MLA Bibliographical Format
A. Works Cited List – Format for Entries
1. Book
Author's Lastname, Firstname. Book
title. Trans. Firstname Lastname.
Ed. Firstname Lastname. # ed. # vol. Place of publication:
Publisher's
name, date.
2. Chapter in Book
Author's Lastame, Firstname. "Chapter title." Book
title. Trans. Firstname
Lastname. Ed. Firstname Lastname. # ed. # vol. Place of publication:
Publisher's name, date. Page numbers.
3. Article
Author's Firstname, Lastname. "Article title." Journal title
Volume
(date): Pages.
4. Interviews on television or radio
Subject's Lastname,
Firstname. "Title of Interview OR
Interview." By
Interviewer's Firstname Lastname.
Place watched
interview (i.e. network).
Local network, Place.
Date.
5. Interviews conducted personally.
Subject's Lastname,
Firstname. Telephone interview OR Personal interview.
Date.
6. Unpublished Letter
Writer’s
Lastname, Firstname to Recipient’s Firstname
Lastname. Date.
Name of library collection which owns letter.
Location of library.
7. Television or Radio Program
"Title of
Program." Narr. Firstname Lastname. Prod. Firstname
Lastname.
Dir. Firstname Lastname. Title of Series
if applicable. Exec. prod.
Firstname
Lastname. Title of Show. Abbreviated name of
network. Local
Station on which you heard program, Place. Date.
8. Film
Title of film. Dir. Firstname Lastname. Perf. Firstname Lastname
[of lead
actor],
Firstname Lastname [of next lead actor], and Firstname Last name
[of next lead actor]. Distributor, date
of release.
9. Video Recording
Title of film. Dir. Firstname Lastname. Perf. Firstname Lastname
[of lead
actor],
Firstname Lastname [of next lead actor], and Firstname Lastname
[of next lead actor]. Original release
date. Medium. Distributor, date of
release.
10. Newspaper Article
Author’s Lastname,
Firstname. "Article title." Newspaper title
Date,
Edition: section and page number.
11. Internet Article
Author's Lastname,
Firstname. Posting on Subject. Web Address. Date of
posting.
B. Works Cited List –
Example
Works Cited
Auerbach, Nina. "Magi
and Maidens: The Romance of the Victorian
Freud." Writing and Sexual Difference. Trans.
Jane Showalter. Ed.
Elizabeth Abel. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Chicago: U. of Chicago P.,
1982. 111-31.
Brontė, Charlotte.
Letter to W.S. Williams. 12 May 1848. Bonnell Collection.
Brontė Parsonage Museum, Haworth, Yorkshire.
Brown, George
Henry. "Currer Bell's `Shirley'". The
Edinburgh Review, or
Critical Journal 91 (1850):
153-73.
Clinton, President
William. "A Talk with President Clinton." By
Jayne
Pauly. NBC. WKRK, Mt. Pleasant. 30 January 1996.
Farmer, Joanna.
Telephone interview. 29 July 1987. It's a Wonderful Life.
Dir. Frank
Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore,
and
Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946.
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank
Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed,
Lionel Barrymore,
and Thomas Mitchell. 1946. DVD. Collumbia, 1997.
Johannson, Miriam.
"Visiting the Yorkshire Dales." The New York
Times 15
July 1997, Morning Edition: A15-17.
Macdonald, Jim.
"Nate Hawthorne."
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/www/hawthorne/info. 7
February 1998.
"35mm
Lenses." Narr. Bob Isenburg. Prod. Jim Howell. Dir.
Jennifer Black.
Education for Leisure Time. Exec. prod. Susan
Johnson. "Cameras and
How to Use Them." NBC. WJRT, Mt. Pleasant. 31 May 1995.
Thorvaldson, Inga.
"Halfmaner and How to Make Them." Trans. Sarah
Paulson. Scandinavian Cooking. Ed. John Smith. 2nd ed.
Toronto:
Macmillan, 1985. 15-28.
White, E.B. Charlotte’s
Web. 1952. New York: HarperTrophy, 1993.
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