Modern Language Association Stylesheet

Newspaper || Magazines || Journals || Books || Anthologies || References || Electronic Sources

NEWSPAPER

Unsigned Article

On the Works Cited page, give the title of the article "in quotes," the name of the newspaper underlined or italicized, the day, month, and year if the article's publication, a colon, and the section and page's name underlined or italicized, the volume number, the year (in parentheses), and the inclusive page numbers of the article.

Smith, John. "The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts." Psychology Today Jan. - Feb. 1996: 23-25.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and page number on which the quoted material appears in the journal.

(Smith 24)

Signed Article

On the Works Cited page, do the same as above but put the author’s name first. Note that the name is in reverse order. Also note that if the newspaper’s name does not give the city of origin, you put the city in [brackets] after the name.

Smith, John. “The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts.” Daily Bugle [Los Angeles] 29 Feb. 1996: A1+.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and the section and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the paper.

(Smith A1)

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MAGAZINES

Weekly

On the Works Cited page, give the author’s name, the title of the article “in quotes,” the name of the magazine underlined or italicized, the day, month and year of the article’s publication , a colon, and the inclusive page numbers of the article.

Smith, John. “The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts.” Newsweek 29 Feb.

1996: 23-25.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the magazine.

(Smith 23)

Monthly

On the Works Cited page, give the author’s name, the title of the article “in quotes,” the name of the magazine underlined or italicized, the months and year of the article’s publication, a colon, and the inclusive page numbers of the article.

Smith, John. “The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts.” Texas Monthly Feb. 1996: 23-25

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the magazine.

(Smith 24)

Bimonthly

On the Works Cited page, give the author’s name, the title of the article “in quotes,” the name of the magazine underlined or italicized, the months and year of the article’s publication, a colon, and the inclusive page numbers of the article.

Smith, John. “The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts.” Psychology Today Jan. - Feb. 1996: 23-25

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the magazine.

(Smith 24)

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JOURNALS

Journal with Continuous Pagination

On Works Cited page, give the author’s name, the title of article "in quotes," the journal’s name underlined or italicized, the volume number, the year (in parentheses), and the inclusive page numbers of the article.

Smith, John. "The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts." Journal for the Spread of Peanut Butter 22 (1996): 23-25.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and page number on which the quoted material appears in the journal.

(Smith 24)

Journal Paging each Issue Separately

After giving the journal’s name, include volume number and issue number, year (in parentheses), and page numbers.

Smith, John. "The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts." Journal for the Spread of Peanut Butter 22.3 (1996) : 23-25.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the journal.

(Smith 24)

Journal that Uses only Issue Numbers

After giving the journal’s name, include issue number, year (in parentheses), and page numbers.

Smith, John. "The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts." Journal for the Spread of

Peanut Butter 3 (1996) : 23-25.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author’s last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the journal.

(Smith 24)

Journal Paging each Issue Separately

After giving the journal's name, include volume number and issue number, year (in parentheses), and page numbers.

Smith, John. "The Rising Cost of Peanut Butter Has Consumers Going Nuts." Journal for the Spread of Peanut Butter 22.3 (1996) : 23-25.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the journal.

(Smith 24)

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BOOK

One Author

On the Works Cited page, give the author's name, the book's title underlined or italicized, the city of publication, a colon, the publisher, and the year of publication.

Smith , John. The Great Peanut Butter War. New York: Houghton, 1996.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Smith 24)

Two or Three Authors

On the Works Cited page give the names of the authors in the order presented on the cover. All other information is the same as with one author. Note that the second author's name is not reversed.

Smith, John, and Jane Doe. The Great Peanut Butter War Revisited. New York: Houghton, 1996.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last names and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Smith and Does 24)

More than Three Authors

On the Works Cited page, give only the name of the first author and then the designation et al. To stand for the others. All other information is the same as with one author. Note that if a subtitles given on the cover, it appears after the main title, separated by a colon.

Smith, John, et. al. The Great Peanut Butter War: The Jelly and Honey Battles. New York: Houghton, 1996.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name, the designation et al., and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Smith et al. 24)

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ANTHOLOGY

On the Works Cited page, give the author’s name, the title of work ("in quotes" if it is a short story, poem, or essay; underlined or italicized if it is the name of a novel or a play), the title of the anthology underlined or italicized, the editor of anthology, the volume number (if necessary), the city of publication, a colon, the publisher, the year of publication, and inclusive page numbers of the work as it appears in the anthology.

Smith, John. "Ode to Peanut Butter." The Norton Anthology of Peanut Butter Literature. Ed. P. Brittle. Vol. 2. New York: Houghton, 1996. 34-36.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Smith 35)

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REFERENCE SOURCES

Signed Article

For a reprinted article excerpt in Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Drama Criticism, Literary Criticism from 1400 to 1800, and Classical and Medieval Literary Criticism, use the anthology format.

Bayley, John. "Return of the Native." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine and Daniel Marowski. Vol. 31. Detroit: Gale, 1985. 260-261.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Bayley 260)

For signed articles in the Dictionary of Literary Biography follow the anthology format.

Keating, H. R. F. "Agatha Christie." Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley. Vol. 27. Detroit: Gale, 1989. 68-82.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Keating 68)

To cite articles from the Opposing Viewpoint series include the name of the author of the article, title of article "in quotation marks," series title underlined or italicized, editor, place of publication, publisher’s name and year of publication, and page numbers for article you are citing.

Sullum, Jacob. "The Death Penalty Is Just." The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Carol Wekesser. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1991. 57-60.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

(Sullum 57)

Unsigned Article

For unsigned biographical information in CLC, TCLC, NCLC, SSC, PC, LC,CMLC, use the following format.

"Czeslaw Milosz." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine and Daniel G. Marowski. Vol. 31. Detroit: Gale, 1985. 258-259.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the title of the entry "in quotes" and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

("Czeslaw Milosz" 258)

For unsigned articles in Contemporary Authors use the following format.

"Joel Williamson." Contemporary Authors. Ed. Donna Olendorf. Vol. 144. Detroit: Gale, 1994. 487

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the title of the entry "in quotes" and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

("Joel Williamson" 487)

For unsigned articles in Contemporary Authors New Revision Series use the following format.

"Maud Hart Lovelace." Contemporary Authors New Revision Series. Ed. Susan M. Trosky. Vol. 39 Detroit: Gale, 1992. 240-241.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the title of the entry "in quotes" and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the book.

("Maud Hart Lovelace." 240)

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ELECTRONIC SOURCES

WWW (World Wide Web) Sites

To cite files from the World Wide give the author's name (if known), the full title of the web page quoted from "in quotation marks," the title of the web site's homepage (from the window bar) underlined or in italics, the full http address, and the date of visit (in parentheses).

American Dental Association. "Fluorides and Fluoridation." Facts About Fluoride.Http://www.ada.org/consumer/fluoride/articles/fa01.html. (10 Feb. 1997).

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name ( or an abbreviation if written by a corporate author with a long name) and the page number on which the quoted material appears on a printout of the web page. Look at the beginning of the web page or at the very end (see whose name follows the © symbol) to locate the author.

(American Dental Association 2)

Expanded Academic ASAP

Entries from an electronic online journal should include: name of the author (if given), title of the document "in quotation marks," title of the journal underlined or italicized, volume number, issue number or the identifying number, year or date of publication (in parentheses), number of pages or paragraphs (if given) or n.pag ("no pagination"), publication medium (Online), name of the computer network, and date of access.

Galston, William. "Divorce American Style." The Public Interest 124 (Summer 1996) : 15 pp. Online. Expanded Academic ASAP. 11 Feb. 1997.

When giving the parenthetical citation in the body of the paper, include the author's last name and the page number on which the quoted material appears in the printout of the information.

(Galston 3)

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