There are websites that can offer help creating the MLA citation. One such site is [http://www.bibme.org/].

Along the top you can select the type of media to cite and then add the details through the manual entry mode. MLA Works Cited Format & Examples MLA Style Guidelines Center the title (Works Cited) at the top of your page (If appending to a project or report). Double space the entire document, both between and within entries Alphabetize the list by authors last name OR the first word of the entry (ignore The, A, An) Use hanging indentation; after the first line, indent each subsequent line . Please place web addresses inside square brackets ([ ]) with hyperlinks removed so that the URL/web address appears as regular text. Dates are listed by day, abbreviated month, year with the exception of May, June, and July. PRINT CITATIONS:

BOOKS

Last name, First name. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Copyright year. Medium. Last name, First name refers to the author of the work. Shorten the publishers name; omit words like Company, Co., Corp., Inc., House, Publishers, Press. University Press becomes UP (Oxford UP) Cite the publishers name that appears on the title page Cite page numbers if you are not using the entire work One Author (MLA 5.5.2) Banks, Robert B. Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2002, 78-96. Print. Two or Three Authors (MLA 5.5.4) Lorenz, Ralph and Jacqueline Mitton. Titan Unveiled: Saturns Mysterious Moon

Explored. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2008. Print.

More than Three Authors (MLA 5.5.4) Doe, John, et al. Title of Work. City: Publisher, Copyright year. Pages used. Medium. et al. (and others) Two or More Works by the Same Author (MLA 5.3.4) Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. New York: Washington Square, 1992. Print. ---. The Winters Tale. New York: Washington Square, 1998. Print. Three hyphens (---) indicate the work was written by the previous author; in this case, Shakespeare. Editor (MLA 5.5.1) Bellenir, Karen, ed. Debt Information for Teens: Tips for a Successful Financial Life. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2008. Print. A Specific Work in an Anthology (MLA 5.5.6) (For citing one chapter in a book in which each chapter has a different author) Washington, George. Farewell Address. A Patriots Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love. Comp. Caroline Kennedy. New York: Hyperion, 2003. 34-40. Print.

REFERENCE BOOKS
Multivolume Reference Work (Subject Encyclopedia) (MLA 5.5.7) Last name, First name. Article Title. Title of Encyclopedia. Editor. Vol. #. City: Publisher, Copyright year. Medium. If the article has no author, put the title first Climate. UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters. Ed. Anaxos, Inc. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Print. General Encyclopedia with a New Edition Each Year (MLA 5.5.7) Globalization. World Book Encyclopedia. 2004 ed. 123-7. Print.

JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS (Newspapers) IN PRINT FORM

Last name, First name. Article Title. Newspaper/Magazine Title Date of

Publication: page numbers. Medium. Note: There is no punctuation after the newspaper or magazine title Newspaper Article (MLA 5.4.5) Trejos, Nancy. Credit Card Restrictions Close to Enactment. Washington Post 20 May 2009: A1+. Print. If an article is not printed on consecutive pages (starts on page 6 and skips to page 10), write only the first page number and a plus sign (6+) Magazine Article (MLA 5.4.6) Bourne, Joel K., Jr. The End of Plenty. National Geographic June 2009: 26-59. Print. Scholarly Journal (Peer-reviewed or Refereed Publications) (MLA 5.4.2) Last name, First Name. Article Title. Title of Journal. Volume.Issue (Year): page numbers. Medium. Dobrovits, Peter. Surfing the Net: The Myth and the Reality. Australian Library Journal. 56.2 (2007): 128-34. Print.

GRAPHIC NARRATIVES IN PRINT FORM

Graphic Novel (MLA 5.5.12) Last name, First name. Title. Vol. #. City: Publisher, Copyright year. Medium. Smith, Jeff. Bone. Vol. 6. New York: Scholastic, 2007. Print. WEB-BASED SOURCES: Author/Editor/Compiler. Title of Work. Title of Overall Website. Version or edition. Publisher or sponsor of site, Date of publication (day, month, year or n.d. if none given). Medium. Date of access. <URL (only if required by your teacher)>. Work Cited Only on the Web (MLA 5.6.2b) Roman Empire. World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 3 Mar. 2010 <http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com.> Spinks, Sarah. Inside the Teenage Brain: Adolescents and Sleep. Frontline. PBS, 2010. Web. 5 Mar. 2010. <http:www.pbs.org/wghb/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/from/sleep.html.>

Giant Panda. Amazing Animals of the World. Grolier Online, 2009. Web. 20 May 2009. <http://go.grolier.com.>

Work on the Web (or Database) Cited with Print Publication Data
(MLA 5.6.2c) Abraham Lincoln. Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd ed. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Gale Vistual Reference Library. Web. 20 May 2009. <http://go.galegroup.com>. Melikian, Janet. Cleopatras Daughter. School Library Journal. 56.2 (2010): 137. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 12. Feb. 2010. <http://web.ebscohost.com>. Podcast (MLA 5.6.2c) Title of podcast. Title of Program or Series. Name of Network (if any). Call letters and city of local station (if any). Broadcast date. Title of database or website. Medium. Date of access. <URL (only if required by your teacher)>. Suez Canal Revenue Falls. NPR Business Story of the Day. NPR. 28 Apr. 2009. General OneFile. Web. 21 May 2009. Digital Files (MP3) of an Article from a Database with Print Publication Data (MLA 5.7.18) Fitzgerald, Kevin T. Cloning Research Would Not Benefit Humans. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1998. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 26 May 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com>. PERIODICAL PUBLICATION IN AN ONLINE DATABASE Magazine/Newspaper (MLA 5.6.4) Last name, First name. Article Title. Title of Magazine or Newspaper Date of Publication: page numbers. Title of Database. Medium. Date of Access. <URL (only if required by your teacher)>. If there is no page number, write: n pg. Bacon, Perry, Jr. Wage-ing Battle. Time 1 May 2006: 10. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 20 May 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com>. Cauchon, Dennis. Deals Cut for Energy, Land Use. USA Today 30 July. 2008: n pag. MAS Ultra School Edition. Web. 15 May 2009. Scholarly Journal (Peer-reviewed or Refereed Publication) (MLA 5.6.3) Last name, First name. Article Title. Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): Page

numbers. Medium. Date of Access. <URL (only if required by your teacher)>. Tolson, Nancy. Making Books Available: The Role of Early Libraries, Librarians, and Booksellers in the Promotion of African American Childrens Literature. African American Review. 32.1 (1998): 9-16. JSTOR. Web. 5 June 2008.

IMAGES:
Work of Visual Art (MLA 5.7.6) Last name, First name of artist, photographer or illustrator. Title of Work. Date. Medium of Composition. Name of institution that houses work/Name of collection, Name of City where the institution or collection is located. Calder, Alexander. Critter with Mobile Top. 1974. Painted Steel. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. Work of Art from Database (MLA 5.6.2d) Cezanne, Paul. Pommes et Oranges (Apples and Oranges), 1895-1900. Musee DeOrsay, Paris. Art Museum Image Gallery. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. Reproduction of Visual Art from Book (MLA 5.7.6) Cezanne, Paul. Apples and Oranges. 1899. Oil on Canvas. Musee Jeu De Paume, Paris. Itten, Johannes. The Art of Color. New York: John Wiley, 1961. Plate XII. Print. Web based Images (MLA 5.6.2d) Last name, First name of artist, photographer, or illustrator. Title of Work. Date of creation. Name of institution that houses work/Name of collection. Title of database or website. Medium of publication consulted (Web). Date of Access. <URL (only if required by your teacher)>. Parks, Gordon. Beach Fashions 1951. Life Photo Archives Hosted by Google. Web. 20 May 2009.

FILMS OR VIDEO RECORDINGS:

Film (MLA 5.7.3) Title of Film. Director. Distributer, Year of release. Medium Medium examples: DVD, Videocassette, Slide program, Film, Laser disc

If referencing the performance of one significant performer the following comes before the title of the film: last name, first name, perf. Mifune, Toshiro, perf. Rashomon. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Daiei, 1950. Film. Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Dir. Steve Carr. Sony, 2009. Film. DVD/Videocassette (MLA 5.7.3) Title of Film. Director. Original release date. Distributor. Year of release. Medium. Life is Beautiful. Dir. Robert Benigni. 1997. Buena Vista, 1999. DVD. INTERVIEWS (MLA 5.7.7) Last name, First name of person being interviewed. Type of interview. Date of interview. In person Banbury, John. Personal Interview. 1 Jun. 2006. On the telephone Banbury, John. Telephone Interview. 1 Jun. 2006. Television Interview Wiesel, Elie. Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. ABC. WJLA. Washington, D.C. 24 May 2006. Television.

SOUND RECORDINGS (MLA 5.7.2)

Last name, First name of performer. Title of Recording. Manufacturer, Year of Issue. Medium. Taylor, James. Covers. Hear Music, 2008. CD. Specific song or portion of a recording Harris, Emmylou. Shores of White Sand. All I Intended to Be. Nonesuch, 2008. MP3 file.

Example of MLA Works Cited page:

Works Cited
Abraham Lincoln. Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd ed. Vol. 9. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 415-418. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. [http://go.galegroup.com]. Banks, Robert B. Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics. Princeton: Princeton UP, 202. Print. Calder, Alexander. Critter with Mobile Top. 1974. Painted Steel. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. Climate, UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters. Ed. Anaxos, Inc. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Print. Harris, Emmylou. Shores of White Sand. All I intended to Be. Nonesuch, 2008. MP3 file. Roman Empire. World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. [http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com].