Sample Works Cited Entries: MLA Format (7th edition) Bracketed numbers indicate relevant sections from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. Books & Electronic Books Printed books, one author 5.5.2 Author. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of publication: Publisher, Publication year. Medium. Wood, James. How Fiction Works. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. Print. Printed books, two or three authors 5.5.4 Author, Author, and Author. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of publication: Publisher, Publication year. Medium. Olds, Jacqueline, and Richard S. Schwartz. The Lonely American: Drifting apart in the Twenty-First Century. Boston: Beacon, 2009. Print. Printed books, four or more authors 5.5.4 Author, et. al. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of publication: Publisher, Publication year. Medium. Plag, Ingo, et al. Introduction to English Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton, 2007. Print. Printed books, editor 5.5.3 Editor, ed. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Medium. Haugen, David M., Susan Musser, and Kacy Lovelace, eds. Outsourcing. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2009. Print. Electronic books, one author 5.6.2c Author. Title. Edition statement if not the first edition. City of publication: Publisher, Publication year. Database name. Medium. Date of access. Antin, David. I Never Knew What Time It Was. Berkeley: U of California P., 2005. NetLibrary. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Work in an anthology 5.5.6 Bordo, Susan. “The Moral Content of Nabokovs Lolita.“ Aesthetic Subjects. Ed. Pamela R. Matthews and David McWhirter. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2003. 125-52. Print. Reference (Encyclopedia & Dictionary) Articles Electronic encyclopedia and dictionary articles from subscription database 5.6.2c & 5.5.7 Author (if any). “Article title.” Title of publication. Editor (if any). Version number (if any). City of publication: Publisher, Publication Year. Page-page omit page numbers if the entries are arranged alphabetically. Database name. Medium. Date of access. Frey, Rebecca J. “Chinese Massage.” The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Electronic encyclopedia and dictionary articles from web 5.6.2b Author (if any). “Article title.” Title of overall web site. Version number or edition (if any). Publisher or sponsor (use N.p. if not available), Date of publication (use n.d. if not available). Medium. Date of access. “Papillon.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Printed encyclopedia articles 5.5.7 Author (if any). “Title of article.” Title of encyclopedia. Edition (if stated). City of publication: Publisher (dont need city and publisher for widely used reference books), Publication year. Medium. Thorkelson, H. John. “Great Depression.” Encyclopedia Americana. International ed. 2003. Print. Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles Electronic journal articles from a subscription database 5.6.4 & 5.4.2 Author. “Article title.” Title of publication volume.issue (Publication year): Page range, OR if article not on consecutive pages, starting page with plus sign. Database name. Medium. Date of access. Theis, Jeffrey S. “Early Modern Ecostudies: From The Florentine Codex to Shakespeare.” Renaissance Quarterly 62.3 (2009): 1021-23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Electronic magazine articles from a subscription database 5.6.4 & 5.4.6 Author. “Article title.” Title of publication day month year: Page range, OR if article not on consecutive pages, starting page with plus sign. Database name. Medium. Date of access. Connolly, Katie. “Very Little in Common but That O.” Newsweek 8 Dec. 2008: 10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Electronic newspaper articles from a subscription database 5.6.4 & 5.4.5 Author (if any). “Article title.” Title of newspaper Publication day month year, Edition (if named): Page range, OR if article not on consecutive pages, starting page with plus sign. Database name. Medium. Date of access. Neergaard, Lauran. “One Swine Flu Shot Enough, New Study Confirms.” San Jose Mercury News 11 Sept. 2009, Valley Final: 7A. NewsBank. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Electronic journal articles from the Internet 5.6.3 Author (if any). “Article Title.” Title of online publication volume.issue (Publication year) Page range, OR if article not on consecutive pages, starting page with plus sign. Medium. Date of access. Bayley, Amanda and Michael Clarke. “Analytical Representations of Creative Processes in Michael Finnissys Second String Quartet.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies 3.1-2 (2009): 139-57. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. Printed journal articles with volume and issue numbers 5.4.2 Author. “Article title.” Title of publication Volume.issue (Publication year): Page range,