Web-Based Citation Tools

The Citation Machine, a free service of the Landmark Project, is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.  Choose the type of resource you wish to cite, complete the web form with the information from your resource, and click "Make Citations" to generate standard MLA & APA citations.

Easy Bib offers a free web-based tool for creating MLA style bibliographies.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS -Examples
MLA STYLE 

Print Sources

Book – No Named Author

Handbook of Pre-Columbian Art.  New York:  Johnson 1988.

Book – One Author 

Wilson, Frank R. The Hand:  How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. 
New York:  Pantheon, 1998.

Book – Multiple Authors

Raffer, Bernard, Richard Frieman, and Robert Baron.  New York in Crisis.  New York:
Harper, 1986. 

Two or More Books – Same Author – omit name after first entry

Durant Will, and Ariel Durant.  The Age of Voltaire.  New York:  Simon, 1965.
---. A Dual Autobiography.  New York:  Simon, 1977. 

Book – Edited 

Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. Ed. J. P. Small. Boston: Houghton, 1954. 

Book – Corporate  

American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. New York: Random, 1989. 

Book – Translation 

Maurois, Andre. Lelia. Trans. Gerald Hopkins. New York: Harper, 1954.

Article – Signed in Journal with Continuous Pages 

Brogdan, Robert. “Religious Freedom and School Holidays.” Phi Delta Kappa 68 (1984): 700-702.

Article – Signed in Journal with Pages Issued Separately 

Jones, Mary. “Urban Poetry.” American Review. 13.2 (1987): 66-73.

Article – Signed in Newspaper or Weekly Periodical 

May, Clifford. “Religious Frictions Heat Up In Nigeria.” New York Times  12 August. 1984, late ed., sec. 4: 2+.

Article – Unsigned in Newspaper or Periodical

“Making of a Candidate for President.” Time 20 Jul. 1984: 40.

Article – Magazine

Amelar, Sarah. “Restoration on 42nd Street.” Architecture Mar. 1998. 146-50.

Article – Signed in Reference Book 

Mohanty, Jitendra M. “Indian Philosophy.” The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.

Article – Unsigned in Reference Book

“DNA.” Encyclopedia American. 1984 ed. 

Article – Loose-Leaf Collection of Articles

Portugal.” CultureGrams. Provo, Utah: Millennial Star Network and Brigham Young University, 2000. 

Article – Reprinted in a Loose-Leaf Collection of Articles

Edmondson, Brad “AIDS and Aging.” American Demographics Mar. 1990: 28+ The AIDS Crisis. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Vol. 2. Boca Raton: SIRS, 1991. Art. 24. 

Poems, Essays, Short Stories, Plays in Anthologies 

Poe, Edgar Allen. “The Raven.” Great American Poetry. Ed. Richard Johnson. New York: McGraw Hill, 1978. 38-40.

Dictionary – definition 

“Noon.” Def. 4b. The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. 

Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword

Doctorow, E. L. Introduction. Sister Carrie. By Theodore Dreiser. New York: Bantam, 1982. v-xi. 

Social Issues Resources Series 

Cruver, Phillip C. “Lighting in the 21st Century,” Futurist (Jan,./Feb, 1989): 29-34. Rpt. In Energy, Vol. 4 Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. Boca Raton, Fla: Social Issues Resources Series, Inc. 1990. Art. 84

College Brochure 

University of Virginia. Charlottesville: Office of University Registrar, 1999.

 

Other Media

 Films – Include Writers, Producers, Others as Pertinent

It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel
            Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946.

Interview

Cole, Richard. Personal interview. 3 Feb. 1984. 

Recordings – Include composers, Performers, Directors, Others As Pertinent

Gibb, Andy. Shadow Dancing. RSO, RS 893, 1978. 

TV and Radio – Include Writers, Producers, Directors, Others As Pertinent 

“Pollution in the Desert.” Narr. Mike Wallace. Prod. Jack Fenway. Dir. John Brett. Sixty Minutes. CBS WCBS, New York. 6 Mar. 1984. 

Map or Chart 

Washington. Map. Chicago: Rand, 1995. 

Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph 

Bearden, Romare. The Train. Carole and Alex Rosenberg Collection, New York. 

Lecture, Speech, Address or Reading 

Atwood, Margaret. “Silencing the Cream.” Boundaries of the Imagination Forum. MLA
            Convention. Royal York Hotel. Toronto, 29 Dec. 1993.

 

Electronic Sources 

Article in a Reference Database

 Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon (1932); Barnaby Conrad, Encyclopedia of Bullfighting (1961). Kenneth Tynan, Bull Fever, 2nd rev. ed. (1966). <http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/6/0,5716,18306+1+18047,00.html?query=bullfighting>

Personal Site

Lancashire, Ian. Home page. 1 May 1997 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca8080/~ian/index.html>.                                                                                                                           

Professional Site

Dawe, James. Jane Austen Page 15 Sept. 1998 <http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~dawe/austen.html>.

Book

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. 10 Sept. 1998 <http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/pridprej.html>.

Article in a Newspaper or on a Newswire 

Markoff, John. “The Voice on the Phone Is Not Human, but It’s Helpful.” New York Times on the Web 21 June 1998. 25 June 1998 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/06/biztech/articles/21voice.html>. 

Poem 

Nesbit, Edith. “Marching Song.” Ballads and Lyrics of Socialism. London, 1908. Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willet. Apr. 1997. Indiana U. 26 Apr. 1997 <http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/nesbit/ballsoc.html#p9>

Article in a Journal 

Flannagan, Roy. “Reflections on Milton and Ariosto.” Early Modern Literary Studies 2.3 (1996): 16 pars. 22 Feb. 1997 <http://unixg.ubc.ca:7001/O/e-sources/emls//02-3/flanmilt.html>. 

Article in a Magazine 

Landsburg, Steven E. “Who Shall Inherit the Earth?” Slate 1 May 1997. 2 May 1997 <http://www.slate.com/Economics/97-05-01/Economics.asp>.

Work from a Subscription Service 

Koretz, Gene. “Economic Trends: Uh-Oh, Warm Water.” Business Week 21 July 1997: EBSCO. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA 17 Oct. 1999. <http://www.epnet.com/>. 

Stephenson, Gregory. “Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’: A Reading.” The Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation. 1999 The Gale Group. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA 28 March 2000. <http://www.galenet.com/>.

 “Maya Angelou.” Current Biographies Online. 1994. Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA 4 April 2000. <http://hwwilsonweb.com/>.

 “Clinton Defeats Dole in 1996 to Win 2nd Term.” Facts on File News Services. 2000. Facts.Com. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA 4 April 2000. <http://www.2facts.com/>.

 “Table Tennis” World Book Encyclopedia Online. 2000. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA. 4 March 2000. <http://www.worldbookonline.com/>.

 Mullens, Anne. “Death-The Last Resort.” Vancouver Sun 23 May 1995: Newsbank Online. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA. 11 April 2000 <http://infoweb.newsbank.com>. 

Blood, Michael. “Immigrant Death Tarnishes NY Mayor.” Yahoo! News 21 March 1999: SIRS Discoverer on the Web. North Allegheny Intermediate High School Lib., Pittsburgh, PA 24 April 2000. <http://discoverer.sirs.com>. 

Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph

Evans, Walker. Penny Picture Display. 1936. Museum of Mod. Art, New York. 30 June 1998 <http://www.moma.org/collection/photography/pages/evans.penny.html>. 

Map 

Phoenix, Arizona.” Map. U.S. Gazetteer. US Census Bureau. 30 June 1998 <http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer>.

Cartoon 

Toles, Tom. “One Way to Solve the Beeper Problem.” Cartoon. U.S. News Online 1 June 1998. 29 June 1998 <http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/980601/ltole.htm>.

CD ROM 

Many books and articles are on CD ROM. Cite using the Works Cited format as if the book or article is in print.  Add the words, CD ROM Version at the end of the entry.

“Occupation Search. 17 Feb. 2000 Pennsylvania Coin Career Guidance System. Toledo: Coin Educational Products, 1999, CD ROM Version.


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