MLA List of Works Cited (8th Edition)
When you research a topic, the information you gather must be referred on in your Works Cited page.
The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper
It is numbered consecutively from the preceding page
Works Cited is centered at the top of the page
The sources are arranged alphabetically
Double-space between each entry AND within each entry
If the entry requires a second line, indent 5 spaces
BOOK
Basic format:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
Book with one author:
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland.
Carolrhoda Books, 2009.
Book with two authors:
Drucker, Darla, and Amy Jones. How to Survive Your Wedding. Simon, 2012.
Book with an editor:
Clare, John D., ed. Pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
PRINT ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE
Basic format:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Encyclopedia. Publication Date
Gait, Robert I. “Diamond.” World Book. 2007.
“Mammoth.” The Columbia Encyclopedia. 2000.
Always use author’s name if the article is signed. If there is no author listed skip to the title. Since entries in encyclopedias are arranged alphabetically, you may omit page numbers. Publishers are not needed.
PRINT MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Basic format:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine, Day Month Year of
Publication, Pages.
Article in a monthly magazine:
Ulane, Paul. "Ready for Takeoff." Sports Illustrated Kids, Sept. 2011, pp. 40-43.
Article in a weekly magazine:
Kluger, Jeffrey. "Playing Favorites." Time, 3 Oct. 2011, pp. 67-70.
Abbreviate all months, except May, June and July
INTERNET SOURCE
Basic format:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Website. Publisher or
sponsor of site, Publication Date (day month year), URL (without the https://). Date accessed (day month year).
Williamson, Lisa Ann. “Don’t Let Malala Yousafzai’s Voice be Silenced.” Teaching
Tolerance. Southern Poverty Law Center, 17 Oct. 2012, www.tolerance.org/blog/don-t-let-malala-yousafzai-s-voice-be-silenced. Accessed 27 Sept. 2016.
Manik, Julfikar Ali and Jim Yardley. “Building Collapse in Bangladesh Leaves Scores Dead.”
New York Times, 24 Apr. 2013,
www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html?_r=0,
Accessed 26 Sept. 2016.
Always use author’s name if the article is signed. If there is no author listed skip to the title.
If the publisher is the same as the website name, only list it once.
“Mariano Rivera.” Baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC, 30 Sept. 2013,
www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riverma01.shtml. Accessed 27 Sept. 2016.
Abbreviate all months, except May, June and July
ONLINE VIDEO
Basic Format:
Author's Name. “Title of Video.” Name of Website, name of uploader (if different from author),
Date posted (day month year), URL. Date accessed (day month year).
“JK Rowling Interview 2005.” YouTube, uploaded by EJohnson1988, 16 Mar. 2009,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pig7DhMqfG4. Accessed 18 Mar. 2014.
Melvil Dewey. “The Dewey Decimal Rap.” YouTube, 10 Mar. 2009,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A Accessed 18 Mar. 2013.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW
Personal interviews refer to interviews that you conduct yourself. List the name of the person you interviewed, the descriptor ‘Personal interview’ and the date.
Mullen, Robert. Personal interview. 15 May 2016.
A SONG
Artist’s Name. “Title of song.” Album title, Record label, Date, Container, URL.
Rachel Platten. “Fight Song.” Wildfire, Columbia Records, 2015, Spotify,
spotify:track:6bRbeEgg8v8BQ0HuVuPE7v.
A more complete outline of citation formats is available at:
OWL—Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
Citation-generating programs:
Noodletools--http://www.noodletools.com/