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MLA Guidelines for Printed & Nonprinted Material
Books
In your Works Cited section, record the bibliographic information in the following order:
- Author's (or editor's)full name, last name first. If there is a second author, it is written second author's first name first, followed by the last name. If there are three or more authors, follow the first author's anme (last name first) with a comma and the abbreviations et al. Follow an editor's name with a comma and the abbreviation ed.
- Title and subtitle (if any), undrelined. Follow the title with the edition of the book and the number of volumes whenever this information is given.
- City of publication (first city listed). Also give the state if the city is not well-known or if there is more than one city with the same name.
- A shortened form of the publisher's name.
- Most recent copyright year.
Pamphlets
List the series and number of the pamphlet, if any, after the title. Otherwise, it is the same as for a book.
Anthology
For a work in an anthology, follow this order:
- Author, last name first
- Title of the work, in quotation marks
- Title of the anthology, underlined
- Abbreviation Ed. followed by the editor's name, first name first
- The same information as for other books, as well as the page numbers of the piece.
Periodicals, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries
The author and title are cited in the same way for all of these sources:
- Author's name, last name first. (For multiple authors, follow the format for books)
- Title of the article, followed by a period, in quotation marks.
- Name of the magazine, journal, newspaper, dictionary, or encyclopedia, underlined.
- Magazines:
Follow the name of the magazine with the publication date of the magazine and the page numbers of the article.
- Newspapers:
Follow the name of the newspaper with the date (day, month, and year), edition (if one is specified), section, and page numbers.
- Scholarly Journals:
Follow the name of the journal with the volume, number, year of publication (in parentheses), and page numbers.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries:
If the article has an author, give the author's name first (Authors may be identified by only initials, which are explained elsewhere in a key). If the article has no author, give the title of the article first. When citing well-known reference books, do not include the full publication information. Simply follow the name of the encyclopedia or dictionary with the edition (abbreviated ed.) and the year of publication.
Personal interview
Follow this order:
- Name of the person interviewed, last name first
- The words, Personal (or Telephone) interview
- Date of the interview (day, month, and year)
Television and radio programs
Follow this order:
- Title of the program, underlined
- Network call letters
- Local station call letters and city of station
- The date the show was aired (day, month, and year)