Following are examples of the MLA format for bibliographic entries which your teachers at Oakmont endorse. This is the style you should use on the bibliography cards that make up your working bibliography and in the list of works cited that appears at the end of your paper. Also,here is pdf file of this document with the proper spacing and indents. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it and if you don't already have Acrobat Reader, you can get a free copy here:

• double space each entry, and double space between entries
• indent second line and all additional lines of information
• if there is a named author, list the author last name first
• use the proper punctuation

Books: For a book with one author:

• Author's name (last name first). Title. City where book was published: Publishing Company,  copyright date.

Examples:

• Fairbanks, Carol. Prairie Women: Images in American and Canadian Fiction. New Haven: Yale UP, 1986.

• Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1995.

For a book by two or more persons:

• First listed author's name (last name first), second and subsequent author's name(s) (in natural order). Title. City where book was published: Publishing Company, copyright date.

Examples:

• Berry, Jason, Jonathan Foose, and Tad Jones. Up from the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music since World War II. Athens:         U of Georgia P, 1986.

If there are more than three authors, you may name only the first and add et al. ("and others"), or you may give all names in the order in which they appear on the title page:

• Gilman, Sander, et al. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of California P, 1993.

or:

• Gilman, Sander, Helen King, Roy Porter, George Rousseau, and Elaine Showalter. Hysteria beyond Freud. Berkeley: U of         California P, 1993.

For a book with no author’s name on the title page:

• Title. City where book was published: Publishing Company, copyright date.

Example:

• Encyclopedia of Photography. New York: Crown, 1984.

For a work in an anthology:

• Author of the article (last name first). "Article title." Anthology title. Editor's name in order. City where book was published: Publishing Company, copyright date. Page numbers of article.

Example:

• Rubenstein, Arye. "Children with AIDS and the Public Risk." AIDS: Facts and Issues. Ed. Victor Gong and Norman Rudnick.         New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1986. 99-103.

For an article in an encyclopedia:

• Author's name (if given). "Title of article." Title of encyclopedia. Copyright edition.

Examples:

• Pasquier, Roger F. "Owl." Encyclopedia Americana. 1999 ed.

or:

• "Muddy Waters." Encyclopædia Britannica. 1998 ed.

For books in series commonly found in high school libraries:

• Hillman, Harold. "Methods of Execution: the Medical and Biological Effects." Reviving the Death Penalty. Ed. Gary E.                 McCuen. Ideas in Conflict Ser. Hudson, Wisconsin: Gem, 1985. 26-30.

• Rifkin, Jeremy. "Humans Should Not Be Genetically Redesigned." Genetic Engineering. Ed. William Dudley. Opposing                 Viewpoints Ser. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1990. 72-78.

Magazines: Print Magazine:

• Author's name (last name first). "Article title." Title of magazine Publication date: page numbers.

Examples:

• Prince, Dinah. "Marriage in the ‘80’s." New York 1 June 1987: 30-38.

Magazines in Electric Library:

• Eig, Jonathan. "True Blues." The New Republic 9 Feb. 1998. Electric Library. Oakmont Regional High School Library,                 Ashburnham, MA. 29 Feb. 2000 http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/search.

Magazines in ProQuest Direct:

• Coleman, Mark. "Buddy Guy." Rolling Stone 28 May 1998. ProQuest Direct. Oakmont Regional High School Library,                     Ashburnham, MA. 10 Dec. 1999 http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb.

Magazines in InfoTrac:

• Pierce, Charles P. "Blowing 'em away." Esquire June 1998. InfoTrac. Oakmont Regional High School Library, Ashburnham,         MA. 19 Mar. 1999 http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com.

Newspapers: Print Newspaper:

• Author. "Article title." Title of newspaper Publication date: page number.

Examples:

• Edes, Gordon. "Sox did some home work." Boston Globe 29 Feb. 2000: D1+.

Newspapers in Electric Library:

• Daley, Ken. "Devil Rays run a power sweep: Tampa Bay lands Vaughn, Castilla." Dallas Morning News 14 Dec. 1999.                 Electric Library. Oakmont Regional High School Library, Ashburnham, MA. 12 Jan 2000             http://www.elibrary.com/s/edumark/search.

Newspapers in ProQuest Direct:

• Kimmelman, Michael. "Fireworks in Venice, an Ice Floe in Antarctica." New York Times 26 Dec. 1999. ProQuest Direct.             Oakmont Regional High School Library, Ashburnham, MA. 4 Jan. 2000 http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb.

Newspapers in InfoTrac:

• Fusilli, Jim. "Live! The Real Deal." The Wall Street Journal 16 May 1996. InfoTrac. Oakmont Regional High School Library,         Ashburnham, MA. 19 March 1999 http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com.

Personal Interview:

• Subject of interview. Interview type. Date of interview.

Examples:

• Ward, Michael "Mudcat." Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 1998.

• Rishell, Paul. Personal interview. 22 July 1999.

Videotape or DVD:

• Title of videotape/DVD. Director's name. Principal performers names. Copyright date of original production if given. Form (Videocassette or DVD). Publishing Company, copyright date.

Examples:

• Don Carlo. By Giuseppe Verdi. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Luciano Pavarotti and Samuel Ramey. La Scala Orch. and Chorus.         Cond. Riccardo Muti. Videocassette. EMI, 1994.

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Dir. Milos Foreman. Perf. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and William Redfield. 1975.         Videocassette. Warner, 1997.

CD-ROM or Computer Software Resources:

• Author/editor of resource. Title. Format. City of publication: Publishing Company, copyright date.

Examples:

• Braunmuller, A. R., ed. Macbeth. By William Shakespeare. CD-ROM. New York: Voyager, 1994.

• "Acid Rain." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book, 1999.

On-line Resources (computer services and computer networks):

Internet Web Page:

• Author's name if given. Title of web page. Date page was accessed URL address.

Example:

• Cramer, Mai. Mai's Interview of the Month, November 1999, "Steady Rollin" Bob Margolin. 19 Dec. 1999                     http://www.realblues.com/interv49.html.

E-MAIL communication:

• Author of e-mail (last name first). "Title of e-mail." E-mail to recipient name. Date.

Example:

• Hooker, Earl. "Blue Guitar and You Shook Me." E-mail to Luther Tucker. 19 Mar. 1998.

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Please send comments and/or suggestions to Tom Anderson, Librarian. This page was revised on November 26, 2001.