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MLA 8 Workshop
A Crash Course on the Works Cited Page
Laura Henning, Writing Specialist
DSC-UCF Writing Center
General Formatting
General Formatting
- Begin your Works Cited page on a separate sheet at the end of your paper
- Title the page Works Cited, centered at the top; do not bold, underline, or italicize
- Maintain double spacing
- Do not add an extra space after each entry
- Create a hanging indent (this is when all but the first line of each entry is indented by 0.5 in.)
- Alphabetize entries
NEW! for MLA 8
Online sources must now include a location, whether that be a DOI (digital object identifier) or a URL. DOIs will generally be found in scholarly databases. Make sure the URL you are using is stable (i.e. can be accessed beyond a specific search engine). All entries should also end with a period.
A WARNING!
Do NOT use EasyBib or any of its friends--they are bad news!
Build citations on your own with the help of excellent resources like the Purdue OWL and the DSC-UCF Writing Center website.
You can also come in and work one-on-one with Writing Center tutors who are trained in MLA style. They will be more than happy to help!
Print Sources
Make note of the following:
- Author name(s)
- Other contributors, such as translators or editors
- Title of the work
- If it is an edition (this information would come after the work's title)
- Publication date (day month year format) and publisher
- Pagination
A note on publishers: if the work is published by a University Press, abbreviate University to "U" and Press to "P" (e.g. U of Chicago P)
Some Special Rules...
One Author:
O'Connor, Flannery. Wise Blood. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962.
Two Authors:
Three or More Authors:
Green, John, et al. Let It Snow. Penguin, 2008.
Organization or Corporate Author:
No Author:
Begin with title of work:
Encyclopedia of Indiana. Somerset, 1993.
Authors
Works in an Anthology, Reference, or Collection
Works within Works
Last name, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection, edited by Editor's Name(s), Publisher, Year, Page range of entry.
General Format
Periodicals
Author. Title. Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publisher Date, Location (pp.).
Best Practices
Electronic
- Keep track of your electronic sources by copying and pasting links as you are working
- The bookmark function can also be really helpful
- Though not required, MLA suggests using the phrase "Accessed" in your Works Cited entry to denote when you accessed an electronic source; this would be especially important to include when there is no copyright date information on a website
Basic Style
Web Sites and Pages
- Author/editor name(s)
- Article name in quotation marks
- Title of the larger "work" (e.g. overall website) in italics
- Any version numbers available
- Publisher and publishing date
- Any page numbers or paragraph numbers
- URL (w/o "https://") or DOI
- Date accessed (not required but highly recommended)
***Not every website will have this kind of information, but try to find as much of it as possible; sometimes this will involve a little "treasure hunting" on your part***
Putting It All Together
Author. Title. Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink).
Putting It All Together
Perhaps Your Most Important Entries!
Scholarly Articles
Articles from an Online Scholarly Journal:
Provide the author(s) name(s), the name of the article in quotation marks, the title of the publication in italics, all volume and issue numbers, and the year of publication. Include a URL, DOI, or permalink to help readers locate the source.
Articles from an Online Database:
Cite online databases (e.g. LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, ScienceDirect) and other subscription services as containers. Thus, provide the title of the database italicized before the DOI or URL. If a DOI is not provided, use the URL instead. Provide the date of access if you wish.
Examples
Examples
Images
Paintings, Sculptures, or Photographs
The "Tricky" Ones...
A Personal Interview:
Henning, Michelle. Personal Interview. 1 Feb. 2018.
A Published Interview:
Other Common Sources
A Lecture, Speech, or Oral Presentation:
Maybe not so tricky after all!