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MLA Guidelines Cheat Sheet
MLA Reference List Examples:
Type of Source
Format
Example
Book with one author
Last name, First name. Title: Subtitle. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication.
Sampson, Ralph. My Life: A Slam Dunk. Houston: Rocket Publishing, 1988. Print.
Book with two or three authors
Last name, First name, and First name Last name. Title: Subtitle. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication.
Alderman, Ellen and Caroline Kennedy. The Right to Privacy. New York: Knopf, 1995. Print.
Book with editor but no author
Last name, First name, ed. Title: Subtitle. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication.
Fielding, Walter, ed. Real Estate Hard Knocks: Avoid the Money Pit. New York: Lawyers Press, 1986. Print.
Book with two or three editors
Last name, First name, and First name Last name, eds. Title: Subtitle. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication.
Smith, Wayne, and Garth Snow, eds. Street Hockey: The Game of Life. Chicago: Blackhawk Publishing House, 1993. Print.
Article in general encyclopedia (with author)
Last name, First name. “Title of article.” Title of Reference Book. Volume number. Year of publication. Medium of publication.
Boyardee, Charles. “Cooking Pasta Right.” An Encyclopedia of Food. Volume 4. 2004. Print.
Article in encyclopedia or reference book (no author)
“Title of article.” Title of Reference Book. Volume. City: Publisher, Year of publication. Medium of publication.
“Modern China.” A Survey of World Civilizations Today. Volume 8. Shanghai: Jiangsu Press, 2009. Print.
Article in periodical
Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical. Day Month Year: Page range. Medium of publication.
Poniewozik, James. “TV Makes a Too- Close Call.” Time 20 November 2000: 70-71. Print.
Novel or play in an anthology
Last name, First name. “Title of Novel or Play.” Title of Anthology. Ed. Editor’s Name. City: Publisher, Year. Medium of publication.
Poe, Edgar Alan. “The Telltale Heart.” Scary Stories and Terrible Tales. Ed. John Davis. Boston: Harbor Press, 1996. Print.
Website
Last name, First name. “Title of Webpage.” Title of Website. Publishing organization, Date of resource creation. Medium of publication. Date accessed.
Cohen, Howard. “Great Teachers of History.” TeacherWeb 3.0. Nipmuc University. 3 December 1998. Web. 13 May 2010.
Article from online database
Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of original source. Date of resource creation. Title of Database. Medium of publication. Date accessed.
Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature’s Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 April 2005. Science Online. Web. 5 March 2009.
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