Dracut High Learning Commons: Works Cited

Quick Guide
How to create a Works Cited Page using the MLA Style 7th Ed.

Print Sources (Books, Encyclopedia Articles, Magazine Articles,

Newspaper Articles)

A Book by One Author

Lange, Brenda. Nefertiti. New York: Chelsea House, 2009. Print.

A Book by Two or Three Authors

Bell, Michael and Sarah Quie. Ancient Egyptian Civilization. New York: The Rosen Publishing
Group, 2010. Print.

A Book with an Editor

Elliot, Jayne, ed. How People Lived. New York: Kindersley Inc., 1989. Print.

A Signed Article in a Reference Book (ex. World Book Encyclopedia)

Ikram, Salima. Ancient Egypt. World Book Encyclopedia. 2014 ed. Print.

An Unsigned Article in a Reference Book

Egypt.The New Book of Knowledge. 19th ed. 2007. Print.

A Signed Article from a Daily Newspaper

Smith, Bob. Mummy Discovered. USA Today. 5 May 2001. Print.

An Article in a Magazine
Surowiecki, James. King Tut. New Yorker. 25 Feb. 2008. 29-30. Print.

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Quick Guide
How to create a Works Cited Page using the MLA Style 7th Ed.

Web Sources (example: general web sites you find through a

Google search)

General Web Sites-Heres What You Need To Find On The Website

1. Author; List the last name first. End with a period. If no author is give,
begin with the title.
2. Title of Work; Enclose the title in quotation marks, with a period inside the
closing quotation marks.
3. Title of the Website; Italicize the title of the site.
4. Name of Publisher or Sponsoring Organization; If no information is
available, write n.p. Follow it with a comma.
5. Date of Publication or Latest Update; Give the most recent date, followed
by a period. If no date is available, use n.d.
6. Medium; Use Web.
7. Date of Access; Give the date you accessed the work. End with a period.
Example:
Millmore, Mark. Discovering Ancient Egypt. discoveringegypt.com. np, nd. Web. 10 January
2014.

Article in an online encyclopedia (ex. GO Grolier Online, Britannica

Online School Edition)
**REMEMBER! If you use an article from a Research Database,
the citation information is provided at the end of the article!
But its always a good idea to double check the format is correct!**
Example:
Snell, Daniel C. "Ancient Egypt." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2010. Web.
16 Dec. 2010.

Citation For NonPrint Material On The Web (Images, Video Clips,

Audio Clips ,etc.)
Example: Image

King Tuts Tomb. Digital image. Google Images. LIFE. Web. 9 Oct. 2009.
<htttp://images.google.com>.
Example: Video
Building The Great Pyramids. BBC, 2009. Youtube. Web. 8 Feb. 2009.

CMM: MLA 7th Edition updated 11/20/12