SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (MLA Style)
Students may use the following web site for assistance:
Son of Citation Maker
A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources used in your research. Sources are alphabetized by the first letter of the first word in each citation.
If no author is given, you may use the name of the editor followed by a comma and ed.
The first line of each citation is flush to the left margin and any additional lines of that citation are indented.
BOOKS
One Author:
Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamen. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.
More than One Author:
Cooper, Robert K. and Leslie L. Cooper. Low-Fat Living. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.
Multiple authors may also be shown by listing the first author followed by the words et al or by the words and others
No Author Given:
The Amazing Universe. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1991.
PERIODICALS:
Begley, Sharon. “A Healthy Dose of Laughter.” Newsweek 4 Oct. 1987: 65.
“A Walk Across America: Part II.” National Geographic August, 1979: 52.
PERIODICALS ON CD-ROM:
Davis, James. “The Cult Connection.” Time 2 February 1996: 27. CD-ROM. Infotrac, June, 1996.
Robertson, John. “Cloning.” Science News March 1994: 14. CD-ROM. SIRS, Vol. 4, Article 46.
PERIODICALS ONLINE:
“Human Cloning?”. Maclean’s 28 December 1998: 110. <http://infotrac.galegroup.com> .
NEWSPAPER:
Collins, Glenn. “Single Father Survey.” New York Times [New York] 21 November 1987: 20
“Low Cholesterol Level Key.” Providence Journal-Bulletin. 11 24 1987: A6. Print
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES: Print and CD-ROM
“Animals Rights.” World Book Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1990 edition.
Stemple, James. “Solar Energy.” Book of Popular Science. 1990.
“Wyoming.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1996 edition.
PAMPHLET: (Usually the same as book with no author given)
Smoking and Your Lungs. Providence, Rhode Island: American Lung Association, 1991.
TELEVISION PROGRAM:
“Legacy: India.” WSBE, Channel 36, Providence, Rhode Island. August 22, 1992.
INTERVIEW:
Patinkin, Mark. Telephone interview. April 26, 1999.
ONLINE SERVICES and the INTERNET:
Gordon, Daniel. Acid Rain” Compton’s Living Encyclopedia. [Online] America Online. Mar. 6, 1997
"Plant Extracts." Sciences.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan 2009. <http://www.sciences.com/scidata/edu.html>.
n.p. indicates that the place of publication is not given.
n.d. indicates that the date of publication is not given.
Students may use the following web site for assistance:
Son of Citation Maker
A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources used in your research. Sources are alphabetized by the first letter of the first word in each citation.
If no author is given, you may use the name of the editor followed by a comma and ed.
The first line of each citation is flush to the left margin and any additional lines of that citation are indented.
BOOKS
One Author:
Hoving, Thomas. Tutankhamen. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.
More than One Author:
Cooper, Robert K. and Leslie L. Cooper. Low-Fat Living. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.
Multiple authors may also be shown by listing the first author followed by the words et al or by the words and others
No Author Given:
The Amazing Universe. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1991.
PERIODICALS:
Begley, Sharon. “A Healthy Dose of Laughter.” Newsweek 4 Oct. 1987: 65.
“A Walk Across America: Part II.” National Geographic August, 1979: 52.
PERIODICALS ON CD-ROM:
Davis, James. “The Cult Connection.” Time 2 February 1996: 27. CD-ROM. Infotrac, June, 1996.
Robertson, John. “Cloning.” Science News March 1994: 14. CD-ROM. SIRS, Vol. 4, Article 46.
PERIODICALS ONLINE:
“Human Cloning?”. Maclean’s 28 December 1998: 110. <http://infotrac.galegroup.com> .
NEWSPAPER:
Collins, Glenn. “Single Father Survey.” New York Times [New York] 21 November 1987: 20
“Low Cholesterol Level Key.” Providence Journal-Bulletin. 11 24 1987: A6. Print
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES: Print and CD-ROM
“Animals Rights.” World Book Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1990 edition.
Stemple, James. “Solar Energy.” Book of Popular Science. 1990.
“Wyoming.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM, 1996 edition.
PAMPHLET: (Usually the same as book with no author given)
Smoking and Your Lungs. Providence, Rhode Island: American Lung Association, 1991.
TELEVISION PROGRAM:
“Legacy: India.” WSBE, Channel 36, Providence, Rhode Island. August 22, 1992.
INTERVIEW:
Patinkin, Mark. Telephone interview. April 26, 1999.
ONLINE SERVICES and the INTERNET:
Gordon, Daniel. Acid Rain” Compton’s Living Encyclopedia. [Online] America Online. Mar. 6, 1997
"Plant Extracts." Sciences.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan 2009. <http://www.sciences.com/scidata/edu.html>.
n.p. indicates that the place of publication is not given.
n.d. indicates that the date of publication is not given.