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)
(*covers Gale Literary Criticism series Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, or Poetry Criticism.
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.
Astro, Richard. "John Steinbeck." Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Novelists, 1910-1945. Ed. James
J. Martine. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. 43-68. 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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