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MLA Style Guide

Below are examples of MLA bibliographic citations. For more examples follow the link in the right column to the English Department's MLA Style Guide.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers1. Print periodical article from a popular magazine
Form:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Article." Title of the Magazine FullDate: PageNumbers.

Example: Kaminer, Wendy. "The Last Taboo." New Republic 14 Oct. 1996: 24-5.

2. Print periodical article from a scholarly journal
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Article." Title of the Journal volume number.issue number (year or date): page numbers.

Example: Barthelme, Frederick. "Architecture of Renown." Kansas Quarterly 13.4 (1981): 77-80.

3. Periodical article from a scholarly journal available in full text in a database
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Article." Title of the Periodical volume number. issue number (date of issue): page numbers. FullNameof the Database. Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN [or where you accessed it]. DateYouAccessedIt. <URL of database>

Example: "How European Journalists View U.S. Politics." St. Louis Journalism Review 37.296 (June 2007): 36. Academic OneFile, Gale Group InfoTrac. Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN. 29 September 2007. <http://www.galegroup.com>

4. Chapter from a printed book
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Chapter." Title of the Book. Ed. EditorFirstName EditorLastName. CityofPublication: PublisherName, Year. page numbers.

Example: Mitchell, Susan. "Spending." Generation X: The Young Adult Market. Ithaca, NY: New Strategist Publications, 1997. 183-237.

5. Book chapter available in full-text in a database
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of the Chapter." Title of the Book. Ed. EditorFirstName EditorLastName. CityOfPublication: PublisherName, Year. page numbers. FullNameofDatabase. Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN [where you accessed it]. DateYouAccessedIt. <URL of database>

Example: Rampersad, Arnold. "Langston Hughes and Approaches to Modernism in the Harlem Renaissance." The Harlem Renaissance: Reevaluations. Ed. Amritjt Singh. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989. 49-72. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Group InfoTrac. Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN. 25 October 2000. <http://www.galegroup.com> 

6. Printed book
Form: Author#1LastName, Author#1FirstName, and Author#2FirstName Author#2LastName. Title of the Book. CityOfPublication: Publisher, year.

Example: Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. Analysing Casual Conversation. London: Cassell, 1997.

7. Electronic book
Form:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. Title of the Book. Ed. EditorFirstName EditorLastName. [if any] YearOfOnlinePublication [if any]. SponsoringOrganization [if any]. DateYouAccessedIt. <http://URL of the book>.

Examples: Davis, Amanda. Extraterrestials: Is There Life in Outer Space? New York, 1997. 13 March 2001. <http://netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=19641>

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Shakespeare; or the Poet. Boston, 1904. Bartleby.com Great Books Online. 31 January 2001. <http://www.bartleby.com/90/0405.html>

8. Web site
Form: AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Name of Page." NameOfProjectORGroup. DateOfCreationOfPage. NameOfSponsoringGroup. DateYouAccessedIt<http://URL for the page>.

Examples: "This Day in History: January 29." The History Channel Online. 2000. 29 January 2001 <http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.html>.

Burt, Sharon. "Maya Angelou." Voices from the Gap, Women Writers of Color. University of Minnesota. 31 January 2001. < http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/MayaAngelou.html>

9. Literature Resource Center
Form: "First Name LastName." DateOfThePage. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group InfoTrac. Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN. DateYouAccessedIt. <http://www.galegroup.com>

Example: "Ralph Ellison." 2001. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group InfoTrac. Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN. 28 September 2007. <http://www.galegroup.com>

English Department's MLA Style Guide

For specific Library database examples, including Academic OneFile, Wilson OmniFile and others, select
English Department's MLA Style Guide

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List of Examples

  1. Print periodical article from a popular magazine
  2. Print periodical article from a scholarly journal
  3. Periodical article from a scholarly journal available in full text in a database
  4. Chapter from a printed book
  5. Book chapter available in full-text in a database
  6. Printed book
  7. Electronic book
  8. Web site
  9. CLC Biographical Sketch