English Resources: MLA Citations

Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, volume number (vol.), issue number (no.), Publication Date (month year), pages of article (pp.). Database, Location (URL).

Welton, Sharon Aronofsky. “Investigating Early Film and the Nineteenth-CenturyTheatre.” Nineteenth Century Theatre & Film, vol. 42, no. 2, Nov. 2015, pp. 119-123. Literary Reference Center Plus, DOI: 10.1177/1748372716672220.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, volume number (vol.), issue number (no.), Publication Date (month year), pages (pp.), Location (URL).

Clark, John. “Hamaya Hiroshi (1915-1999) and Photographic Modernism in Japan.” Trans Asia Photography Review, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall 2016, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tap/7977573.0007.102?view=text;rgn=main.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, volume number (vol.), issue number (no.), Publication Date (month year), pages (pp.).

Lawler, Daniel O. “The Business of School: Economic Models of Assessment.” The English Journal, vol. 103, no. 1, September 2013, pp. 40-47.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine, Publication Date (day month year), Location (URL).

Kissel, Kelly P. “Arkansas Wants to Begin a Series of Executions Before a Key Lethal Injection Sedative Expires.” Time, 16 Apr. 2017, www.time.com/4742063/arkansas-lethal-injection-executions-midazolam/?xid=homepage.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine, Publication Date (day month year), pages (pp.).

Schreier, Lise. “The Adventures of Good Girls: Drawing French Etiquette over the Haitian Revolution.” Transition: The Magazine of Africa and the Diaspora, pp. 50-65.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial (if available). “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper, Publication Date (day month year), Location (URL).

“Russia, Google Reach $7.8 Million Settlement on Android Case.” WRAL, 17 Apr. 2017, www.wral.com/russia-google-reach-7-8-million-settlement-on-android-case/16648414/.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial (if available). “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper, Publication Date (day month year), page(s).

Seymour, Ron. “Riders Raise Thousands.” Daily Courier, 15 June 2015, p. A1.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial, and Author First Name Last Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

Last name, First name Middle name or initial, et al. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

Hockney, David, and Martin Gayford. A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen. Abrams, 2016.

Editor Last name, First name Middle name or initial, editor(s). Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

Alessio, Enzo, editor. Bioinorganic Medicinal Chemistry. Wiley-VCH, 2012.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Chapter.” Title of Book, edited by Editor First Name Last Name, Publisher, Publication Date, Pages (pp.).

Corak, Miles. “Age at Immigration and the Education Outcomes of Children.” Realizing the Potential of Immigrant Youth, edited by Ann S. Masten, et al., Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 90-114.

Last name, First name or (if no author is listed) Government Issuing the Document, Agency or Department. Title of Document. Publisher, Publication Date (month year).

United States, Government Accountability Office. Climate Change: EPA and DOE Should Do More to Encourage Progress Under Two Voluntary Programs. Government Printing Office, 2006.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date, Title of Database, Location (URL).

Nesbit, Edith. The Book of Dragons. Sheba Blake Publishing, December 2013, ProQuest Ebrary Public Library Complete Collection, site.ebrary.com.courseinfo.wssu.edu:2048/lib/wssuniv/detail.action?docID=10826959.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Entry.” Title of Book, Other Contributors (such as editors if applicable), Version (if applicable), Publisher, Publication Date, Title of Online Resource, Location (URL).

Rodgers, David. “Warhol, Andy.” The Oxford Companion to Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke, Oxford University Press, 18 Apr. 2017, www.oxfordartonline.com.courseinfo.wssu.edu:2048/subscriber/article_citations/opr/t118/e2748?q=warhol&search=quick&pos=2&_start=1.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial. Title of Website. Publisher (if applicable), Date of Creation, Location (URL). Date of Access (if applicable).

English. Winston-Salem State University, 2017, https://www.wssu.edu/admissions/programs/english.html.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial. “Title of Web page, posting or article.” Title of Website, Publisher (if applicable), Date of Creation, Location (URL). Date of Access.

“A Quick Guide to Reading Shakespeare.” Shakespeare Resource Center, www.bardweb.net/content/ac/shakesreader.html. Accessed 18 April 2017.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial (or Username). “Title of Web page, posting or article.” Title of Website, Publisher (if applicable), Publication Date, Time of Comment, Location (URL). Date of Access.

Bogaerts, Xander. “Editorial: How the ‘Family Values Legislature’ is Destroying Families.” WRAL, 18 April 2017, 1:06 p.m., www.wral.com/editorial-how-the-family-values-legislature-is-destroying-families/16649712/. Accessed 18 April 2017.

Creator's Last name, First name Middle name or initial (or Username). “Title of Film or Video.” Title of Website, role of contributors and their First name Last name, Publication Date, Location (URL).

Health Equity Institute. “What is Health Equity?” YouTube, 2 Dec. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPVwgnp3dAc.

Author Last name, First name Middle name or initial (or Username). “Tweet in its entirety.” Title of Website, Publication Date, Publication Time, Location (URL).

Forbes. “Sallie Krawcheck on the lack of diversity in Wall Street, why women should invest more and how she wants to make that happen.” Twitter, 18 Apr. 2017, 1:00 p.m., twitter.com/Forbes/status/854424314921181184.

Artist Last Name, First Name. Title of Artwork, medium, Institution, Location of Institution (if not in name of Institution).

Biggers, John. Ascension, oil on canvas, Winston-Salem State University.

Artist’s Name. “Song Title.” Album Title, Record Label, Release Date, Database, Location (URL).

Disclosure. “Second Chance.” Settle, Universal Island Records, 2013, Spotify, open.spotify.com/album/1ZFGRj11NnZHos8DUbbpF1.

Title of Film. Directed by Director First Name Last Name, performances by Actor First Name Last Name, Film Studio or Distributor, Year.

Note: With films, you if you want to highlight certain persons involved (such as the director or performer), you can list them before the title as an author. Just include people who are important and relevant.

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, performances by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 1999.

Fincher, David, director. Fight Club. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 1999.