Modern Language Association, or "MLA" style citations use a hanging indent; the first line is flush left and all subsequent lines are indented. All citations are double-spaced.

BOOKS:

Typical Citation (see MLA Handbook, section 4.6)

Author. Title. City of publication: Publisher, publication date.

One Author:

Herrera, Hayden. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo. New York: Harper, 1993.

Four or More Authors:

Belenky, Mary Field, et al. Women's Ways of Knowing. New York: Basic, 1986.

Selection in an Anthology:

Gordon, Mary. "The Parable of the Cave." The Writer on Her Work. Ed. Janet Sternburg.

          New York: Norton, 1980. 27-32.

ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE WORK

One Author:

Johnson, Peder J. "Concept Learning." Encyclopedia of Education. 1971.

No Author:

"Jonestown." Collier's Encyclopedia. 1996.

PERIODICALS

Typical Citation (see MLA Handbook, section 4.7)

Author. "Title of article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Date of publication): page numbers.

Journal is Paginated by Volume:

Norris, Margot. "Narration under a Blindfold: Reading Joyce's 'Clay.'" PMLA 102 (1987): 206-15.

Journal is Paginated by Issue:

Lofty, John. "The Politics at Modernism's Funeral." Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory

          6.3 (1987): 89-96.

Monthly Magazine:

Weiss, Philip. "The Book Thief: A True Tale of Bibliomania." Harper's Jan. 1994: 37-56.

Newspaper:

Markoff, John. "Cyberspace's Most Wanted: Hacker Eludes F.B.I. Pursuit." New York Times 4 July

         1994, late ed.: A1+.

VIDEO RECORDINGS

Typical Citation (see MLA Handbook, section 4.8.3)

Title. Director. Medium. Distributor, Year of Release.

Citing the Contribution of a Particular Individual:

Dionisi, Stefano, perf. Farinelli. Dir. Gerard Corbiau. Laser disc. Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1995.

Citing the Entire Recording:

Unseen Life on Earth: an Introduction to Microbiology. Videocassette. Annenberg/CPB Project, 1999.

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Typical Citation (see MLA Handbook, section 4.9):

Online Scholarly Project, Information Database, or Professional or Personal Site:

Author of individual document. "Title of Document." Title of Site, Project or Database. Name of editor (if given). Electronic publication information, including version number (if given). Date of electronic publication or of latest update. Name of any sponsoring institution or organization. Date of access <Network address>.

Schriener, Olive. "Dreams." The Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willett. 25 March 2000.

         Indiana University. 27 March 2000 < http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/schreiner/dreams.html>.

Article in a Journal on the Web:

Browning, Tonya. "Embedded Visuals: Student Design in Web Spaces." Kairos: A Journal for

        Teachers of Writing 2.1 (1997). 9 Oct. 1997 <http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/current/toc.html>.

Article in a Journal in an Online Database (see sections 4.9.2-4 and 4.9.7):

Dunn, Rita and Joseph Stevenson. "Teaching Diverse College Students to Study Within a Learning-Styles

         Prescription." College Student Journal 31.4 (1997): 3-7. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCOhost. Mount San

         Antonio College. 27 March 2000.

Note: This citation is like a normal journal citation except that you add the name of the database, the database producer, the school name fully spelled out, and the date you accessed the article in military format: day-month-year. Because URL's for online databases usually reflect scripting code and are not intuitive, this library suggests following Rule 4.9.7 for "no URL given."