steele. Forevermore: Nuclear Waste in America. New York:
Norton, 1990.
BOOK WITH MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS
Harris, Barbara, et al. Crime Scene Investigation. New Haven: Teacher Ideas Press, 1999.
CORPORATE AUTHOR
American Red Cross. Standard First Aid and Personal Safety. 4th ed. Garden City: Doubleday, 1993.
EDITORS
Zigler, Edward F., and Meryl Frank, eds. The Parental Leave Crisis. New Haven: Yale UP, 1988.
ANONYMOUS BOOK
The Jerusalem Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966.
ONE VOLUME OF A MULTIVOLUME WORK
Note: If you are using only one volume of a multi-volume work, state the number of the volume in the bibliographic entry and give publication information for that volume only:
Sciabarra, Chris Matthew. American Writers. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. 11 vols.
Note: If you are using 2 or more volumes of a work, cite the total number of volumes in the work:
Litz, A. Walton, ed. American Writers. 11 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996.
BOOK IN A SERIES
Bloom, Harold, ed. Edgar Allan Poe. Modern Critical Views. Ser. 678. New York: Chelsea House, 1999.
WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY OR COMPILATION
Ehrenpreis, Irvin. "The Cistern and the Fountain: Art and Reality in Pope and Gray." Studies
in Criticism and Aesthetics, 1660-1800:Studies in Honor of Samuel Holt Monk. Eds.
Howard Anderson and John S. Shea. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1967. 156-75.
ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK
Lum, P. Andrea. "Computerized Tomography." World Book. 1994 ed.
When citing less familiar reference books, give full publication information.
Jackson, Jennifer. "Multi-tasking." Jargon: An Informal Dictionary of Computer Terms. Ed.
Mary Lester and John Smith. 2 vols. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
ENTRY FROM A DICTIONARY, DIRECTORY, OR OTHER ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED REFERENCE BOOK
"Escrow." Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 10th ed. 1996.
REPRINTS
In citing an article/essay in a collection of previously published works, give the complete data for the original publication and then add Rpt. in ("Reprinted in"), the title of the collection, and the new publication details.
Payne, Robert. "On the Prose of T. E. Lawrence." Prose 4 (1972): 91-108. Rpt. in Twentieth-
Century Literary Criticism. Vol.18. Eds. Dennis Poupard and James E. Person, Jr. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1985. 157-59.
BOOK WITH A TITLE WITHIN A TITLE
Potok, Chaim. "Zebra" and Other Stories. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, GOV’T. PUBLICATIONS
MAGAZINE ARTICLE (WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY)
Chin, Paula, and Barbara Sandler. "A League of Their Own." People Weekly 29 Nov. 1999:
163-164.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE (MONTHLY OR BIMONTHLY)
Randolph, Laura B. "The Pain and Passion of Gregory Hines." Ebony September 1992:
116-120.
ARTICLE IN A CONTINUOUSLY PAGED SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
Majewski, Janice and Lonnie Bunch. "The Expanding Definition of Diversity: Accessibility
and Disability--Culture Issues in Museum Exhibitions." Curator 41 (1998):153-60.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Bachman, Helena. "Europeans Fear Return of Avalanches." USA Today 23 Nov. 1999,
sec. A:13+.
EDITORIAL
"Young, Gifted, Black - and Inspired." Editorial. Washington Post 18 May 1988: 20.
REVIEW
Ascherson, Neal. "On the Edge of Catastrophe." Rev. of Secrets, by Nuruddin Farah. New
York Review of Books 4 Mar. 1999: 10-11.
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
United States. Cong. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearing on the
Clean Air Act: Proposed Regional Haze Regulations. 105th Cong., 2nd sess., S. Hrg.
105-667. Washington: GPO, 1998.
PAMPHLETS AND BULLETINS
Safety Data Sheet: Kitchens Machines. Pamphlet 690. Chicago: Nat’l. Restaurant Assn., 1970.
AUDIOVISUALS
VIDEORECORDING, SLIDE PROGRAM OR FILMSTRIP
Independence Day. Prod. Alison Guss. Videocassette. A&E Television Networks, 1996.
MOTION PICTURE (MOVIE)
The Last Emperor. Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With John Lone and Peter O’Toole. Columbia,
1987.
TV OR RADIO PROGRAM
"The Ultimate Road Trip: Traveling in Cyberspace." 48 Hours. CBS. WBBM, Chicago.
13 Apr. 1995.
At Your Service. Writ. And prod. By Jim White. KMOX, St. Louis. 24 May 1985.
AUDIOCASSETTE
Johnson, Alan. Striking Out On Your Own. Audiocassette. Caedmon, 1997.
INTERVIEWS and LECTURES
INTERVIEW THAT YOU CONDUCTED
Smith, Ron. Personal interview. 10 July 1999.
Turner, Ted. Telephone interview. 12 Aug. 1998.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY SOMEONE ELSE
Lewinsky, Monica. Interview with Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs. ABC This Week. ABC.
WABC, New York. 10 May 1998.
LECTURE
Holborn, David. Class lecture. English 200. University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
21 Nov. 1988.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Cite full-text Internet reference in the following order. If some items are unavailable, skip them.
- Author or editor (surname, first name)
- E-mail address in angle brackets
- Title of article in quotes
- Title of book or magazine underlined
- Editor (if not listed earlier)
- Publication information (varies depending on type of material)
- Name of the scholarly project, or site, underlined (or use designation Home page)
- Site administrator (person’s name; GALILEO)
- Version number, volume, issue, etc.
- Date of electronic publication or latest update
- Listserv or forum name (mailing list)
- Number of pages (pp.) or paragraphs (pars.) if numbered
- Site sponsor (e.g., Gwinnett Co. Public Schools, GCPS)
- Date of access
- URL in angle brackets
The following model may be helpful when citing online sources. If some items are unavailable, skip them and go on to the next item.
Author or editor (Last name, First name, "ed." for editor.) <E-mail address>. "Post Title."
Book
or journal title. Editor (if not listed earlier). Printed version information (if any).Site title or description. Site administrator. Version number, volume, issue, etc. Post date,
or last update. Listserv or forum name. Number of pages (pp.) or paragraphs (pars.) if
numbered. Site sponsor. Date accessed <Electronic address>.
REPRINT FROM DATABASES ON MEDIA HOMEPAGE
Payne, Robert. "On the Prose of T. E. Lawrence." Prose 4 (1972): 91-108. Rpt. in Twentieth-
Century Literary Criticism. Vol.18. Eds. Dennis Poupard and James E. Person, Jr. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1985. 157-59. Literature Resource Center. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA.
7 July 2001 <
http://galenet.gale.com/menu>.
LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER
Carton, Debbie. "Violet & Claire". Booklist 96 (1999): 122. Literature Resource Center.
Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2001. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA.
8 Aug. 2001 <
http://www.galenet.com/menu>.STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER
"Mitosis." Discovering Science. Gale Research, 1996. Student Resource Center.
Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. Dec. 2000. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA.
15 Oct. 2001 <
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC/>.
BIGCHALK DATABASE
DeGross, Renee. "Skateboard Park Coming to Mall of Georgia". The Atlanta Constitution. July 26, 2001: sec B.
BigChalk Library. New York, NY: bigchalk.com, inc., 2001. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA.
1 Sept 2001 <http://library.bigchalk.com>.
SIRS KNOWLEDGE SOURCE or DISCOVERER, FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Maddren, Gerry. "Against All Odds." Cricket. Feb. 1998:21-23. Sirs Discoverer. GCPS,
Lawrenceville, GA. 20 May 1999 <http://knowledge.sirs.com/>.
Johnson, Sonya. "Are You Sure About That?" Time Aug. 3, 1999:37. Sirs Knowledge Source:
Renaissance. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA. 9 Dec. 1999 <http://knowledge.sirs.com/>.
GEORGIA CAREER INFORMATION SYSTEM
"Optometrists." Georgia Career Information System. Georgia State University. 2000. GCPS,
Lawrenceville, GA. 21 Aug. 2001 <
http://www.gcic.peachnet.edu/gcismenu.html>.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ONLINE
"Japan." World Book Online. 1999. World Book. 2 Dec. 1999 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/>
GALILEO DATABASE
Stuttaford, Andrew. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (book review)." National Review.
11 Oct. 1999:60. Book Review Digest. GALILEO. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA. 25 Jan. 2000 <http://www.galileo.peachnet.edu>.
Gillespie, Nick. "Darwin and Dickens; Evolution as a Means of Explaining the Development of
Literature." Reason Nov. 1998:38-9. Periodical Abstracts. GALILEO. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA. 30 Oct. 1998 <http://www.galileo.peachnet.edu>.
GALILEO WEBSITE, NO PRINTED ANALOGUE
Rutz, Dan. "Radical Tactics Enlisted in the War against Obesity." CNN
Interactive Online. 25 Jan.1996. GALILEO. GCPS, Lawrenceville, GA. 10 Dec.1999 <http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9601/tipping_scales/01-25/index.html>.
WEB PAGE, PRINT SOURCE
"Schistosomaisis in U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers--Malawi, 1992." MMWR: Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report 30 Jul. 1993:565-570. Center for Disease Control and
Prevention. <http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/mmwr.html 26 Jan1996>.
WEB HOME PAGE
Welcome to Biology. 15 Apr. 1999. Dept. of Biology, Georgia Southern U. 8 June 1999
<http://www.bio.gasou.edu>.
Lee, Peggy Aliffi. Home page. 7 June 1999 <http://www2.edu/facstaff/peggylee/>.
CD ROM
Guidelines for Family Television Viewing. Urbana: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and
Early Childhood Educ., 1990. ERIC CD-ROM. SilverPlatter. June 1993.
E-MAIL COMMUNICATION
Jones, Sally. <sjones@aol.com>. "Technology Catalogs." E-mail to Sara Burns. 8 Apr. 1999.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Button, Jim. PC FILE III. Vers. 4.0. Computer software. Button Ware, 1986. PC-DOS 2.0,
128KB, disk.
