DIRECTORY TO MLA STYLEWORKS-CITED ENTRIES

Guidelines for author listings

1. One author

2. Multiple authors

3. Organization or group author

4. Unknown author

5. Author using a pseudonym (pen name) or screen name

6. Two or more works by the same author

Print books

7. Basic format for a book

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8. Author and editor both named

9. Editor, no author named

10. Anthology

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

12. Two or more items from the same anthology

13. Translation

14. Book with both translator and editor

15. Translation of a section of a book

16. Translation of a book by an unknown author

17. Book in a language other than English

18. Graphic narrative

19. Edition other than the first

20. One volume of a multivolume work

21. More than one volume of a multivolume work

22. Preface, foreword, introduction, or afterword

23. Entry in a reference book

24. Book that is part of a series

25. Republication (modern edition of an older book)

26. Publisher’s imprint

27. Book with a title within the title

28. Sacred text

Articles and short works in print periodicals

29. Article in a print journal

30. Article in a print magazine

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31. Article in a print newspaper

32. Editorial in a print periodical

33. Letter to the editor of a print periodical

34. Review in a print periodical

35. Interview in a print periodical

36. Unsigned article in a print periodical

Digital written-word sources

37. Work from an online database

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38. Article from a journal on the Web

39. Article from a magazine on the Web

40. Article from a newspaper on the Web

41. Digital book (online or e-reader)

42. Part of a digital book

43. Online poem

44. Online editorial or letter to the editor

45. Online review

46. Short work from a Web site

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47. Entire Web site

48. Entry in an online reference work or wiki

49. Academic course or department Web site

50. Blog

51. Post or comment on a blog or discussion group

52. Tweet

53. Posting on a social networking site

54. Email or message on a social networking site

Visual, audio, multimedia, and live sources

55. Film (theatrical, DVD, or other format)

56. Short online video

57. Television broadcast

58. Television on the Web

59. Radio broadcast

60. Radio on the Web

61. Television or radio interview

62. Online interview

63. Personal interview

64. Sound recording

65. Musical composition

66. Published score

67. Video game

68. Computer software or app

69. Lecture or speech (live)

70. Lecture or speech on the Web

71. Live performance

72. Podcast (streaming)

73. Downloaded digital file

74. Work of art or photograph

75. Map or chart

76. Cartoon or comic strip

77. Advertisement

Other sources (including online versions)

78. Report or pamphlet

79. Government publication

80. Published proceedings of a conference

81. Dissertation

82. Dissertation abstract

83. Unpublished letter

84. Manuscript or other unpublished work

85. Legal source