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Citations Stylesheet



based on MLA Handbook, 2nd ed.





Sources
Sample Citations
 Fields
Book 
Willard, Mary.The Roaring Twenties.
     New York: Harper, 1986.
 Author's name
Title
Place of publication
Publisher
Date of publication
Book--
no author's name 
Breaking Ice. New York: Bowker, 1986.
 Title
Place of Publication
Publisher
Date of publication
Encarta 
"Lemur." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, 2001.
 Article title
Publisher
Encyclopedia--
no author's name 
"Japan." World Book Enclyclopedia. 1993 ed.
 Article title
Publication
Year
Reference--
multivolume 
Wilson, Thomas. "Existence." Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 
     Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan, 1967, 86-89.
 Author
Article title
Publication title
Volume number
Place of publication
Publisher
Date
Periodical 
Thompson, Martin. "Where Sadness Reigns." 
     Time 12 Dec. 1995: 89-92.
 Author's name
Article title
Publication Name
Date (dd/mm/year)
Page/s
Scholarly
journal 
Richardson, John. "For Love of Picasso." 
     Heritage 64 (1989): 75-8.
 Author's name
Article title
Publication Name
Volume number
Publication date (year)
Page/s
Newspaper
article 
Jones, John. "It's a Go for Amistad." 
     New York Times 9 Dec 1997, F:7.
 Author's name
Article title
Publication name
Publication date
Section and page number
Sound
Recording 
Ellington, Duke, cond. Duke Ellington Orch. 
     First Carnegie Concert.Rec. 23 Jan. 1943. 
     LP Prestige, 1977.
Composer, conductor, performer
Recording title
Manufacturer
Year of issue
Video 
It's a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James 
     Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas 
     Mitchell. RKO, 1946.
 Title
Director
Performers
Distributor
Year of release
TV/radio
Program 
The Bucaneers. Adapt. Maggie Wadey. 
     Perf. Miro Sorvino, Alison Elliott, and Carla Gugino. 
     3 episodes. Masterpiece Theatre. Intro. Russell 
     Baker. PBS. WGBH, Boston. 1997.
 Episode title
Program title
Series title (if any)
Name of network
Call letters, local station
Broadcast date
Interview--
personal 
Clark, Fred. Personal Interview with Gary Locke. 
     5 Jan 2000.
 Interviewer's name
Material, interviewee
Date (dd/mm/yy)
Interview--
published 
Gordimer, Nadine. Interview. New York Times. 
     10 Oct. 1991, late ed.: C25
 Interviewee
Interview title
Use Interview (if untitled)
Publication name
Date
E-mail 
Boyle, T.C. "Re:"Utopia." E-mail to 
     Liza Jones. 22 Jan. 1997.
Writer's name
Message title (if any)
Description, include recipient's name
Message date
WWW 
Latner, Richard. "Crisis at Fort Sumter." Tulane 
     University. 14 Feb. 1998.
     < http://tulane.edu/CrisisMain.html >.
Author's name
Article title
Publication date
Name of organization
Date accessed
Electronic address


Notes

  • Fields listed are suggested. If any field is not available, for example, if the author's name is not provided, skip that field and its punctuation, and move on to the next field.

  • All entries (sources) on your final Works Cited List are arranged in alphabetical order by the first letter of the first field.

  • Cite a source whenever you paraphrase or summarize another's ideas as well as when you directly quote someone.