MLA Citation Formats

Please note that the different parts of the citations are in different colors.

Magazine article:

Schweiger, Larry J.  “Global Warming: Time Running Out?”  National Wildlife Aug/Sept. 2006: 9.

The same magazine article accessed through Ebscohost:

 Schweiger, Larry J.  “Global Warming: Time Running Out?”  National Wildlife Aug/Sept. 2006: 9.  Academic Search Premiere.  EBSCO.  West Virginia University at Parkersburg Lib.  10 Oct. 2006 <http://www.epnet.com>.

Article reprinted in a collection:

Hunt, Tim. "The Misreading of Kerouac." Review of Contemporary Fiction 3.2 (1983): 29-33. (original publication) Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. C. Riley. Vol. 61. Detroit: Gale, 1990. 308-10.

This example comes from The MLA Citation Style page of the Cornell University Library web page <http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/mla.html>.

Anderson, Lykke E.  Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon.  Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2002.

The same book accessed as an electronic book:

Anderson, Lykke E.  Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon.  Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2002. Ebrary.  West Virginia University at Parkersburg Lib.  10 Oct. 2006 <http: www.ebrary.com>.

Article on a Web page (in this case a reference database):

"Evaluation of World Bank Support for Primary Education." Primary Education and the World Bank . 2005. The World Bank. 12 Oct 2006 <http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/education/index.html>.

International Document

        United Nations. General Assembly. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.  New York: United Nations,             1979.

        If you accessed the document online, treat it as an online government document utilizing the format found on p. 356 in the fourth edition of the    

            handbook.  Herewith follows an example:

        United Nations. World Health Organization.  Facts about HIV/AIDS-South -East Asia region.  9 Feb. 2005. 15 Feb. 2005 <http://w3.whosea.org/en/Section10/Section18/Section348.htm#region>.