MLA Style: print sources
Key to using
this style guide:
Type
of source (relevant section in MLA Handbook 7th edition)
Information included in each
citation.
Sample entry
PRINT
SOURCES
Book by a Single Author (MLA 7th ed. 5.5.2)
Author. Title. City of publication: Publisher,
Publication date. Medium of publication.
Berlage,
Gai Ingham. Women in Baseball: the Forgotten History.
Book
by 2 or more Authors (MLA 7th ed. 5.5.4)
Authors. Title. City of publication: Publisher,
Publication date. Medium of publication.
Eggins, Suzanne,
Diana Slade, and Joseph Smith. Casual
Conversation.
Entry
in a Widely-Used Reference Book--Encyclopedia/Dictionary (MLA 7th ed. 5.5.7)
Author
(if available). “Title of Entry.” Reference
work title. Edition #, if any, and publication date. Medium of publication.
"Azimuthal Equidistant Projection." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. 2003. Print.
Entry
in a Specialized Encyclopedia/Dictionary (MLA 7th ed. 5.5.7)
Author (if available). “Title of Entry.” Reference work title. Editor, if any. Edition # and Volume #, if any,
Publication
city: Publisher, Year published. Medium of publication.
Allen, Anita L. "Privacy in Health Care.” Encyclopedia of Bioethics. Ed. Stephan G. Post. 3rd ed. Vol. 4. New
York: Macmillan-Thomson, 2004. Print.
Short
Story, Poem, Play or Essay in an Anthology (MLA 7th ed. 5.5.6)
Author. “Title of cited work.” Translator, if any. Anthology title. Anthology editor. Publication city: Publisher,
Year published. Page #(s). Medium of publication.
Allende, Isabel. "Toad's Mouth." Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Mangoes: Stories
from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie.
Scholarly
Article Reprinted in a Reference Anthology (MLA 7th ed. 5.5.6, p. 159)
Article author. “Article title.” Original Journal Title Volume.Issue # (Year published): page #(s). Rpt. in
Reference anthology title. Anthology editor(s). Volume. Anthology publication city: Publisher, Year
published. Page
#(s). Medium of publication.
Holladay, Hillary. "Narrative Space in Ann Petry’s Country Place." Xavier Review 16.1 (1996): 21-35. Rpt. in
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Linda Pavlovski and Scott Darga. Vol. 112. Detroit: Gale,
2002. 356-62. Print.
Scholarly Journal
Article - PRINT version (MLA 7th ed. 5.4.2)
Author.
“Article title.” Journal title
Volume. Issue, if any (Year published): page #(s). Medium of publication.
Piper, Andrew. "Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006): 24-38. Print.
Magazine Article - PRINT version (MLA 7th ed. 5.4.6)
Author.
“Article title.” Magazine title Date:
page #(s). Medium of publication.
Weintraub,
Arlene, and Laura Cohen. "A
Thousand-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste."
Business Week
94-96. Print.
Kates, Robert W. “Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know.” Environment Apr.
2000: 10-19. Print.
Newspaper
Article - PRINT version (MLA 7th ed. 5.4.5)
Author (if no author is listed begin with the article title). “Article title.” Newspaper Title [City published, unless
well-known newspaper] Date: Section and page #(s). Medium of publication.
McKay, Peter A. "Stocks Feel the Dollar’s Weight." Wall
Street Journal 4 Dec. 2006: C1+. Print.
"Pentagon Charges 2 Detainees." Observer-Dispatch [Utica, NY]
Film
Review - PRINT version (MLA 7th ed. 5.4.7)
Review’s author. “Review title.” Rev. of Film reviewed, Director’s name. Title of the publication the review
appeared in Date: Page #(s). Medium of publication.
Mendelsohn, Daniel. “September 11 at the Movies.” Rev. of United 93, dir. Paul Greengrass, and World Trade Center, dir. Oliver
Stone. New
York Review of Books 21 Sept. 2006: 43-46. Print.
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