MLA FormattingJennica Grimshaw

Winter 2014PU3

How do you write a reference?

The Easy Way: WebsitesEditor or author. "Name of Page." Name of Site. Version

number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher)*, date of resource creation**. Medium of publication. Date of access.

Example:Russell, Tony, et al. "MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources

(Web Publications)." The Purdue OWL. Purdue Online Writing Lab, 14 December 2012. Web. 21 January 2014.

*Use n.p. to indicate that neither a publisher nor a sponsor name has been provided. **Use n.d. when the Web page does not provide a publication date.

The Fun Way: VideosTry to find as much information about the video

as you can.

Examples:How to dance the tango. Youtube, 12 December

2012. Web. 21 January 2014.The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf.

Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.

The Scholarly Way: JournalsAuthor(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume. Issue

(Year): pages. Medium of publication.

Example:Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of

the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50. Print.

Example (Online Scholarly Journal):Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current

Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal 6.2 (2008): n. pag. Web. 20 May 2009.

The Old-Fashioned Way: BooksLastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication:

Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Example:Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York:

Penguin, 1987. Print.

Note:If there are 2-3 authors: Grimshaw, Jennica, François

Roy, and Eric Dahl.If there are 4+ authors: Grimshaw, Jennica et. al.

And you throw them all into a….

Works Cited"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental

Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.

Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.

GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009.Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-

evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36. Print.

An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006. DVD.

Works Cited Page

Don’t forget to list your sources in alphabetical

order!

Now what? In-Text Citations!Show that you have used information from a source

in your work (by quoting or paraphrasing) by providing an in-text citation

After using the information or quote in your work, you must write the following:Web: First piece of information in your works cited

entry, such as the author, title, etc. (Forbes.com)Video: Author’s last name and title (Garcia, “Herzog: a

Life”)Journal/Book: Author’s last and page number

(Grimshaw 26)The rest of the information will be found on the Works

Cited Page

Practice

With a partner, follow the instructions on the handout to write your own Works Cited page

and create in-text citations.

Answers1. Coultée, Alexandra, Sophie Joannette, and

Anita Romano. The Grammar Guide. Montreal: Pearson, 2013. Print.

2. ‘‘Our Story.’’ Global Enrichment Foundation. Web. 23 January 2014.

3. Duvall, John N. "The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White Noise." Arizona Quarterly 50.3 (1994): 127- 53. Print.

Work CitedThe Purdue OWL. Purdue Online Writing Lab,

2010. Web. 22 January 2014.