Lightning Style - 11
Now with 2009
MLA update!
MLA DOCUMENTATION STYLE: WORKS CITED PAGE
Most humanities disciplines use Modern Language Association (MLA) style to cite sources.
MLA-style documents include brief in-text citations (see quicktip on “MLA Documentation Style:
In-Text Citations”) in combination with a more detailed listing of sources in a separate Works
Cited page at the end of a document.
The requirements for what to include in Works Cited entries are designed so that another
researcher could find and refer to the same sources you’ve included. Below are guidelines
adapted from Diana Hacker’s
Pocket Style Manual
, 5
th
ed., that show the basic principles of
most forms of MLA citation:
Book
1
Author
2
Title and subtitle
3
City of publication
4
Publisher
5
Date of publication
6
Medium
1
2
3
Black, Laurel Johnson.
Between Talk and Teaching:Reconsidering the Writing Conference.
Logan, UT:
Utah State UP, 1998. Print.
4
5 6
Article (print)
1
Author
2
Title and subtitle
3
Name of periodical
4
Volume and issue
numbers (for
scholarly journal)
5
Date or year of
publication
6
Page numbers
7
Medium
1
2
Breuch, Lee-Ann Kastman. “The Idea(s) of an Online Writing Center: In Search of a Conceptual Model.”
The Writing Center Journal
25.2 (2005): 21–38. Print.
3
4 5 6 7
Short work from a website
1
2
3
1
Author
2
Title of short work
3
Title of website
4
Sponsor of website
5
Update date (“n.d.”
if there is no date)
6
Medium
7
Date of access
George Mason University Writing Center. “Who is Allowed to Be Original?”
Valuing Written Accents:
InternationalVoices in the U.S. Academy.
George Mason University, n.d. Web. 13 Aug. 2009.
3
4
5 6
7
Article from a database
1
Author
2
Title and subtitle
1
2
3
4 5
3
Name of periodical
4
Volume and issue
numbers
5
Date or year of
publication
6
Page numbers
7
Name of database
8
Medium
9
Date of access
Haneda, Mari. “The Joint Constructionof Meaning in Writing Conferences.”
Applied Linguistics
25.2 (200
178–219.
ERIC.
Web. 13 Aug. 2009.
6 7 8
9
Lightning Style - 11
Now with 2009
MLA update!
MLA DOCUMENTATION STYLE: WORKS CITED PAGE
Most humanities disciplines use Mod rn Language Association (MLA) style to cit source .
MLA-style documents include brief in-text citations (see quicktip on “MLA Documentation Style:
In-Text Citations”) n combination wi h a more detaile listing of source in a eparat Works
Cited pag at th end of a ocument.
The requirements for what to include in Works Cited en ries are designed so that another
researcher could find and refer to th sam ource you’ve included. Below are guid lines
adapted from Diana Hacker’s
Pocket Styl Manual
, 5
th
ed., that show the basic principles of
most form of MLA citation:
Book
1
Author
2
Title and subtitle
3
City of publication
4
Publisher
5
Date of publication
6
Medium
1
2
3
Black, Laurel Johnson.
Betwee Talk and e chi g:Re onsidering the Writing Conference.
Loga , UT:
Utah State UP, 1998. Print.
4
5 6
Article (print)
1
Author
2
Title and subtitle
3
Name of periodical
4
Volume and issue
numbers (for
scholarly journ l)
5
Date or ye r of
publication
6
Page numbers
7
Medium
1
2
Breuch, Lee-Ann Kastma . “The Idea(s) of an Online Writing Center: In S arch of a Conceptual Model.”
The Writing Center Journal
25.2 (2005): 1–38. Print.
3
4 5 6 7
Short work from a website
1
2
3
1
Author
2
Title of short work
3
Title of website
4
Sponsor of website
5
Update date (“n. .”
if there is no date)
6
Medium
7
Date of access
George Mas n University Writing Center. “Who is Allowed to Be Original?”
Valuing Writte Accen s:
Internatio alVoices in the U.S. Academy.
George Mas n University, .d. Web. 13 Aug. 2009.
3
4
5 6
7
Article f om a database
1
Author
2
Title and subtitle
1
2
3
4 5
3
Name of periodical
4
Volume and issue
numbers
5
Date or ye r of
publication
6
Page numbers
7
Name of d tabase
8
Medium
9
Date of access
Haneda, Mari. “The Jo nt Constructionof Meaning in Writing Conferences.”
Appli d Linguistics
25.2 (2004):
178–219.
ERIC.
Web. 13 Aug. 2009.
6 7 8
9
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