MLA style for a list of works cited

Guidelines for author listings

1. One author

2. Multiple authors

3. Organization or group author

4. Unknown author

5. Two or more works by the same author

Print books

6. Basic format for a book

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7. Author and editor both named

8. Editor, no author named

9. Anthology

10. Work in an anthology or chapter in a book with an editor

11. Two or more items from the same anthology

12. Translation

13. Book with both translator and editor

14. Translation of a section of a book

15. Translation of a book by an unknown author

16. Book in a language other than English

17. Graphic narrative

18. Edition other than the first

19. One volume of a multivolume work

20. Two or more volumes of a multivolume work

21. Preface, foreword, introduction, or afterword

22. Entry in a reference book

23. Book that is part of a series

24. Republication (modern edition of an older book)

25. Publisher's imprint

26. Book with a title within the title

27. Sacred text

Print periodicals

28. Article in a print journal

29. Article in a print magazine

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30. Article in a print newspaper

31. Article that skips pages

32. Editorial or letter to the editor

33. Review

34. Unsigned article

Digital written-word sources

35. Work from a database

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36. Article from the Web site of a journal

37. Article in a magazine on the Web

38. Article in a newspaper on the Web

39. Book on the Web

40. Poem on the Web

41. Editorial or letter in a Web periodical

42. Review in a Web periodical

43. Entry in a Web reference work

44. Work from a Web site

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45. Entire Web site

46. Academic course Web site

47. Blog

48. Post or comment on a blog

49. Entry in a wiki

50. Posting to a discussion group or newsgroup

51. Posting to a social networking site

52. Email or message on social networking site

53. Tweet

Visual, audio, multimedia, and live sources

54. Film or DVD

55. Online video clip

56. Television or radio program

57. Broadcast interview

58. Unpublished or personal interview

59. Sound recording

60. Musical composition

61. Computer game

62. Lecture or speech

63. Live performance

64. Podcast (streaming)

65. Digital file

66. Work of art or photograph

67. Map or chart

68. Cartoon or comic strip

69. Advertisement

Academic, government, and legal sources (including digital versions)

70. Report or pamphlet

71. Government publication

72. Published proceedings of a conference

73. Dissertation

74. Dissertation abstract

75. Published interview

76. Unpublished letter

77. Manuscript or other unpublished work

78. Legal source