MLA Works Cited Page and
Parenthetical Documentation Directory

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1. Book - One Author 15. Article - Monthly Magazine
2. Multiple Books - Same Author 16. Article - Monthly Magazine No Author
3. Book - Two Authors/Editors 17. Article - Reprinted in a Collection
4. Book - Three or More Authors/Editors 18. Article - Newspaper
5. Book - Editor and Original Author(s) 19. Article - Newspaper No Author
6. Book - Authored by a Group 20. Editorial - Newspaper No Author
7. Book - No Author 21. Reference Book or Encyclopedia
8. Book - Republished 22. Bulletin or Pamphlet
9. Anthology or Compilation 23. Government Document
10. Work in an Anthology 24. Computer - Periodically Published
Database on CD-ROM
11. Chapter Within a Book 25. Computer - Nonperiodical Publication
on CD-ROM
12. Article - Journal or Magazine Pages 26. Computer - Online Service
Numbered by Year or Volume
13. Article - Journal or Magazine 27. Computer - Online Network
14. Article - Weekly/Biweekly Magazine 28. Computer - Online Electronic Text

Sample Works Cited Entries & Parenthetical Documentation

1. Book - One Author
Works Cited Entry:

Clancy, Tom. A Clear and Present Danger. New

York: Putnam, 1989.

Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Clancy 68).
Double space the entry and indent every line after the first line five spaces or 1/2 inch if you are using proportional font. Text for titles, magazines, journals or newspapers may be underlined or italicized depending on your wordprocessing capabilities.
2. Multiple Books - Same Author
Works Cited Entries:

Grisham, John. The Client. New York: Doubleday,

1993.

---. A Time to Kill. New York: Wynwood Press,

1989.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Grisham, A Time to Kill 68).
(Grisham, The Client 175).
For more than one work by the same author(s), put a comma after the author's last name(s) and the title of the work, if short, or a shortened version, and the page number.
3. Book with Two Authors or Editors
Works Cited Entry:

Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle. Footfall. New York:

Ballentine, 1985.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Niven and Pournelle 76-77).
4. Book with Three Authors or Editors
Works Cited Entry:

Nadell, Judith., Linda McMeniman and John

Langan.The Macmillan Writer. New

York: Macmillan, 1991.

Only the name of the first author -- Nadell, Judith. -- is reversed for alphabetizing. Names of additional authors and editors follow the normal order--Linda McMeniman.
Parenthetical documentation:

(Nadell, McMeniman and Langan 26).
Book with More Than Three Authors or Editors
Works Cited Entry:

Abrams, M. H., et al., eds. The Norton

Anthology of English Literature. 3rd ed.

2 vols. New York: Norton, 1974.

Name only the first author and add "et al." ("and others"), which is not italicized or underlined as Latin abbreviation here. Commas are needed around "et al." only when it is followed by a specification such as eds. (editors) or trans. (translators).

Parenthetical documentation:


Return to Directory

(Abrams et al. 1: 29).
Since this is a work in two volumes, the documentation must indicate which volume; therefore, the volume number is followed by a colon and the page number or numbers.
5. Book with an Editor (focus on original author)
Works Cited Entry:

Dryden, John. Of Dramatic Poesy and Other

Critical Essays. Ed. George Watson. 2 vols.

London: Dent, 1962.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Dryden 1:92).
6. Book Authored by a Group
Works Cited Entry:

Reader's Digest. Fix-It-Yourself Manual.

Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest, 1977.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Reader's Digest 54).
It may make for a clearer note to cite the name of the author or work in the sentence and put only the page numbers between parentheses. For example: The Reader's Digest Fix-It-Yourself Manual explains the basic tools you need for furniture repair (54-55).
7. Book with No Author
Works Cited Entry:

Illustrated World Atlas. Chicago: Rand, 1985.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Illustrated Atlas 88-89).
8. Book Republished
Works Cited Entry:

Herbert, Frank. Dune. 1965. New York: Berkeley,

1977.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Herbert 123)
9. An anthology or a compilation
Works Cited Entry:

Carter-Douglas, Grace, ed. The Griot: An Anthology

of African Necromancers. Sacramento: Rumble,

1988.

Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Carter-Douglas 129)
10. A Work in an Anthology
Works Cited Entry:

Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." 1949 Literature: An

Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 6th ed.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. 298-300.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Jackson 298).
11. A Chapter Within a Book
Works Cited Entry:

Clark, Kenneth. "Heroic Materialism." Civilization

New York: Harper, 1969. 321-47.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Clark 321).
12. An Article in a Journal Paginated by Year or Volume--Not Issue by Issue
Works Cited Entry:

Loescher, Lois J., et al. "Educating Preschoolers about

Sun Safety." American Journal of Public Health

85 (1983): (July 1995): 939-942.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Loescher et al. 939).
13. Article in a Journal or Magazine Paginated by Issue
Works Cited Entry:

Tipton, Carole . "Better Discipline for Big Schools."

Education Digest Dec. 1995: 23-25.

Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Tipton 24).
14. An Article in a Weekly or Biweekly Magazine
Works Cited Entry:

Miller, Annetta. "We'll Adjust Our Schedules."

Newsweek 28 Nov. 1994: 46.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Miller 46).
15. An Article in a Monthly Magazine -- Author Given
Works Cited Entry:

Graham, Don. "When Myths Collide." Texas Monthly

Jan. 1986: 42+.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Graham 98).
The plus sign following the page number (42+)indicates that the article continues beyond p. 42, but not necessarily on consecutive pages. You will also see the plus sign appear in citations to newspaper articles, which also often continue across several pages.
16. An Article in a Monthly Magazine -- Author Not Given
Works Cited Entry:

"Engineered Plants Resist Herbicide." High Technology

Jan. 1986: 9.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 ("Engineered Plants" 9).
17. An Article Reprinted in a Collection
Works Cited Entry:

Liebert, Herman W. "Reflections on Samuel Johnson."

Journal of English and German Philology 47

(1948) 84-88. Rpt. in Samuel Johnson: Critical

Essays. Ed. Donald J. Greene. TwentiethCentury

Views. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice, 1965.

15-21.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Liebert 17).
If the book in which the article is reprinted is part of a series (Twentieth Century Views), the name of the series is not underlined.
18. An Article in a Newspaper
Works Cited Entry:

Muto, Sheila. "Student Uniforms Pay Off, One School

District Says." The New York Times 20 Jan. 1995,

sec. B: 1+.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Muto B4)
The plus sign following the page number (1+) indicates that the article continues beyond the first page, but not necessarily on consecutive pages.
19. An Article in a Newspaper -- No Author Given
Works Cited Entry:

"Nervous Robber Accidentally Shoots Himself in the

Mouth." Houston Chronicle 15 Jan. 1986,

state final ed., sec. 1: 17.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 ("Nervous Robber" 17).
20. An Editorial in a Newspaper - No Author Given
Works Cited Entry:

"How to Honor Dr. King -- and When." Editorial.

New York Times 15 Jan. 1986, nat. ed.: 23.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 ("How to Honor" 23).
21. An Entry in a Familiar Reference Work or Encyclopedia
Works Cited Entry:

Benedict, Roger William. "Northwest Passage."

Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia.

1974 ed.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Benedict)
No page number is given when a work is arranged alphabetically.
22. A Bulletin or Pamphlet
Works Cited Entry:

Finding Film Reviews. UGL Study Guide. Austin:

The General Libraries, 1984.
Treat pamphlets like books: underline titles and provide publishing information.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Finding Film 4)
23. A Government Document
Works Cited Entry:

United States Cong. Joint Committee on Printing.

985-86 Official Congressional Directory. 99th

Cong.Washington: GPO, 1985.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (United States. Cong. Joint Committee on Printing 182- 84).
Give the name of the government (national, state, local) and agency issuing the report, the title of the publication, and the publishing information. If it is a congressional document (as seen in the above example), identify the Congress and the session (99th Cong., 2nd session) after the title of the document.
24. Computer - Periodically Published Database on CD-ROM
Works Cited Entry:

"League of Nations: It's Purpose, It's Acheivements, It's

Scope." TIME Magazine14 Apr. 1923 Time

Magazine Multimedia Almanac. CD-ROM.

SoftKey Multimedia, Inc. 1995.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 ("League Of Nations.")
25. Computer - Nonperiodical Publication on CD-ROM
Works Cited Entry:

Barnett, Arnold. "How Numbers Can Trick You."

Technology Review Oct. 1994: 38-45. Physical

Science. Ed. Eleanor Goldstein. 1994. Art. 29.

SIRS CD-ROM. CD-ROM. Boca Raton:

SIRS, 1995.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Barnett 38-45).
26. Computer - Online Service
Works Cited Entry:

Mitchell, Alison. "U.S. Ready to Keep a Force in

18 Months Longer."New York Times.16 Nov.

1996. @Times. Online. America Online. 18 Nov.

1996.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Mitchell).
27. Computer - Online Network
Works Cited Entry:

Alston, Robin. "The Battle of the Books." Humanist

7.0176 (10 Sept. 1993): 10 pp. Online. Internet.

10 Oct. 1993.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Alston 3).
28. Computer - Online Electronic Text
Works Cited Entry:

Shakespeare, William. Othello. The Complete

Moby (tm) Shakespeare. Online. Mass.

Institute of Technology. Internet. 16 Nov.

1996. Available URL: http:// the-tech.mit.

edu/Shakespeare/ Tragedy/othello/othello.

html.
Parenthetical documentation:
Return to Directory		 (Shakespeare 1.1.15-17).
Copyright (C) Jean Garrett, 1996.