MLA CITATION STYLE
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5^th Edition

Follow these color codes:
Author(s)	Date	Title of Book	Title of Article	Title of Periodical
Volume	Pages	Place of Publication	Publisher	Other Information

BOOK

Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the

Future. New York: Pocket Books, 1993.

Reilly, Patrick. Nineteen Eighty-Four: Past, Present, and Future. Twayne’s

Masterwork Studies. 30. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1993.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Wilcox, Rhonda V. "Shifting Roles and Synthetic Women in Star Trek: The

Next Generation." Studies in Popular Culture 13.2 (1991): 53-65.

NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern Society

Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar. 1995: A3.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE

Sturgeon, Theodore. "Science Fiction." The Encyclopedia Americana. Ed.

Patricia Bayer, et al. Danbury, CT: Grolier Incorporated, 1995.

BOOK ARTICLE OR CHAPTER

James, Nancy E. "Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth According to Kirk and

Spock." Spectrum of the Fantastic. Ed. Donald Palumbo. Westport, CT:

Greenwood, 1988. 219-223.

Marcus, David D. "The Carlylean Vision of A Tale of Two Cities” Studies in the

Novel 8. 1976. no. 1. Rpt. in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. 23-35.

Mencken, H.L. "H. L. Mencken on The Style of The Great Gatsby” “As H. L. M.

Sees It." Baltimore Evening Sun. 2 May 1925. 9. Rpt. in F. Scott Fitgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Bloom’s Notes. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1985. 28-29.

Snell, Bruno “Arcadia: The Discovery of a Spiritual Landscape.” Virgil. Ed.

Harold Bloom. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishing, 1986. 21-39.

Reference book, more than one volume:

Armstrong, William A. "Sean O'Casey." British Writers. Ed. Ian Scott-

Kilvert. Vol. 7. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. 1-15.

Beetz, Kirk H., ed. Beacham’s Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. 13 volumes to

date. Osprey, FL: Beacham Publishing Corp., 1996- .

Frank, Sheldon. "Wilderness." The National Observer 6 Sept. 1975: 17.

Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Daniel G.

Marowski. Vol. 36. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1986. 13.

Sairtsbury, George. "The Matter of Britain." The Flourishing of Romance and

the Rise of Allegory. [New York: C. Scribner's Sons], 1897.

87-147. Rpt. in The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism.

Ed. Harold Bloom. Vol. 1. New York: Chelsea House, 1985. 189-201.

The [brackets] indicate that I didn't get that information from the source. Since many people wouldn't have access to the full information about the original book, you could also use:

Sairtsbury, George. "The Matter of Britain." The Flourishing of Romance.

N.p.: n.p., 1897. 87-147. Rpt. in The New Moulton's Library of

Literary Criticism. Ed. Harold Bloom. Vol. 1. New York: Chelsea

House Publishers, 1985. 189-201.

ERIC DOCUMENT

Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn. Sibling Communication in Star Trek: The Next

Generation: Conflicts between Brothers. Miami, FL: Speech

Communication Association; Springfield, VA: ERIC Document

Reproduction Service, 1993. ED364932.

NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET
(see MLA's official site for more details)

Andreadis, Athena. "The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It Goes,

But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won't Be So Lucky."

Astronomy Jan. 1999: 64. Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. B. Davis

Schwartz Memorial Library, Brookville, NY. 7 Feb. 1999.

<http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.

Paid subscription site, i.e. Gale Databases from Rowe High School

Frank, Sheldon. "Wilderness." The National Observer 6 Sept. 1975: 17.

Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Daniel G. Marowski.

Vol. 36. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1986. 13. Literature

Resource Center. James “Nikki" Rowe High

School Library, McAllen, TX. 16 Oct. 2001.

<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servle>.

Paid subscription site, i.e. Gale Databases from Public Library, STCC, PanAm

Helterman, Jeffery. "Sir Thomas Malory." Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Ed. Jeffrey Helterman and Jerome Mitchell. Vol. 146. Detroit: The Gale

Group, 1994. 257-268. Literature Resource Center. B. Davis Schwartz

Memorial Library, Brookville, NY. 16 Oct. 2001.

<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu>.

WEBSITE (see MLA's official site for more details)

Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's Science

Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997.

<http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html>.

NOTES

• Doublespace all lines.
• Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).
• If no author is given, start with the title.
• Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July.
• If the encyclopedia does not arrange its articles alphabetically, treat the encyclopedia article as if it were a book article.
• Websites: include the title of the web page, the name of the entire web site, the organization that posted it (this may be the same as the name of the website). Also include the full date the page was created or last updated (day, month, year if available) and the date you looked at it.
• Internet Magazine Articles: Include the company that provides the database service and its home webpage; the full date of the article (day, month, year if available) and the date you looked at it; as well as the library or other organization (and its location) that provided you with access to the service. If you are citing a journal instead of a magazine, include the volume (and issue number) and date as shown under the Journal Style above.
• The rules concerning a title within a title are not displayed here for purposes of clarity. See the printed version of the manual for details.
• For documents and situations not listed here, see the printed version of the manual.

Accessed on October 17, 2001, taken from Robert Delaney’s web site @ http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

With additions from email dated October 17, 2001.