This document provides MLA citation formats and examples for a variety of sources including books, magazines, newspapers, websites, films, government publications, interviews, and more. Key information that must be included in citations are author names, titles, publication dates, publishers, and medium of publication.

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MLA citing formats and examples
Citing a print encyclopedia Citing a book with two
Format: or more authors
Author's name. "Article title." [enclosed in double
quotation marks] Publication title. Format:
[in italics] Edition [if stated]. Year of Author's name [last name first], next listed
publication [do not include if stated in author's name(s) in normal form. Full
edition information]. Publication medium. book title. [in italics] Edition [if stated].
Volume number(s) [if a multivolume
work]. City of publication: Publisher's
Example: name, year of publication. Publication
Beller, Steven. "Vienna." The World Book
medium.
Encyclopedia. 2009 ed. Print.
Example:
Gates, Henry L., Jr., and Evelyn B.
Citing a magazine article Higginbotham, eds. African American
Format: National Biography 8 vols. New York:
Author's name. "Article title." [enclosed in Oxford University Press, 2008. Print.
double quotation marks] Publication title
[in italics] Date of publication: page
numbers. Publication medium.
Citing a blog
Format:
Example: Author's name. "Title of individual blog
Jackson, Thomas A. "Power for a Space
entry." [enclosed in double quotation
Plane." Scientific American Aug. 2006:
marks] Title of blog, [in italics] Date
56-62. Print.
posted, Publication medium. Date
accessed,
Citing a newspaper Example:
Format: West, Jessamyn. "on the road." Iibrarian.net.
Author's name. "Article title." [enclosed in 27 February 2009. Web. 10 March 2009.
double quotation marks] Publication title
[in italics] Date of publication, edition
[if given], section letter or number [if
applicable]: page numbers. Publication
Citing an ebook
medium. Format:
Author's name. Full book title. [in italics]
Edition [if stated]. Volume number(s) [if
Example: a multivolume work]. City of publication:
Wronski, Richard. "Prairie Parkway Project
Publisher's name, year of publication.
on a Road to Nowhere 7" Chicago Tribune
Title of database or Web site. [in italics]
4 May 2009, sec. 1: 6. Print.
Publication medium. Date of access.
Example:
Citing a book with one author Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence.
Format: New York: D, Appleton and Company,
Author's name. Full book title. [in italics] 1920. World Book Advanced. Web. 16
Edition [if stated]. Volume number(s) [if January 2009.
a multivolume work]. City of publication:
Publisher's name, year of publication.
Publication medium.
Example:
Eshleman, Clayton. Grindstone of Rapport:
A Clayton Eshleman Reader. Boston: Black
Widow Press, 2008. Print.

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Citing a website Citing a film or video
" Format: recording
Author's name. "Article or Web page title"
[if part of a larger work]. [enclosed in Format:
double quotation marks] Website title. [in Title of film or video recording, [in italics]
italics] Publisher or sponsor of the site, Director [if given]. Original release date
Date of publication. Publication medium. [if relevant]. Distributor, year of release.
Date of access, Publication medium,
Example: Example:
Beasley, Maurine H. "Roosevelt, Eleanor," America's Endangered Species: Don't Say
World Book Stude-nt:-World-Book, 20()9. Good-Bye. Dir. Robert Kenner. National
Web, 20 Jan, 2009, Geographic Society, 2008. DVD.
Citing a radio or Citing a government
television program publication
Format: Format:
"Episode or segment title." [enclosed in Government name. Issuing agency name.
double quotation marks] Program title. Publication title. [in italics] City of
[in italics] Name of the network. Call publication: Publisher, year of publication.
letters, city of local station [if any], Publication medium.
Broadcast date. Medium of reception
(Radio or Television). Example:
United States. Census Bureau. Statistical
Example: Abstract of the United States: 2002,
"State of Denial." 60 Minutes, CBS.WBBM, Springfield, VA: National Technical
Chicago, 1 Oct, 2006. Television. Information Service, 2001. Print.
Citing a pod cast Citing a pamphlet
If the podcast is accessedfrom the Web: Format:
Format: Author's name, Pamphlet title, [in italics].
"Description or title of individual podcast." City of publication: Publisher's name, year
[enclosed in double quotation marks] Title of publication. Publication medium,
of podcast program or series. [in italics]
Title of Web site [if distinct from title of Example:
podcast program or series]. [in italics] Modern Language Association. Language
Publisher of podcast, Date of publication, Study in the Age of Globalization: The
Publication medium. Date of access. College-Level Experience, New York: MLA,
Example: n.d. Print,
"Iconic Images Emerge from Mideast
Summits." All Things Considered, Natl.
Public Radio, 27 Nov. 2007. Web. 6 Jan.
2009. Citing a personal interview
Format:
If the podcast is stored on a computer Interviewed person's name, Kind of
or digital device: interview. Date of interview.
Format:
"Description or title of individual podcast." Example:
[enclosed in double quotation marks] Title Meyers, Davin, Personal interview. 4 May
of podcast program or series. [in italics] 2009.
Publisher of podcast, Date of publication.
Description of digital file [if unknown use
Digital File]. Use the following abbreviations for
Example: information you cannot supply:
"Iconic Images Emerge from Mideast
n.p. No place of publication given
Summits." All Things Considered Natl
n.p. No publisher given
Public Radio, 27 Nov. 2007. MP3 file.
n.d. No date of publication given
n. pag. No pagination given