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MLA Citation Cheat Sheet 2009

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Sample Formats: (1)

PRINT MATERIALS

List of Works Cited

Parenthetical References (In-text)

one author

Murray, Albert. The Hero and the Blues. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Print.

(Murray 32)

two to three authors

Shepherd, Rupert, Rowena Shepherd, and Rachel Kennedy. 1000 Symbols: What Shapes Mean in Art and Myth. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. Print.

(Shepherd, Shepherd, and Kennedy 52-57)

three or more authors and

book in a series

Schensul, Jean J., et al. Mapping Social Networks, Spatial Data, & Hidden Populations.Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 1999. Print. Ethnographer’s Toolkit 4.

(Schensul et al. 76)

two books by the same author

French, Tana. In the Woods. New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Print.

---. The Likeness. New York: Penguin Group, 2009. Print.

(French, Woods 210) or (French, Likeness 339)

articles in or portions of a book

Link, Kelly. "Pretty Monsters.” The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year.  Ed. Jonathon Strahan. Vol. 3. San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2009.  471-510. Print.

(Link 493)

illustrated book or graphic novel (2)

Moore, Alan, writer. Watchmen. Illustrations and letters by Dave Gibbons. Colored by John Higgins. New York: DC Comics, 1987. Print.

(Moore 17)

in a magazine or newspaper

Mensinga, Linda. "Are You Hooked Yet?: Environmental Considerations are Making a Sea Change in Menus." Culinary Trends Mid-Winter 2009: 16-21. Print.

(Mensinga 19)

ON THE WEB

 

 

article from an AIPH subscription database

Hariman, Robert. “Photographic Memories: Private Pictures, Public Images, and American History.” The Journal of American History 95.4 (Mar 2009): 1229-1230. ProQuest.  Web. 2 Oct. 2009.

(Hariman 1229)

article in a Web magazine (3)

Bloomstein, Margot. “The Case for Content Strategy – Motown Style.” A List Apart: For People who make Websites. No. 290 (18 Aug. 2009): n. pag. Web. 2 Oct. 2009.

(Bloomstein)

review from an online version of newspaper

Rickey, Carrie. “Roller-derby romp celebrates women.” Rev. of Whip It, dir. Drew Barrymore. Philly.com at the Movies 2 Oct. 2009. Web. 2 Oct. 2009.

(Rickey)

VISUAL ART

 

 

photograph, sculpture, painting

Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste. Princess Mathilde. 1862. Sculpture. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

(Carpeaux)

reproduction in a book

Sloan, John. Hairdresser’s Window. 1907. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford Conn. John Sloan’s New York. Heather Campbell Coyle and Joyce K. Schiller. Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 2007. 123. Print.

(repro. in Coyle and Schiller 123)

image from a website (3)

Cunningham, Imogen. Magnolia Blossom. 1925. Masters of Photography: Imogen Cunningham. Web. 14 Oct. 2009

(Cunningham)

image from Getty Images (4)

McVay, Ryan. Red Christmas ornament hanging from tree. n.d. Digital Vision. Getty Images. Creative Image # sb10067750i-001. Web. 18 Nov. 2009.

Ryan McVay/Digital Vision/Getty Images

footage from Getty Images (4)

Zephyr. MS, Train conductor looking out of train in station platform, Chappaqua, New York State, USA. Digital Vision. Getty Images. Clip # 74944816. Web. 18 Nov. 2009.

Train conductor looking out of train in station platform supplied by Digital Vision/Getty Images

image from an AIPH subscription database other than Getty Images

Joki, Cho’oku. Birds and Flowers. 1533. Asia Society Museum, New York. Camio. CAMIO: ASIA.1979.211. Web. 5 Oct. 2009.

(Joki)

MISC.

 

 

face-to-face interview

Jacobs, Marc. Personal interview. 10 Oct. 2008

(Jacobs)

interview over e-mail

Jacobs, Marc. E-mail interview. 10 Oct. 2008

(Jacobs)

e-mail message

Zatz, Diane. “Your homework assignment.” E-mail to the author. 27 Oct. 2009.

(Zatz)

sound recording

Wayne Horvitz and Zony Mash. “Prudence RSVP.” Cold Spell. Knitting Factory Work, 1997. CD.

(Wayne Horvitz and Zony Mash)

performance (2)

Purr, Pull, Reign: A Litigious Fantasy in D. By David Sweeny. Dir. Adrienne Mackey. Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Caberet. The Latvian Society, Philadelphia. 18 Sept. 2009. Performance.

(Purr, Pull, Reign)

 

 

 


(1) Adapted from the University of British Columbia.  Library Instruction.  http://www.library.ubc.ca/pubs/mlastyle.html

(2) For any resource that is a product of collaboration, the 7th edition of MLA allows you to begin your citation with the person most relevant to your research (writier, illustrator, colorist, director, etc.) (166, 199).

(3) Remember that MLA 7 no longer requires that you put the URL in your citation, but your professor might! If he or she does, put the URL in <brackets> at the end of your citation.

(4) Getty Images requires a specific format for citing images and footage. Underneath any Getty Image used, you must put the following information: [Photographer's Name]/[Collection Name]/Getty ImagesAny footage from Getty Images must have the following information in the credit roll: [Footage] [Imagery] supplied by [Collection Name]/Getty Images.

 

 

Web sites

Purdue OWL

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

            MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide. Produced by The Online Writing Lab at Purdue.

 

NoodleTools: NoodleBib

http://noodletools.com/tools/index.php

After registering, which is free, you can create a bibliography. Choose your citation type then simply fill in the information.

 

EasyBib: The free automatic bibliography composer

http://www.easybib.com

The trick to using this source successfully is to carefully choose the correct bibliographic source. EasyBib also has a great guide for citing web resources. It will open as a .pdf document: http://cdn.easybib.com/media/guides/easybib-mla7-web.pdf

 

Cornell University MLA Citation Style

http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla

This site includes examples of citations for many different types of resources. Different instances of parenthetical in-text citations are explained in detail.

 

 

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