Basic book citation
Name. Title. Location: Publisher name, date of publication.
Bevington, David M. Shakepeare. Malden: Blackwell, 2002.
Book with two or more authors
Names are listed in order they are found on title page. Evans, Robert C., Wiedemann, Barbara, Little, Anne C.
Short Fiction: a Critical Companion.
West Cornwall: Locust Hill, 1997.
Book with editor
Tannen, Deborah, and James E. Alatis, eds.
Languages and Linguistics: The Interdependence of Theory, Data, and Application. Washington: Georgetown UP,
1986.
Journal (scholarly) article
Author's name. "Title of the Article." Journal title volume number (year of publication): inclusive page numbers.
Boulanger, Alison. "Influence or Confluence: Joyce, Eliot or Cohen and the Case
for Comparative Studies." Comparative Literature Studies 39 (2002): 18-48.
Magazine article
Author's name. "Title of the article." Journal title date: inclusive pages.
Koretz, Gene. "Equality? Not on Death Row: Politics, Age, Race, and Sex Count."
Business Week 30 June 2003: 28.
Reprinted sources
such as book chapters reprinted in a Gale compilation such as CLC (Contemporary Literary Criticism) or Black Literature Criticism
Bigsby, C.W. E. "Lorraine Hansberry."
Confrontation and Commitment: A Study of Contemporary American Drama, 1959-66. University of Missouri Pr. 1968. 156-73. Rpt.
in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz. Vol. 62. Detroit: Gale, 1991.
Journal articles
reprinted in a compilation such as CLC or Black Literature Criticism
Washington, J. Charles. " 'A Raisin in the Sun' Revisited." Black American Literature Forum. 22 (1988): 109-124. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Roger Matuz. Vol.
62. Detroit: Gale, 1991. 242-248.
For more information and examples, see
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. Copies available in both the Reference and Circulating collections.
808.027
G35m 2003