12 - Lightning Style
Here is an example of what an MLA-style works cited page typically looks like. Using
standard formats for your entries enhances your credibility with academic readers, and
alphabetizing your list helps fellow researchers quickly locate the sources that you refer
to in the body of your text. For more formats & source types, visit
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Every entry
begins flush left;
additional lines
are indented 0.5”
from the left
margin.
Label your page
“Works Cited” in
the center of the
first line.
MLA-styleWorks Cited pages
are evenly double-spaced, with
one-inch margins all around.
Entries are alphabetical by
author, or, if no author, by title.
film or video
work in a print anthology
a
online newspaper article
lecture or public address
a
entire website
a
short work from a website
entire edited print anthology
print book with 2+ authors
print book with one author
a
online book with one author
translated print book
a
online government
publication
print journal article
a
work from a database such
as
Academic Search Premier
Works Cited
The BigLebowski
. Dir. Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Perf.Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, and
Julianne Moore. Gramercy,1998. DVD.
Bruffee,Kenneth. “Collaborative Learning and the ‘Conversation of Mankind.’”
The Norton
Book of Composition Studies
. Ed. Susan Miller. New York: Norton, 2009. 545–62. Print.
Fahim, Kareem. “School Official Apologizes for Removing Photoof Kiss.”
New York Times
.
New York Times, 26 June 2007. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.
Gutjahr, Paul. “
The Godfather:
Seeing Double.” Department of English. Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN. 18 Nov. 1998. Lecture.
Immigration History Research Center
. U of Minnesota, 21 Apr. 2009. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.
Lee, Taehohn. “The Financial Crisis and Refugees.”
Immigration History Research Center
.
U of Minnesota, 2Apr. 2009. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.
Miller, Susan, Ed.
The Norton Book of Composition Studies
. New York: Norton, 2009. Print.
Peregoy, Suzanne, and Owen F. Boyle.
Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL
. New York:
Longman, 1997. Print.
Puzo, Mario.
The Godfather
. New York: Signet, 1978. Print.
Sherman, Ben.
Medic!: The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War
. New York:
Random House, 2004.
Google Books
. Google Books, n.d. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.
Tolstoy, Leo.
Anna Karenina
. Trans. Joel Carmichael. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1960. Print.
United States. Selective Service System.
Fast Facts: Conscientious Objection and Alternative
Service
. US Selective Service System, 30 Apr. 2002. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.
Villanueva, Victor. “Blind: Talking about the New Racism.”
The Writing Center Journal
26.1
(2006): 3–19. Print.
Wall, Brian. “‘Jackie Treehorn Treats Objects Like Women!’: Two Types of Fetishism in
The
BigLebowski
.”
Camera Obscura
23.69 (2009): 110–135.
Academic Search Premier.
Web. 12
Aug. 2009.
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12 - Lightning Style
