If you haven't already done so:
Below are some basic templates (with examples) for common MLA citations. NOTE: Sometimes a template won't match your source exactly; this is common when using electronic sources. Just do your best and provide as much information about your source as you can. The examples below are not the only examples you should use - they're just some basics.
Template:
Last, First. "Article Title." Title of Journal Volume#.Issue# (year): pages. Name of Database. Web. Day Mo. Year of access.
Example:
Grem, Darren. "'The South Got Something to Say': Atlanta's Dirty South and the Southernization of Hip-Hop America." Southern Cultures 12.4 (2006): 55-73. ProQuest Research Library. Web. 21 Aug. 2008.
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Last, First. "Article Title." Title of Magazine day Month year of publication: pages. Name of Database. Web. Day Mo. Year of access.
Example:
"We (Finally) Salute AC/DC." Rolling Stone 13 Nov. 2008: 16. EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier. Web. 20 Nov. 2008.
Template:
Last, First. "Newspaper Article." Newspaper Name Day Mo. Year, edition (if known): pg#(s). Name of Database. Web. Day Mo. Year of access.
Example:
Evangelista, Benny. "'Hot Stars Revolve Around Facebook." San Francisco Chronicle 5 Jul. 2011: E1. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 14 Jul. 2011.
Template:
Last, First. "Title of Section/Essay/Chapter." Title of Book it came from. Editor. Volume#. Edition. Publication Location: Publisher, year of publication. pages. Name of Database. Web. Day Mo. Year of access.
Example:
Malcolm, Douglas, and Harold Bloom. "'Jazz America': Jazz and African American Culture in Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'." Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: On the Road. New York: Infobase, 2004. 93-114. Literary Reference Center. Web. 20 Oct. 2008.
Template:
Last, First. Title of Book. Publication Location: Publisher, year of publication.Name of Database. Web. Day Mo. Year of access.
Example:
Malcolm, Douglas, and Harold Bloom. Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: On the Road. New York: Infobase, 2004. Literary Reference Center. Web. 20 Oct. 2008.
Template:
Last, First. Title. Publication Location: Publisher, Year. Print.
Example:
Bain, Ken. What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2004. Print.
Template:
Last, First, and First Last. Title. Publication Location: Publisher, Year. Print.
Example:
Hagan, Kenneth, and Ian Bickerton. Unintended Consequences: the United States at War. London: Reaktion Books, 2007. Print.
Template:
Last, First. "Article Title." Title of Book it came from. Volume#. Editor. Edition. Publication Location: Publisher, day Mo. year of publication. Print.
Example:
"Abstract Expressionism." Oxford Dictionary of Art. Ed. Ian Chilvers. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2004. Print.
Template:
Author (of the article) Last, First. "Title of Section/Essay/Chapter." Title of Book it came from. Editor. Edition. Publication Location: Publisher, year of publication. pages. Print.
Example:
Davies-Vengoechea, Ximena. "A Positive Concept of Peace." Keeping the Peace: Conflict Resolution and Peaceful Societies Around the World. Ed. Graham Kemp and Douglas P. Fry. New York: Routledge, 2007. 11-18. Print.
Template:
Author Last, First. "Title of Section/Chapter." Title of Book. Publication Location: Publisher, year of publication. pages. Print.
Example:
Wight, Oliver. "Organizing the Systems Team."The Executive's New Computer. Reston, VA: Reston Pub., 1972. 74-95. Print.
Template:
Last, First. "Article Title." Title of Newspaper day Month year of publication. Web. Day Mo. Year of access <http://www.webaddress.com>.
Example:
Glater, Jonathan D. "Welcome, Freshmen. Have an iPod." New York Times 20 Aug. 2008. Web. 20 Aug. 2008 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/technology/21iphone.html>.
Template:
Last, First. "Webpage Title." Website Title. Title of Company/Organization responsible. Date of last webpage update. Web. Day Mo. Year of access <http://www.webaddress.com>.
Example:
"Eat Local!" What is Slow Food? Slow Food USA. 2008. Web. 20 Nov. 2008 <http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/ slow_food/eatlocal.html>.
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Last, First name of responsible person (if applicable). Name of Website. Version # (if applicable). Title of Company/Organization responsible, date of website's creation (if available). Web. Day Mo. Year of access <http://www.webaddress.com>.
Example:
What is Slow Food? Slow Food USA, 2008. Web. 20 Nov. 2008 <http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/slow_food/>.
Template:
"Description or Title of Video Clip." Date of clip. YouTube. Web. Day Mo. Year of access <http://www.youtubeaddress.com>.
Example:
"Hidden Camera: Guitar Hero 3" 30 Apr. 2007.YouTube. Web. 20 Nov. 2008 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPnUNwiARc>.