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Emmett Cardinal Carter Library

Citing Sources According to MLA

This guide is based on the sixth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
(King’s reference LB2369.M6M6 2003) and is intended to help you organize your list of Works
Cited and the Notes at the end of your essay (or the Parenthetical Notes in the text of your essay).
You may use underlining instead of italics in any of your citations. Please consult the manual to cite
materials not included below.
Print Sources
Book
Works Cited:

Mizejewski, Linda. Hardboiled & High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture. New
York: Routledge, 2004.

Note:

Linda Mizejewski, Hardboiled & High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture
(New York: Routledge, 2004) 144.

Parenthetical Note:

(Mizejewski 144)
Article in an Edited Book
Works Cited:

Wolfestein, Martha. “Movie Analysis in the Study of Culture.” Film and Nationalism. Ed. Alan
Williams. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers UP, 2002.

Note:

Martha Wolfenstein, “Movie Analysis in the Study of Culture,” Film and Nationalism, ed.
Alan Williams (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers UP, 2002) 71.

Parenthetical Note:

(Wolfenstein 71)

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Journal Article (One Author)

Works Cited:

Scott-Warren, Jason. “When Theaters Were Bear-Gardens; or, What’s at Stake in the Comedy of
Humors.” Shakespeare Quarterly 54.1 (2003): 63-82.

Note:

Jason Scott-Warren, “When Theaters Were Bear-Gardens; or, What’s at Stake in the Comedy
of Humors,” Shakespeare Quarterly 54.1 (2003): 70.

Parenthetical Note:

(Scott-Warren 70)

Journal Article (Two Authors)

Works Cited:

Kissack, Mike, and Michael Titlestad. “Humility in a Godless World: Shame, Defiance and
Dignity in Coatzee’s Disgrace.” Journal of Commonwealth Literature 38.3 (2003): 135-
147.

Note:

Mike Kissack and Michael Titlestad, “Humility in a Godless World: Shame, Defiance and
Dignity in Coatzee’s Disgrace,” Journal of Commonwealth Literature 38.3 (2003): 138.

Parenthetical Note:

(Kissack and Titlestad 138)

# If there are two or three authors give their names in the same order as on the title
page, inverting only the first. If there are more than three authors, you may name
only the first and “et al.”, or you may give all names in full in the order in which
they appear on the title page.

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Newspaper Article

Works Cited:

Smith, Russell. “Embracing Our Inner, Not-Nice-At-All Canadian.” Globe and Mail [Toronto] 6
Jan. 2005, Ontario ed.; R1+.

# The name of the city of publication is included, in square brackets, if it is not in the
name of the newspaper. The “+” symbol indicates and article continuing on non-
consecutive pages.

Note:

Russell Smith, “Embracing Our Inner, Not-Nice-At-All Canadian,” Globe and Mail [Toronto]
6 Jan. 2005, Ontario ed.: R3.

# The note page number reflects material taken from a continuing page.

Parenthetical Note:

(Smith R3)

# The parenthetical note page number reflects material from a continuing page.

Newspaper Editorial

Works Cited:

“Post-Secondary Needs in Focus.” Editorial. London Free Press 8 February 2005, A6.

Note:

“Post-Secondary Needs in Focus,” editorial, London Free Press 8 February 2005, A6.

Parenthetical Note:

(“Post-Secondary”)

# In a parenthetical note for a one-page editorial, no page number is necessary.

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Article in Conference Proceedings

Works Cited:

Giscombe, Cecil. “Border Towns, Border Talk.” Diverse Landscapes: Re-Reading Place Across
Cultures in Contemporary Canadian Writing: Selected Proceedings of the Inter-National
Regions Conference, University of Northern British Columbia, October 1994. Eds. Karin
Beeler and Dee Horne. Prince George, B.C.: U of Northern British Columbia P, 1996. 49-64.

Note:

Cecil Giscombe, “Border Towns, Border Talk,” Diverse Landscapes: Re-Reading Place
Across Cultures in Contemporary Canadian Writing: Selected Proceedings of the Inter-National
Regions Conference, University of Northern British Columbia, October 1994, eds. Karin Beeler
and Dee Horne, (Prince George, B.C.: U of Northern British Columbia P, 1996) 55.

Parenthetical Note:

(Giscombe 55)

Electronic Sources
Web-site on the Internet

Works Cited:

Arnason, David E. Barthean Codes. N.d. Online. 8 Feb.2005

<http://130.179.92.25/Arnason_DE/Barthean_Codes.html>.

# MLA requires “N.d.” if there’s no latest update indicated on the site.

Note:

David E. Arnason, Barthean Codes, n.d., online, 8 Feb. 2005

<http://130.179.92.25/Arnason_DE/Barthean_Codes.html>

Parenthetical Note:

(Arnason)

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Full-text Article on the Internet

Works Cited:

Strong, Benjamin. “Short Biography of Samuel Beckett.” The Samuel Beckett Endpage (1 Feb.
2005). Online. 10 Feb. 2005 <http://beckett.english.ucsb.edu/>.

Note:

Benjamin Strong, “Short Biography of Samuel Beckett,” The Samuel Beckett Endpage (1
Feb. 2005), online, 10 Feb. 2005 <http://beckett.english.ucsb.edu/>.

Parenthetical Note:

(Strong)
Full-text Article from an Internet Journal
Works Cited:

Read, Jacinda. “Popular Film/Popular Feminism: The Critical Reception of the Rape-Revenge
Film.” Scope: An On-Line Journal of Film Studies (January 2000): n. pag. Online. 10
Feb.2005 <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/articles/popular_feminism.htm>.

Note:

Jacinda Read, “Popular Film/Popular Feminism: The Critical Reception of the Rape-Revenge
Film,” Scope: An On-Line Journal of Film Studies (January 2000): n. pag., online, 10 Feb. 2005
<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/articles/popular_feminism.htm>.

Parenthetical Note:

(Read)
Full-text Journal Article from an Internet Database
Works Cited:

Dalton, Elizabeth. “Sex and race in Wide Sargasso Sea.” Partisan Review 67.3 (2000): 431-442.
ProQuest Research Library. ProQuest. Western Libraries, London, ON. 10 Feb. 2005
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb/>.

Note:

Elizabeth Dalton, “Sex and race in Wide Sargasso Sea,” Partisan Review 67.3 (2000): 437,
Proquest Research Library, Proquest, Western Libraries, London, ON. 10 Feb. 2005
<http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb/>.

Parenthetical Note:

(Dalton 437)

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E-Book from an Internet Database

Works Cited:

Tierney, William G. Academic Outlaws: Queer Theory and Cultural Studies in the Academy.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1997. Netlibrary. Netlibrary. Western Libraries, London, ON.
11 Feb. 2005 <http://www.netlibrary.com/>.

Note:

William G. Tierney, Academic Outlaws: Queer Theory and Cultural Studies in the Academy,
(Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1997): 133, Netlibrary, Netlibrary, Western Libraries, London, ON.
11 Feb. 2005 <http://www.netlibrary.com/>.

Parenthetical Note:

(Tierney 133)

Videocassette/ Digital Videodisc

Works Cited:

Chaplin Charlie, dir. Modern Times. Perf. Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard. 1936. DVD.
Warner Home Video, 2003.

Note:

Charlie Chaplin, dir., Modern Times, perf. Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, 1936,
DVD, Warner Home Video, 2003.

Parenthetical Note:

(Chaplin)

compiled: February 2005