Sources Cited in Text: Print 

- Put the author's name in the text and put the page number in parentheses. 

Morris and Maisto write "Anti-Psychotic medications sometimes have dramatic effects" (470).

-  Put both author's name and page number in parentheses

Anti-Psychotic medications can have dramatic effects (Morris and Maisto 470).

Sources Cited in Text: Online

- Put the author's name in the text or write a short title if there is no author mentioned. 

Jane E. Brody reviews the risks of women smoking: "Today, women who smoke are more likely than men who smoke to die of lung cancer." 

According to the NIH article "Bipolar Disorder," the entire body is affected: "extreme changes in energy, activity, and sleep go along with mood episodes."      

- Put the name of the author or shortened title in parentheses after the sentence. 

Women should consider the consequences before starting to smoke. "Today women who smoke are more likely than men who smoke to die of lung cancer" (Brody).

The entire body is affected: "Living well with bipolar disorder requires certain adjustments" ("Bipolar Disorders").

Secondary Sources

When using quotes included from other work, put qtd. in  which means quoted in, with the author's name. 

Dr. Lauren Streicher states that "There are a lot of profit-motivated physicians out there" (qtd. in Parikh).

MLA "Works Cited" List

• Put the works cited list at the end of the research essay. 

• Follow the basic guidelines, below:

  • Write "References" at the top center of the page and the page number in the top right corner. 

  • Sources should be listed in Alphabetical Order by the author's last name or title if there is no author.

  • Indent all the following lines of the entry after the first line. This is called a "hanging indent."

  • Everything should be double-spaced. 

• Information Included in works cited list:

  • Author's Full Name

    • Last name, First Name 

  • Source Title 

    • Quotations for short works like articles, book chapters, or newspaper editorials.

    • Italicize titles for longer works like books, magazines, websites or newspapers.

  • Container Title

    • Use this for shorter works like articles, book chapters and editorials from a larger source with a different title. 

  • Other Contributors

    • Anyone else that contributed to the source like an editor, illustrator, narrator or adapted the work. 

  • Edition, Version, Volume, Issue Number

    • List editions (4th ed., Updated Ed.)

    • Put the volume and issue number together (vol. 5, no. 2)

  • Publisher

    • Write the full name of the publisher or the sponsor website.

  • Publication Date

    • Date source was published

  • URL or Page Number

    • Specific pages used, digital object identifier (DOI) or URL 

Sample MLA "References" Page Entries 

Books:

Last name, First name. Title. Edition, Publisher, Year. 

Scupin, Raymond. Cultural Anthropology. 9th ed, Pearson, 2016. 

Two authors: Last name, First name (first author), First name Last name (second author). 

Ember, Carol R., and Melvin Ember. Cultural Anthropology. 

   14th ed, Pearson, 2016.  

Three or more authors: write the name of the first author and et al. for the remaining authors. 

Manza, Jeff, et al. The Sociology project 2.0. Pearson, 2016. 

Magazine Article:

Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, volume, number, date, pages. 

Thurman, Judith. "Drawn From Life." The New Yorker, 23 April      

     2012, p. A5.

Newspaper Article:

Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, volume, number, date, pages. 

Freed, Curt. "Why True Marriage Equality Matters to Us."      

    Seattle Times, 31 Oct 2015, pp. 49-55.  

*Notice that after a newspaper or magazine title there is a comma, unlike a book which has a period.

Online Sources:

*Try to find as much information as possible for online sources. Sometimes, not all the information will be listed.

Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of site or online publication, Publisher or Sponsor, Date, URL, DOI. 

Poniewozik, James. "Stephen Colbert's Night Vision." Time, 27.  

  Aug. 2015, www.time.com/4012855/stephen-colberts-night-vision.