MLA style for a list of works cited

DIRECTORY TO MLA STYLE

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
  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
  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
  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
  45. Downloaded PDF file
  46. Entire Web site
  47. Academic course Web site
  48. Blog
  49. Published interview
  50. Post or comment on a blog
  51. Entry in a wiki
  52. Posting to a discussion group or newsgroup
  53. Posting to a social networking site
  54. Email or message on a social networking site
  55. Tweet

    VISUAL, AUDIO, MULTIMEDIA, AND LIVE SOURCES

  56. Film, DVD, or streaming video
  57. Short online video
  58. Television or radio program
  59. Broadcast interview
  60. Unpublished or personal interview
  61. Sound recording
  62. Musical composition
  63. Computer game
  64. Lecture or speech
  65. Live performance
  66. Podcast (streaming)
  67. Digital file
  68. Work of art or photograph
  69. Map or chart
  70. Cartoon or comic strip
  71. Advertisement

    ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND LEGAL SOURCES (INCLUDING DIGITAL VERSIONS)

  72. Report or pamphlet
  73. Government publication
  74. Published proceedings of a conference
  75. Dissertation
  76. Dissertation abstract
  77. Unpublished letter
  78. Manuscript or other unpublished work
  79. Legal source