General Rules: List of Works Cited

  MLA Style G Guide

  The Modern Language Association (MLA) sty ) style requires you to cite your sources within the text o ext of your paper. Cite the source of all material you paraphrase, summ mmarize, or quote. This guide shows the most common scenario arios for MLA citing. For more examples, see MLA Hand andbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. (McPherson Library rary Reference, call number LB2369 M53 2009) and the the MLA Style Manual and _rd Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 3 ed. (McPhe Pherson Library Reference, call number PN147 G526 20 6 2008).

  NOTE: Some significant changes have been m en made for the new edition of the MLA Style Manual : Titles are now italicized rather than an underlined URLS are no longer required for elec electronic sources (unless required by your instructor) The document format (Print, Web, P

  b, PDF File, DVD, etc.) must be included in every entry i try in the Works Cited list.

  General Rules: In-text Citations ns

  urs in the sentence (such as before a period, semicolon olon or comma), as near as

• Place the reference where a pause occurs possible to the relevant material.

  levant page number(s).

• Cite the author’s last name and the releva Example: Music is thought to be the the food of love (Blair 135).

  sentence, do not cite it in parentheses.

• If you include the author’s name in the sen Example: Blair argues that music is th is the food of love (135).

  rce lacks page numbers (for example, on many Web so b sources). If a source has

• Page numbers may be omitted if a source numbered paragraphs or sections, use the these in the citation.

  Example: (Smith, para. 4) e: separate citations with a semicolon.

• Multiple sources in the same reference:

  Example: (Matthews and Smith 88; S 88; Suzuki 105-107) ned title – book titles are italicized and article titles are are in quotations.

• No author: use the complete or shortened

  Example: (History of Rome 143) Add the first initial, or, if the authors have the same firs first initial, add the full first

• Two authors with the same surname: Add name.

  any, association, etc.): cite the name. If it is long, includ clude it in the sentence

• Corporate author (organization, company rather than the parentheses. Within paren arentheses, shorten commonly abbreviated terms (see see chapter eight of the MLA Style Manual for a list of common abbrevia reviations).

  Examples: This figure doubled in 199 1991 (Natl. Research Council 65). The Canadian Mental Health Associa ociation agrees (195). add the title, shortened or full.

• Multiple sources by the same author: add Example: “A single whisker twitched hed” (Jones, Tiger Thief 16). Example: Finally, Jones sends her de detective to Yemen (Kat Tales 207).

  rce with no page or section numbers, avoid parenthetic etical references. Instead,

• When citing an entire source, or a source include the author’s name and the title in e in the sentence.

  Example: This tone is evident in Bebb Bebbington’s History of Economics.

• Indirect source: avoid taking material from an indirect source, add qtd. in before the i

• Classic novel or classic prose play: to help semicolon, and give other identifying infor

• Classic poem or classic verse play: omit pa a period between the numbers.
• You may abbreviate the title of a famous l Manual chapter eight).
• Begin the list on a new page and give it t
• Double space the entire list.
• For each entry, indent all lines other than
• Provide page numbers where appropriat
• Include the document format (i.e. Print,
• Alphabetize the list by authors’ last name any initial A, An, or The.
• Reverse the name (e.g., Shakespeare, Wi the first (e.g., Shakespeare, William, and
• Present names as given in the work you’r
• If there are four or more authors or edito
• If there’s no known author or editor, beg
• Capitalize the first word and all principal
• Separate a title from a subtitle with a col
• Italicize the title of a work published inde
• Place quotation marks around the title o page on a Web site.
• Omit articles such as The, business abbre and Publishers.
• If no publisher is provided, use n.p.
• For a university press, abbreviate univers
• If the name includes a personal name (e several personal names (e.g., Farrar, Stra

  , William). If an entry has multiple authors or editors, o and Christopher Marlowe). ou’re citing. If the full name is listed, use the full name editors, you have a choice: name all, or name the first a begin the entry with the title. ipal words, including those that follow hyphens in comp colon and one space. Omit the colon if the title ends in independently, such as a book, play, periodical, or Web le of a work within a larger work, such as an article, ess bbreviations such as Co. and Ltd., and descriptive words iversity as U and press as P (e.g., Oxford UP; U of Toront e (e.g., Harry N. Abrams), cite the surname alone (e.g., A Straus, and Giroux), cite only the first (e.g., Farrar). paraphrasing a quotation in ite the page number, add a

  it the heading Works Cited. Centre the heading. than the first line, one-half inch from the left margin. riate; for example, for journal articles or works from an int, Web, DVD, etc.) in the citation. ames. If an entry has no author, alphabetize by the title

  Cited of your paper and helps readers locate your sources.

  . 1) it page numbers. Cite by division (act, scene, canto, boo us literary work if you include it in the parenthetical re ay sweep to my revenge” (Ham. 1.5.36-37).

  from an indirect (secondhand) source. If quoting or par the indirect source. culous brushwork” (qtd. in Paul 231). help readers locate the material in other editions, cite th nformation.

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  Publisher’s Name

  Authors and Editors

  Title

  List Order

  The list of works cited appears at the end of Format

  General Rules: List of Works Cite

  Example: “As meditation . . . / May s

  Example: (Dostoevsky 5; pt. 1, ch. 1)

  Example: Bedi praised the “meticulo

  MLA Style G

  , book, part) and line, placing al reference (see MLA Style es. an anthology. title, ignoring rs, only reverse the name of me (rather than initials). st and add et al. ompound terms. ds in ? or — or ! Web site. , essay, poem, short story, or ords such as Books, House, ronto P). .g., Abrams). If it includes

• If multiple cities are listed, use only the f

• If no place of publication is provided, use
• If the city is outside of the United States, may be ambiguous or unfamiliar to the

• If the date of publication is unknown, use
• If more than one date of publication is lis
• Abbreviate the names of the months exc
• NOTE: MLA does not require you to inclu assignment requirements.
• If you must include a URL, place it after t

  . Encyclopaedia Britannica. iting. hyphen at the break. eb, Performance, Lecture, annual reports, etc., see egislation or case law.

  , use n.d. in place of the date. is listed, use the most recent one. except May, June, and July. include URLs in citations, but your instructor may. Be su ter the date of access, enclose in angle brackets, and co ical Science.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 2007. En .search.eb.com/>. s (including http:// or ftp://) for the work you are citing lines, break it only after a slash, and do not insert a hyp rs, use n. pag. d the publication at the end of the citation. publication date and before the date of access. end of every citation (DVD, Videocassette, Print, Web, . If you do not know the file type, use Digital File. al reports, pamphlets, advertisements, fact sheets, annu larly Publishing. uniform legal citation styles for the country of the legisl anadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 6 ^th ed. (KE259 ed at the end of this guide. s follows: Number, title, session, legislature, jurisdiction by House or Senate – optional). ted: Title, statute volume, jurisdiction, year, (session or cted: Style of Cause (year of decision), neutral citation, e (court – if required). name if the name of the city e sure to confirm the d conclude with a period.

  , use n.p. tes, add an abbreviation of the country or province nam reader.

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  Statute citations should be constructed: pinpoint.

  Legal Sources

  For examples of citations for technical re MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly

  Example: Harrison, Justin. “Political S Web. 15 Aug. 2007. <http://www.se

  Digital Files and Multimedia

  Electronic Publications

  Date of Publication

  Place of Publication

  MLA Style G

• If possible, provide the entire address (in
• If the URL must be divided over two lines
• If no publisher is provided, use n.p.
• If the document has no page numbers, u
• Always provide the date you accessed th
• State the document format after the pub
• Give the type of media format at the end Film, JPEG file, PDF File, MP3 File, etc.). I Grey Literature •

• The MLA Style Manual refers you to unif

  259 C36 2006). Examples ction, year, pinpoint or supplement), chapter, ion, [year of reporter]

• For Canadian legal sources, use the Cana for some common sources are included a
• Bill citations should be constructed as fo (additional information, e.g. passed by H •
• Case Law citations should be constructed volume reporter (series – if any) page (co

  MLA Style G Guide

1 Reference (Works Cited) List Examp amples Book: one author Ableson, Serena. In t In the Skin of a Lawyer. Markham, ON: Penguin, 2005. Print rint.

  (p. 186) In-text citat citation: (Ableson 65) Book: two or three Aquila, Salvatore, Ca , Carol Gordon, and Pia Russell. When in Rome: Rediscoverin vering the Roots of the authors

  

Romance La e Languages. New York: McGraw, 2008. Print.

(p. 189)

Book: four or more Aquila, Salvatore, Ca , Carol Gordon, Ying Liu and Pia Russell. When in Rome: Red Rediscovering the Roots of the

authors

Romance La e Languages. New York: McGraw, 2008. Print.

(p. 190) In-text citat citation: (Aquila, Gordon, Liu and Russell 78) Or: (Aquila et. a et. al. 79) Several books by the Bedi, Shailoo. New M nto P, 2002. Print. w Metaphors for Ancient Greece. Toronto, ON: U of Toronto same author(s)

  (p.173) ---. Children as Muse uses in Ancient Greece. Berkeley: U of California P, 2004. Pri Print. Book: group as author Canadian Institute fo te for Health Information. Improving the Health of Canadians ians: Mental Health and (organization, company,

ttawa, ON, Canada: CIHI, 2007. PDF File.

Homelessness. Ottaw agency, etc.)

  First in-text text citation: (Canadian Mental Health Association [CMHA] A] 54) Subsequent uent citations: (CMHA 54) Book: with editor(s) and Bebbington, Tina M. M., ed. The Medieval Studies Reader. New York: Garland, 20 d, 2001. Print. no named author In-text citat citation: (Bebbington 43) Book with author and Bebbington, Tina M. M. Portraits of Women in Medieval Japan. Ed. Danielle Russ Russell. Cambridge, Eng.: editor Cambridge dge UP, 1999. Print. (p.196) Book: edition Brendle-Moczuk, Da , Daniel. World Religious Traditions. 3rd ed. New York: Crossr ossroad, 1999. Print. (p.200) Book: reprint Jones, Laurie. Distan stance Education. 1994. New York: Springer, 2007. Print. (p.203)

Book: illustrated Kilgour, Nancy. The B he Big Book of Terriers. Illus. Liz Ball. Vancouver, BC, Canada ada: West Coast Books, 2008.

(p.198) Print. Book: online Kehoe, Inbarani. Env Heinemann, 2007.

  Environmental Tourism in Asia. Amsterdam: Butterworth-He (p.216) NetLibrary ary. Web. 15 Aug. 2007.

  Book: translated (p.197) Kilgour, Nancy. Short horter Stories. Trans. Bette Kirchner. New York: Knopf, 2001 001. Print. Essay, short story, or Blair, William. “The D he Doane Ukulele Method.” Music Education in Canada. Ed. Ed. Carlie Graham. St. poem in an anthology Catharines, nes, ON: Vanwell, 2003. 197-203. Print. (p.190) Encyclopedia entry

  Cooley, Kenneth H. “ H. “Library, Digital.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Mac Macropaedia. 15th ed. 2002. (p.194) Print. _{1 rd} Page numbers refer to MLA Style Manual and G ed. d Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3

  MLA Style G Guide Encyclopedia entry in a Hansen, Elizabeth. “E

  h. “Electronic Books.” Encyclopedia of Digital Media. Ed. Jun June Smith. 5 vols. Vancouver: less-familiar source U of British tish Columbia P., 2002. Print. (p.194) Encyclopedia entry Harrison, Justin. “Po “Political Science.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 2007. En

  7. Encyclopaedia Britannica. online Web. 15 Au 5 Aug. 2007.

  Journal article from a Lines, Michael R. “La . “Law Enforcement in the High Middle Ages.” Journal of Med Medieval Law 7 (2006): 234- print journal 241. Print. nt. (p.185) Journal article from an Ma, Ophelia. “Visual sualizing the Aquatic Food Web.” The Art of Science 9.3 (200 2000): 71-75. Web. 15 Aug. online journal 2007. (p.218-219) Journal article from an Matthews, Kathleen een W. “Dancing with Data.” Big Numbers 45.1 (2004): 13-14

  14. Academic Search online database Premier. We Web. 15 Aug. 2007. (p.220) Magazine article Nelson, Katy. “Is Plut Pluto a Planet?” Discover Apr. 1998: 85-86. Print.

  (p.180) Magazine article: online Paul, Kathryn. “Nurs ursing the Economy.” Newsweek 11 Feb. 2006. Web. 15 Aug Aug. 2007.

  

Magazine article: review Rollins, Caron. “Flore lorence Through the Wrong End of the Telescope.” Rev. of of The Fountain of Neptune, by

(p.181) Lynne Woo oodruff. New Yorker 5 Feb. 2001: 34-35. Print. Newspaper article “The Happiness Dru Drugs.” Globe and Mail [Toronto] 13 Nov. 2003: B3. Print. (p.178) In-text citat citation: (“The Happiness Drug”) Newspaper article online Robin, Randi. “Too M oo Much Sex in Teen Fiction?” Washington Post 19 May 2005 2005. Web. 15 Aug. 2007. Film/video recording It’s a Wonderful Life Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, and and Lionel Barrymore. 1946. (p.225) Republic, 20 c, 2001. DVD. Television episode “See Homer Run.” Th The Simpsons. Fox, Los Angeles. 21 Sept. 2003. Television. sion. (p.221) Sound recording Brendle-Moczuk, Da , Daniel. “It’s All Uphill.” Wandering Blues. Nettwerk, 2007. CD. (p.223) Image: reproduction in a Goya, Francisco. The The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del Prado, Madrid. W Woodruff, Lynne. A _th print source History of of Spanish Painting. 5 ed. Toronto, ON, Canada: Suncoast B ast Books. 224. Print. (p.228) In-text citat citation: The Family of Charles IV (see figure 2) was one of se f several royal portraits

  Goya paint ainted as court painter to the king. caption in t in text (below image): Figure 2. Go Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del del Prado, Madrid. _th Source: Wo Woodruff, Lynne. A History of Spanish Painting. 5 ed. Toron oronto, ON, Canada: Suncoast B st Books. 224. Print.

Note: In the Works C rks Cited, cite the source only, not the individual image.

  MLA Style G Image: online (p.217-218) van Gogh, Vincent.

  R. v. Byfield (2005), 7 Guide nt. The Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Mod. Art, New York.

m of Modern Art. Web. 14 Jan. 2007.

  24 Jan. 2008. ulticultural Studies Course Reader. Comp. Laurie rarian. 14 January 2009. Web. author. 27 February en Matthews. Science ciation, 13 Oct. 2008. MP3 file. h Leg., Quebec, 2004, _st Sess., 38 ^th Parl., 2005, cl. 3 982, being Schedule B to the

  3 Dec. 2006. The History 335 Class. University of

  5), 74 O.R. (3d) 206 (C.A.). rk. MoMA: The ociety. Web. 15 Aug. 2008.

  

Commission Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 36.

r of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982 Act 1982 (U.K.), 1982, c. 11.

  R.S.C. 1985 (5th Supp.), c. 1, S. 18(1)(m)(iv)(c).

  . "Re: Thoughts on today’s class discussion." Message to aut mail. rsonal Interview. 26 Nov. 2008. ow to encourage girls to study engineering,” Host Kathleen M chnology Education Today. Canadian Public Science Associati 2009. amend the Civil Code as regards marriage, 1st Sess., 37th Le ed to 10 November 2004), S.Q. 2004, c.23. to amend the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act, 1 ^st ed by the Senate 20 June 2005).

  Victoria, BC: University of Victoria Bookstore, 2008. 255-64. an students survive on Google alone?” The Searching Librari 009.

  . Jean Macgregor. 4 July 2007. Architecture Education Socie . “A Timeline of English Literature.” History in a Nutshell. 3 D Web. 15 Aug. 2007. t.” Theatre Greats. n.d. Web. 15 Aug. 2007. “The Comedic Tradition in Canadian Short Films.” ENGL 335

, Victoria, BC. 4 October 2008. Lecture.

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  10 Jan. 200 Legal: Bill Bill 59, An Act to am (assented Bill S-36, An Act to am (as passed b Statute Income Tax Act, R.S.C

  Bebbington, Tina. "R 2009. E-mai Jones, Laurie. Person Podcast Nelson, Katy. “How t and Techno

  5 April 2009 Personal communication (email, interview, etc.) (p.229, 231)

  Blog Paul, Kathryn. “Can s

  Smith, June. “Conflic 74.4 (1998) Jones. Victo

  Blackboard or Moodle Harrison, J. (2009). http://moo Reprinted custom course materials

  (p.230) Harrison, Justin. “The Victoria, Vic Notes or slides posted to

  Russell, Danielle. “A Society. We “Sarah Bernhardt.” Class Lecture