MLA Citation

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7

th
edition

PRINT RESOURCES
Book:
Name of author. Title of book. City of publication: Name of publisher, year of
publication. Print.
Ex:
Otfinofski, S. Gun Control. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1993. Print.

Book with Multiple Authors:
1st author's last name, first name, and 2nd author's first name last name. Title of
Book. City of publication: Name of publisher, year of publication. Print.

Ex.
May, David A., and James E. Headley. Identity Theft. New York: Lang, 2004. Print.

Book with No Author or Editor:
Title of book. Edition. City of publication: Name of publisher, year of publication.
Print.
Ex.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 3rd ed. Boston:
Houghton, 1992. Print

Encyclopedia:
Name of author. "Title of article or entry." Title of dictionary or encyclopedia.
Edition. Year of publication. Print.
Ex.
Blankenship, Alfred. "Rodents." The World Book Encyclopedia. 5th ed. Chicago:
World Book, Inc. 2009. 344-345. Print.



Periodicals/Magazine:
Name of author. "Title of article." Title of magazine Publication date: page
range. Print.
Ex.
Cose, Ellis. "Brown v. Board: A Dream Deferred." Newsweek 17 May 2004:
52-59. Print.

MEDIA SOURCES
eAudiobook:
Name of author. Title of eAudiobook. Publication date of print version. Name of
reader. Audio recording. Name of eAudiobook publisher, release date.
Date of access. Digital file.
Ex.
Madden, Thomas F. "God Wills It!": Understanding the Crusades. 2005. Narr.
Thomas F. Madden. Audio recording. Recorded Books, 2006. 23 Aug. 2009.
Digital file.

Audiobook:
Name of writer, speaker or production director (depending on
emphasis). Title. Original publication or recording date. Name of reader,
writer, speaker or production director (depending on emphasis).
Audiocassette publisher, date of recording. Audiocassette.
Ex.
Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. 1952. Read by Alexander Adams.
Books on Tape, 1999. Audiocassette.






Website:
Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day
Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was
accessed. <URL>.
Ex.
Cain, Kevin. "The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication." Social
Media Today RSS N.p., 29 June 2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013.

TV Program with narrator:
"Title of episode." Narr. Name of narrator. Title of program. Title of series (if
any). Name of the network. Call letters, city of local station. Broadcast date.
Television
Ex:
"Being the First Man on the Moon." Narr. Ed Bradley. Sixty Minutes. CBS. WLNS,
Lansing. 2 July 2006. Television.

CD Sound Recording:
Name of author, performer, or production director (depending on
emphasis). Title. Name of author, performer, or production director
(depending on emphasis). Original recording date. Compact disc publisher,
date of recording. CD.
Ex.
Davis, Miles. Ballads and Blues. Blue Note, 1996. CD.