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Volume,
issue, date
Name of
periodical
Neuhaus, Jessamyn. “Marge Simpson, Blue-Haired Housewife: Defi ning
Domesticity on The Simpsons.” Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 43,
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12. ENTRY IN A REFERENCE WORK
PRINT
Author’s Last Name, First Name (if any). “Title of Entry.” Title of
Reference Book, edited by Editor’s First and Last Names (if any),
Edition number, Publisher, Date, Pages.
ONLINE
Document online reference works the same as print ones, adding the URL
and access date after the date of publication.
13. EDITORIAL
PRINT
“Title of Editorial.” Editorial. Name of Periodical, Date, Page.
publication
title
author
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ONLINE
“Title of Editorial.” Editorial. Name of Periodical, Date on web, URL.
Accessed Day Month Year.
14. LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Letter (if any).” Letter. Name
of Periodical, Date on web, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
15. REVIEW
PRINT
Reviewer’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Review.” Review of Title, by
Author’s First and Last Names. Name of Periodical, Date, Pages.
Frank, Jeffrey. “Body Count.” Review of The Exception, by Christian
Jungersen. The New Yorker, 30 July 2007, pp. 86-87.
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ONLINE
Reviewer’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Review.” Review of Title,
by Author’s First and Last Names. Name of Periodical, Date, URL.
Accessed Day Month Year.
16. COMMENT ON AN ONLINE ARTICLE
Nick. Comment on “The Case for Reparations.” The Atlantic, 22 May
2014, 3:04 p.m., www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/
how-to-comment-on-reparations/371422/#article-comments.
Accessed 8 May 2015.
Books and Parts of Books
For most books, you’ll need to provide information about the author, the
publication
title
author
17. BASIC ENTRIES FOR A BOOK
PRINT
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Publisher, Year of publication.
Watson, Brad. Miss Jane. W. W. Norton, 2016.
18. ANTHOLOGY
19. WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Work.” Title of Anthology,
edited by First and Last Names, Publisher, Year of publication,
Pages.
Achebe, Chinua. “Uncle Ben’s Choice.” The Seagull Reader: Literature,
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Fontanella-Khan, Amana. Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and
Power in India. W. W. Norton, 2013.
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Print Book
Title
Year of publication
MLA Style 27
TWO OR MORE WORKS FROM ONE ANTHOLOGY
Prepare an entry for each selection by author and title, followed by the
anthology editors’ last names and the pages of the selection. Then include
an entry for the anthology itself (see no. 18).
20. MULTIVOLUME WORK
ALL VOLUMES
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Work. Publisher, Year(s) of
publication. Number of vols.
SINGLE VOLUME
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Work. Vol. number, Publisher,
Year of publication. Number of vols.
21. BOOK IN A SERIES
Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. Edited by Barbara T. Christian, Rutgers UP,
22. GRAPHIC NARRATIVE
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Publisher, Year of publication.
Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomedy. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Pekar, Harvey. Bob & Harv’s Comics. Illustrated by R. Crumb, Running
Press, 1996.
Crumb, R., illustrator. Bob & Harv’s Comics. By Harvey Pekar, Running
Press, 1996.
23. SACRED TEXT
24. EDITION OTHER THAN THE FIRST
Fowler, H. W. A Dictionary of Modern English. 2nd ed., Oxford UP, 1965.
25. REPUBLISHED WORK
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Year of original publication.
Current publisher, Year of republication.
publication
title
author
26. FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, OR AFTERWORD
Tanner, Tony. Introduction. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, Penguin,
1972, pp. 7-46.
27. PUBLISHED LETTER
White, E. B. Letter to Carol Angell. 28 May 1970. Letters of E. B. White,
edited by Dorothy Lobarno Guth, Harper & Row, 1976, p. 600.
28. PAPER AT A CONFERENCE
PAPER PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Paper.” Title of Published
Conference Proceedings, edited by First and Last Names, Publisher,
Year of publication, Pages.
PAPER HEARD AT A CONFERENCE
Conference on Acceleration in Developmental Education, 15 June
2016, Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore.
29. DISSERTATION
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Diss. Institution, Year, Publisher,
Year of publication.
Goggin, Peter N. A New Literacy Map of Research and Scholarship in
30. ENTIRE WEBSITE
Last Name, First Name, role. Title of Site. Publisher, Date, URL.
Accessed Day Month Year.
Zalta, Edward N., principal editor. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language, Stanford
U, 1995-2015, plato.stanford.edu/index.html. Accessed 21 Apr. 2015.
PERSONAL WEBSITE
publication
title
author
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Documentation Map (MLA)
Work on a Website
McIlwain, John, et al. “Housing in America: Integrating Housing, Health,
and Resilience in a Changing Environment.” Urban Land Institute,
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Title of
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URL
31. WORK ON A WEBSITE
Author’s Last Name, First Name (if any). “Title of Work.” Title of Site,
32. BLOG ENTRY
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Blog Entry.” Title of
33. WIKI
“Title of Entry.” Title of Wiki, Publisher, Date, URL. Accessed Day Month
Year.
Personal Communication and Social Media
34. PERSONAL LETTER
35. EMAIL
Sender’s Last Name, First Name. “Subject Line.” Received by First and
36. TEXT MESSAGE
37. POST TO AN ONLINE FORUM
Author. “Subject line” or “Full text of short untitled post.” Name of
Forum, Day Month Year, URL.
38. POST TO TWITTER, FACEBOOK, OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Author. “Full text of short untitled post” or “Title” or Descriptive label.
Name of Site, Day Month Year, Time, URL.
@POTUS (Barack Obama). “I’m proud of the @NBA for taking a stand
against gun violence. Sympathy for victims isn’t enough — change
Black Lives Matter. “Rise and Grind! Did you sign this petition yet?
We now have a sign on for ORGANIZATIONS to lend their
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Audio, Visual, and Other Sources
39. ADVERTISEMENT
PRINT
AUDIO OR VIDEO
Name of Product or Company. Advertisement or Description of ad.
Date. Name of Host Site, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
40. ART
ORIGINAL
Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created, Site, City.
Van Gogh, Vincent. The Potato Eaters. 1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
REPRODUCTION
Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created. Title of Book,
by First and Last Names, Publisher, Year of publication, Page.
ONLINE
Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Art. Year created. Name of Site,
URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
Warhol, Andy. Self-portrait. 1979. J. Paul Getty Museum, www.getty.
publication
title
author
41. CARTOON
PRINT
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Cartoon.”Title of Periodical,
Date, Page.
ONLINE
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Cartoon.” Title of Site,
Date, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.
42. SUPREME COURT CASE
First Plaintiff v. First Defendant. United States Reports citation. Name of
43. FILM
Name individuals based on the focus of your project — the director, the
screenwriter, the cinematographer, or someone else.
Title of Film. Role by First and Last Names, Production Studio, Date.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Directed by Blake Edwards, Paramount, 1961.
STREAMING
Title of Film. Role by First and Last Names, Production Studio,
Date. Streaming Service, URL. Accessed Day Month Year.