MLA Citations
Examples of
How to Document Sources
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Examples
Book with
One Author
MLA Handbook 5.6.1
Work Cited Format:
Author’s
Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of
Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year
of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Zelizer,
Barbie. Remembering to Forget: Holocaust Memory
through the Camera’s Eye. Chicago:
University of Chicago P, 2003.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Zelizer 52)
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Book with
Two Authors
MLA Handbook 5.6.4
Work Cited Format:
First
Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name, and
Second Author’s First Name and Last Name. Title of
Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year
of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Mock,
Douglas W., and Geoffrey A. Parker. The Evolution of Sibling
Rivalry. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1997.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Mock and Parker 73)
Or
Mock and Parker (73) subscribe to the theory that
siblings . . .
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Book
with Three Authors
MLA Handbook 5.6.4
Work Cited Format:
First
Author’s Last Name, First Author’s First Name,
Second Author’s First Name and Last Name, and Third
Author’s First Name and Last Name. Title of Book.
Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Garner,
Judith F., Howard L. Smith, and Neill F. Piland. Strategic
Nursing Management: Power and Responsibility in a New Era.
Rockville, MD: Aspen, 1990.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Garner, Smith, and Piland 142)
Or
As Garner, Smith, and Piland (142) assert about
managing health care units . . .
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Book
with More than Three Authors
MLA Handbook 5.6.4
For
a work with more than three authors, you may give the first author
followed by et al.,
Or
you
may list all the authors in the order they are given on the title page.
Work Cited Format:
First
Author's Last Name, First Author's First Name, et al. Title
of Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Or
First
Author's Last Name, First Author's First Name, Second Author's First
Name and Last Name, Third Authors' First Name and Last Name, Fourth
Author's First Name and Last Name, Fifth Author's First Name and Last
Name, and Sixth Author's First Name and Last Name. Title of
Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of
Publication.
List
all of the authors on the title page.
Work Cited
Example:
Dacso,
Sheryl Tatar, et al. Managed Care Answer Book. New
York: Panel, 1995.
Or
Dacso,
Sheryl Tatar, Clifford C. Dacso, Connie U. Brelhan, Kirk C. Harlow,
Margaret S. Jaffee-Neer, Marilyn Rumsey, and Ellison H. Wittels. Managed
Care Answer Book. New York: Panel, 1995.
Parenthetical
Reference Example:
(Dacso et al. 122)
Or
(Dacso, Dacso, Brelhan, Harlow, Jaffee-Neer,
Rumsey, and Wittels 122)
For the
parenthetical reference, follow the bibliographic form you used: give the first author's last name followed
by et al. or list all of the authors.
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Organization
as Author
MLA Handbook 5.6.6
An
organization (a.k.a. corporate author) might be an association, or
group of people acting as a single author--no individual names are
listed.
Work Cited Format:
Organization’s
Name. Title of Book. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
American
Psychiatric Association. Practice Guideline for the Treatment
of Patients with Panic Disorder.
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1998.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(American Psychiatric Association 38)
Or
The American
Psychiatric Association stipulates
that the patient must be diagnosed . . . (38).
For better
reading flow, the MLA Handbook suggests that the
full name of the organization be written in the text, instead of being
placed in the parenthesis.
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Anthology
MLA Handbook 5.6.2
Work Cited Format:
Editor's
Last Name, Editor's First Name, ed. Title of Book.
Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Alberro,
Alexander and Blake Stimson, eds. Conceptual Art: A
Critical Anthology. Cambridge: MIT P, 2000.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Alberro and Stimson 53)
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Second
or Later Edition
MLA Handbook 5.6.14
Work Cited Format:
Author’s
Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book.
edition number ed. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of
Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Bukatko,
Danuta, and Marvin A. Daehler. Child
Development: A Thematic Approach. 5th ed.
Boston: Houghton, 2004.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Bukatko and Daehler 78)
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Translated
Book
MLA Handbook 5.6.13
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book.
Trans. Name of Translator(s). Place of Publication: Name of
Publisher, Date of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Freud,
Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams. Trans. Joyce
Crick. New York: Oxford UP, 1999.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Freud 28)
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Multivolume
Work (If Using Two or More Volumes)
MLA Handbook 5.6.15
Work Cited Format:
Author’s
Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of
Book. number of volumes vols. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher, Year(s) of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Cook,
Blanche Weisen. Eleanor Roosevelt. 2 vols. New
York: Viking, 1992-1999.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Cook 1: 52)
Or
Cook talks about Roosevelt's early life incident
(1: 52).
In the
parenthetical reference, cite the volume number and the page
number. Use a colon and a space before the page number.
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Multivolume
Work (If Using Only One Volume)
MLA Handbook 5.6.15
Work Cited Format:
Author’s
Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of
Book. Vol. volume number. Place of
Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication for
Specific Volume.
Work Cited Example:
Cook,
Blanche Weisen. Eleanor Roosevelt. Vol. 1. New
York: Viking, 1992.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Cook 52)
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Encyclopedia
Entry
MLA Handbook 5.6.8
Work Cited Format:
Author
of Article. "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia.
Ed. Editor of Encyclopedia. edition number ed. number of volumes vols.
Place of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication.
Work Cited Example:
Dowrick,
Peter W. "Behavioral Medicine." The Corsini Encyclopedia of
Psychology and Behavioral Science. Ed. W. Edward Craighead
and Charles B. Nemeroff. 3rd ed. 4 vols. New York: Wiley, 2001.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Dowrick 188)
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A Reprinted
Scholarly Work in a Collection
MLA Handbook 5.6.7
Work Cited Format:
Give the publication information in which the
scholarly work was originally printed, then add Rpt.
for "reprinted in," followed by the later publication information.
Work Cited Example:
Simon,
Irene. “Some Aspects of Virginia
Woolf’s Imagery.” English Studies
41:3 (1960): 180-96. Rpt. in Twentieth Century Literary
Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard. Vol. 20. Detroit: Gale, 1992.
405-08.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Simon 405)
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A
Foreword, Preface, Introduction or Afterward
MLA Handbook 5.6.9
Work Cited
Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Forward, Preface,
Introduction or Afterward." Foreword
[or Preface, Introduction or Afterword]. Title
of Book. Ed. Editor's Names. Place of Publication:
Name of Publisher, Year of Publication. inclusive page numbers.
Work Cited Examples:
Alberro,
Alexander. “Reconsidering Conceptual Art,
1966-1977.” Preface. Conceptual Art: A
Critical Anthology. Ed. Alexander
Alberro and Blake Stimson. Cambridge: MIT P, 2000.
(xvi-xxxvii).
If the
foreword, preface, introduction, or afterword is untitled, proceed with
the name of the part being cited (e.g. Foreword, Preface, Introduction,
or Afterword) after the author's name.
Hobbs,
Robert. Introduction. Lee Krasner. By Hobbs. New
York: Abbeville, 1993. 7-11.
If the author
of the foreword, preface, introduction, or afterword is also the author
of the book, give only the author's surname after By.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Alberro xvii)
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Article
in Journal Paginated
by Volume
MLA Handbook 5.7.1
Journals
paginated by volume use continuous pagination from issue to
issue. For example issue one starts with page one and goes to
page 252. Issue two starts with page 253 and goes to page
506. For journals paginated by volume, do not include the
issue number in the work cited entry.
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Journal volume number (Year of Publication): inclusive page
numbers.
Work Cited Example:
Zhao,
Zhongwei. "Income Inequality, Unequal Health Care Access, and Mortality
in China." Population and Development Review 32
(2006): 401-46.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Zhao 405)
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Article
in Journal Paginated by Issue
MLA Handbook 5.7.2
Journals
paginated by issue start with page one for every issue. For
these journals, include the issue number in the work cited entry.
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Journal volume number.issue number (Year of
Publication): inclusive page numbers.
Work Cited Example:
Greenberg,
Anna. "Race, Religiosity, and the Women's Vote." Women
& Politics 22.3 (2001): 59-82.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Greenberg 73)
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English-language
Newspaper Article
MLA Handbook 5.7.5
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Newspaper Day Month Year of Publication, edition
ed.: page number(s).
For articles
not printed on consecutive pages, give the first page number followed
by a plus sign.
Work Cited Example:
Donelly,
John. "SARS Authority Picked to Lead Health Group." Boston
Globe 9 Nov. 2006, first ed.: A14.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
The above work
cited example is only one page long; therefore, the entire work is
cited. When citing an entire work, it is preferable to include the
author's name in the text of your document rather than in a
parenthetical reference.
Donelly reports
that Dr. Margaret Chan is expected
to become the next director-general of the World Health Organization.
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Magazine
Article
MLA Handbook 5.7.6
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Magazine Date of Publication: inclusive page
numbers.
For articles
not printed on consecutive pages, give the first page number followed
by a plus sign. For magazines published weekly or biweekly,
give the complete date of publication (day month year).
Work Cited Example:
Ravilious,
Kate. "Scots on the Rocks: Mountaineering Archaeologists
Reach New Heights of Discovery." Archaeology
Nov.-Dec. 2006: 16-21.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Ravilious 17)
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Newspaper
Article with
Unknown Author
MLA Handbook 5.7.9
Work Cited Format:
"Title
of Article." Title of Newspaper Day Month Year of
Publication, edition ed.: page number(s).
Work Cited Example:
"Number
of Out-of-Wedlock Births a Record" Hartford
Courant 26 Nov. 2006, New Haven County/Shoreline ed.: A7.
Within the
works cited list, alphabetize works with no author by the first
significant word in the title, omitting articles such as The
in The New York Times.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
For the
parenthetical reference use a shortened version of the title in place
of the author's name.
The above work cited example is only one page long; therefore, the
entire work is cited. When citing an entire work, it is preferable to
include the author's name in the text of your document rather than in a
parenthetical reference.
According to the
newspaper article "Number of
Out-of-Wedlock Births a Record," the number of unwed mothers giving
birth in their twenties has risen dramatically.
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Letter
to Editor
(Newspaper)
MLA Handbook 5.7.11
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. Letter. Title of Newspaper
Day Month Year of Publication, edition ed.: page number(s).
Work Cited Example:
Arsham,
Jane. Letter. Boston Globe 9 Nov. 2006, first ed.:
A.16.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
The above work
cited example is only one page long; therefore, the entire work is
cited. When citing an entire work, it is preferable to include the
author's name in the text of your document rather than in a
parenthetical reference.
In her letter to
the editor, Arsham stated that
she felt as though her American citizenship had been usurped.
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Review
MLA Handbook 5.7.7
Work Cited Format:
Author
of Review. "Title of Review [if
there is one]."
Rev. of Title of Work Being Reviewed, by Author's
Name. Title of Journal volume number.issue number [if paginated by issue] (Year
of Publication): page numbers.
Work Cited Example:
Ellis,
Nadia. Rev. of Postcolonial London: Rewriting the
Metropolis, by John McLeod. Postcolonial Studies
9 (2006): 337-42.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Ellis 338)
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Article
from an Online Journal
MLA Handbook 5.9.4
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Journal volume number.issue number (Year of
Publication): page numbers or paragraph numbers. Name
of Database [if there is
one] Day Month Year of Access <URL>.
If some of the
citation information is missing, use what is available.
Work Cited Example:
Henry,
Phil. “The Sociological Implications for Contemporary
Buddhism in the United Kingdom: Socially Engaged Buddhism, A
Case Study.” Journal of Buddhist Ethics 13
(2006). 13 December 2006
<http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/13/henry-article.html>.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
If an
electronic publication does not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or
another type of reference marker, cite the entire work. It is
best to include the author's name in the text of your document rather
than using a parenthetical reference.
Henry uses triangulation to study the United
Kingdom's Buddhist population.
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Journal
Article from Electronic Database
MLA Handbook 5.9.7
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Journal volume number.issue number (Year of Publication):
page numbers. Database Name. Database Publisher.
Where Accessed. Day Month Year Accessed <URL>.
Work Cited Example:
Chavez,
Linda. "The Realities of Immigration." Commentary
122.1 (2006): 34-41. Expanded Academic ASAP.
Thomson Gale. Fairfield U., DiMenna-Nyselius Lib., Fairfield, CT. 25
Sep. 2006
<http://find.galeroup.com/itx/start.do?prodID=EAIM&userGroupName=a04fu>.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Chavez 35)
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Newspaper
Article from Electronic Database
MLA Handbook 5.9.7
Work Cited Format:
Author's
Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of
Newspaper Day Month Year of Publication, edition ed.: page
number(s). Database Name. Database Publisher. Where
Accessed. Day Month Year Accessed <URL>.
Work Cited Example:
Harmon,
Amy. "DNA Gatherers Hit a Snag: The Tribes Don't Trust Them." New
York Times 10 Dec. 2006, East Coast late ed.: 1.1. ProQuest
Newspapers. ProQuest. Fairfield U., DiMenna-Nyselius Lib.,
Fairfield, CT. 5 Jan. 2007
<http://proquest.umi.com.libdb.fairfield.edu>.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
If an
electronic publication does not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or
another type of reference marker, cite the entire work. It is best to
include the author's name in the text of your document rather than
using a parenthetical reference.
Also a page
number is unnecessary, if an article is only one page long. Again,
include the author's name in the text of your document instead of using
a parenthetical reference.
Harmon reports that
many
indigenous groups are wary of the National Geographic Society's DNA
project.
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Website
MLA Handbook 5.9.2
Work Cited Format:
Name
of Site. Ed. Name of Site's Editor [if
given].
Date of Posting/Revision. Name of Institution/Organization Affiliated
with the Site [if given].
Day Month Year Accessed <URL>.
If some of the citation information is
missing, use what is available.
Work Cited
Example:
Comprehensive
Immigration Reform. 2006. The White House, United States
Government. 25 Sep. 2006
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/>.
Parenthetical
Reference Example:
If an
electronic source does not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or
another type of reference marker, cite the entire work. It is best to
include the author's/editor's name in the text of your document rather
than using a parenthetical reference.
On the Comprehensive
Immigration Reform
website, The White House argues the importance of the Secure Fence Act.
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E-mail
MLA Handbook 5.9.9 J
Work Cited Format:
E-mail
Author's Last Name, E-mail Author's First Name. "Title of Message [taken from subject line of e-mail]."
E-mail to Recipient's Name. Date of E-mail.
Work Cited
Examples:
Roberts,
Cynthia. "Re: Rare Book Bindings." E-mail to the author. 6 Dec. 2006
Smith,
Barbara. "Re: Still-life Painting." E-mail to Janet Cummings. 6 Dec.
2006.
Parenthetical
Reference Example:
When citing an
electronic source that does not have page numbers, it is preferable to
include the author's name in the text of your document rather than in a
parenthetical reference.
In her e-mail to me, Cynthia Roberts describes
leather bindings made before 1830.
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Film or
Film
Clip from a Website
MLA Handbook 5.9.9 and 5.8.3
When
documenting electronic sources, follow MLA's guidelines for documenting
a print or non-print source and then modify the guidelines as necessary
for the electronic source.
Work Cited Format:
Title of Movie. Screenplay by Name of Writer. Dir. Name of Director. Perf. Names of Performers. Original Release Date. Title of Website. Day Month Year Accessed <URL>.
Work Cited
Example:
Rear Window. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Perf. James Stewart and Grace Kelly. 1954. YouTube. 24 March 2008 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqONEJxNEsU>.
If
citing the contribution of a specific person, start the work cited
entry with that person's name.
Hitchcock, Alfred, dir. Rear Window. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Perf. James Stewart and Grace Kelly. 1954. YouTube. 24 March 2008 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqONEJxNEsU>.
Parenthetical
Reference Example:
If
an electronic source does not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or
another type of reference marker, cite the entire work. It is best to
include the author's name in the text of your document rather than
using a parenthetical reference.
Rear Window is Alfred Hitchcock's greatest thriller.
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Advertisement
MLA Handbook 5.8.10
Work Cited Format:
Product,
Company, or Institution Name. Advertisement. Name of
Publication Date: Page Number.
Work Cited Example:
Banana
Republic. Advertisement. InStyle Oct.
2006: 51.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Banana Republic 51)
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Recorded
Movies
MLA Handbook 5.8.3
Work Cited Format:
Title
of Movie. Screenplay by Name of Writer. Dir. Name of
Director. Perf. Names of Performers. Original Release Date. Name of the
Distributer, Release Date.
Work Cited Example:
Rear
Window. Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Dir. Alfred
Hitchcock. Perf. James Stewart and Grace Kelly. 1954. DVD. Universal
Pictures, 2001.
If citing the
contribution of a specific person, start the work cited entry with that
person's name.
Hitchcock,
Alfred, dir. Rear Window. Screenplay by John
Michael Hayes. Perf. James Stewart and Grace Kelly. 1954. DVD.
Universal Pictures, 2001.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
When citing a
non-print source, such as a motion picture, it is preferable to include
the author's name in the text of your document rather than in a
parenthetical reference.
Rear Window is Alfred
Hitchcock's greatest thriller.
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Recorded
Music-Entire Album
MLA Handbook 5.8.2
Work Cited Format:
Name
of Composer, Conductor or Performer [depends
on your emphasis]. Title of Recording.
Perf. Performers' Names. Name of Recording Company, Year of Issue [if unknown, put "n.d."].
Work Cited Example:
Horowitz,
Vladimir. The Last Recording. Sony Classical, 1990.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
When citing a
non-print source, it is preferable to include the author's name in the
text of your document rather than in a parenthetical reference.
Vladimir Horowitz
gave memorable performances on
his album entitled The Last Recording.
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Recorded
Music-Individual Tracks
MLA Handbook 5.8.2
Work Cited Format:
Name
of Composer, Conductor or Performer [depends
on your emphasis]. "Title of Specific Piece." Perf.
Performers' Names. Title of Recording. Name of
Recording Company, Year of Issue.
For musical
works that are identified by form, number or key, do not enclose the
title in quotation marks.
Work Cited Example:
Chopin,
Frederic. Nocturne O 55, No 2. Perf. Vladimir Horowitz. The
Last Recording. Sony Classical, 1990.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
When citing a
non-print source, it is preferable to include the author's name in the
text of your document rather than in a parenthetical reference.
Vladimir Horowitz
gave a
memorable performance of Chopin's Nocturne O 55, No 2. on his album The
Last Recording.
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Work of Art
MLA Handbook 5.8.6
Work Cited Format:
Artist's
Last Name, Artist's First Name. Title of the Work of Art.
Name of the Institution Where the Work Resides, City.
Work Cited Example:
Hopper,
Edward. Railroad Sunset. Whitney Museum of American
Art, New York.
Parenthetical Reference Example:
When citing a
non-print source, it is preferable to include the author's name in the
text of your document rather than in a parenthetical reference.
Edward Hopper's 1929 landscape Railroad
Sunset is similiar to his other landscape paintings.
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Additional
Parenthetical Reference Examples
One
Author
MLA Handbook 6.4.2
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
(Author's Last Name Page Number(s))
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Zelizer 3-4)
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Two
Authors
MLA Handbook 6.3
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
(First Author's Last Name and Second Author's Last
Name Page Number(s))
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Mock and Parker 73)
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Three
Authors
MLA Handbook 6.2
Parenthetical Reference Format:
(First Author's Last Name, Second Author's Last
Name, and Third Author's Last Name Page Number(s))
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(Garner, Smith, and Piland 102)
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More
than 3 Authors
MLA Handbook 6.2
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
For a work with
more than three authors, you may give the first author's last name
followed by et al., or you may list all the
authors' last names. Follow the form you used for your bibliographic
entry. For instance, if you listed all the names in your bibliographic
entry, then list all the names in your parenthetical reference.
(First Author's Last Name et al. Page Number(s))
Or
(First Author's Last Name, Second Author's Last
Name, Third Author's Last Name, Fourth Author's Last Name, Fifth
Author's Last Name, and Sixth Author's Last Name Page Number(s))
Parenthetical
Reference Examples:
(Dacso et al. 122)
Or
(Dacso, Dacso, Brelhan, Harlow, Jaffee-Neer,
Rumsey, and Wittels 122)
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Unknown
Author
MLA Handbook 6.2 and 6.4.4
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
(Title of Work Page Number(s))
A title that
is long can be given in a shortened form.
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Two Authors
with the Same Last Name in the Works Cited List
MLA Handbook 6.2
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
(Author's First Initial. Author's Last Name Page
Number(s))
Parenthetical
Reference Example:
(B. Zelizer 3-4)
If two authors
have the same first initials, use the authors' full first names in the
parenthetical references.
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Multiple Works
by the Same Author
MLA Handbook 6.4.6
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
(Author's Last Name, Shortened Title
Page Number(s))
Parenthetical
Reference Examples:
(Zelizer, Remembering
to Forget 3-4)
(Zelizer, Visual Culture
115-21)
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Multiple Works
in the Same Parenthesis
MLA Handbook 6.4.9
Parenthetical
Reference Format:
Separate each work that is referenced with a
semicolon.
Parenthetical
Reference Example:
(Zelizer 11; Alberro xvii; Ellis 338)
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Indirect
Source
MLA Handbook 6.4.7
An indirect
source is a source that quotes or paraphrases another source.
An example would be Sontag’s On
Photography cited in Zelizer’s book Remembering
to Forget, and you have not read Sontag. In the
text of the paper, name the original source of information, and in the
parenthetical reference use qtd. in (quoted in)
before the indirect source.
Parenthetical Reference Format:
(qtd. in Author of Indirect Source Page Number(s))
Parenthetical Reference Example:
(qtd. in Zelizer 11)
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Other Resources
For more examples and
information on how to format your paper
Online Resource
Print Resource
- MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, 6th ed. (Ref. LB 2359.G53 2003)
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