MLA Works Cited Entries

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MLA Works Cited Entries

• Overview Periodicals

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Works in Scholarly Journals(with continuous
paginations)

• Mann, Susan.  "Myths of Asian Womanhood." Journal
  of Asian
• Studies 59 (2000) 835-62.
• Entries for works in journals and other
  periodicals begin the same way that entries for
  works in books do, with the author(s) and the
  title of the work enclosed in quotation marks.
• Like books, the titles of journals are underlined
  or italicized.
• Unlike books, the titles of journals and other
  periodicals are not followed by periods.
• Follow the title of a journal with only the
  volume number when it is continuously paginated
  throughout the volume year.
• Enclose the year of publication in parentheses
  followed by a colon.
• End with the inclusive page numbers of the work.

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Scholarly Journals(with continuous pagination)

• Koolish, Lynda. To Be Loved and Cry Shame A
  Psychological
• Reading of Toni Morrisons Beloved. MELUS 26
  (2001)
• 169-96.
• Sometimes the titles of works include the
  quotations or the titles of other works. Use
  single quote marks for quotations inside titles
  that require quotation marks, and underline or
  italicize works that require it, like books,
  plays, and films.
• Note that volume numbers are simply numbersthey
  are not preceded by volume or its abbreviation.

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Scholarly Journals(without continuous pagination)

• Rector, Liam. The Cultural, the Religious, and
  the War Wars.
• American Poetry Review 32.3 (2003) 45-46.
• Some journals do not have continuous pagination
  throughout the year each separate issue begins
  with page one.
• For such journals, follow the volume number with
  a decimal and then the issue number.

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A Special Issue of a Scholarly Journal

• Haase, Donald, ed.  Jack Zipes and the
  Sociohistorical Study of
• Fairy Tales.  Spec. issue of Marvels and Tales
  Journal
• of Fairy-Tale Studies 16.2 (2002) 1-274.
• Sometimes a scholarly journal publishes a special
  issue with a title and its own editor(s).
• Begin the way you would with an anthology, with
  the editors name and ed. or eds. for more
  than one editor.
• Follow with the title of the special issue.
• Precede the name of the journal with Spec. issue
  of.
• Finish the way you would any other journal
  article, except that you have the inclusive page
  numbers of the entire journal, not a work inside
  it.

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A Special Issue of a Scholarly Journal

• Walden, Daniel, ed. The World of Chaim Potok.
  Spec. issue of
• Studies in American Jewish Literature 4.1
  (1985) 1-213.
• Albany State U of New York P, 1985.
• Sometimes a special issue of a journal is
  published as a book.
• Do the regular style of entry for a special
  issue, then follow with the city, publisher, and
  year.
• The publisher in this example is the State
  University of New York Press remember that with
  University Presses, you always abbreviate
  University to U and Press to P (with no periods).

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More Than One Work in a Special Issue of a
Scholarly Journal

• Haase, Donald, ed.  Jack Zipes and the
  Sociohistorical Study of
• Fairy Tales.  Spec. issue of Marvels and Tales
  Journal
• of Fairy-Tale Studies 16.2 (2002) 1-274.
• Jones, Jane.  "Jack Zipes and German Folklore." 
  Haase 27-41.
• For more than one work in a special issue of a
  scholarly journal, cross-reference the way you
  would with an anthology.
• Begin with the author and a period, add the title
  of the work and a period, add the editors last
  name, and finish with the works inclusive page
  numbers.
• Note that you do not have a period with the
  editors last name.

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One Work in a Special Issue of a Scholarly Journal

• Jones, Jane.  "Jack Zipes and German Folklore." 
  Jack Zipes and
• the Sociohistorical Study of Fairy Tales. 
  Spec. issue of
• Marvels and Tales Journal of Fairy-Tale
  Studies 16.2
• (2002) 27-41.
• Use this form for only one work from a scholarly
  journal.
• Note how closely it resembles the format for a
  single work from an anthology.

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Works in Monthly Magazines

• Wolcott, James. Rummy on the Rocks. Vanity
  Fair Oct. 2004
• 172-78.
• Begin the standard way, with the author's name,
  followed by a period.
• Add the title, in quotation marks, followed by a
  period.
• Add the title of the magazine, italicized or
  underlined, not followed by a period.
• Add the month and year, followed by a colon.
• Abbreviate the names of the months except for
  May, June, and July
• Do not enclose the year in parentheses.
• End with the works inclusive page numbers.

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Works in Monthly and Weekly Magazines

• Erdrich, Louise.  "The Plague of Doves." New
  Yorker 28 June
• 2004 90-97.
• Robbins, Alexandra.  "Powerful Secrets." Vanity
  Fair July 2004
• 119.
• Works in weekly magazines are treated the same
  way as those in monthlies, except that you
  precede the month with the publication days
  date.
• When an article in a magazine does not appear on
  consecutive pages, give the number of the first
  page followed by a plus sign.

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Works in Newspapers

• Manning, Anita.  "Curriculum Battles from Left
  and Right." USA
• Today 2 Mar. 1994 5D.
• Entries for typical articles in most newspapers
  are almost identical to works in weekly
  magazines.
• We also need the section of the newspaper that
  the article is in with the page number or
  numbers.

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Works in Newspapers

• Lohr, Steve. "Now Playing Babes in Cyberspace."
  New York
• Times 3 Apr. 1998, late ed. C1.
• Trachetenberg, Jeffrey.  "What's in a Movie
  Soundtrack?  Catchy
• Tunes and Big Business." Wall Street Journal 1
  Apr. 1994,
• eastern ed. B1.
• If a paper has more than one edition, follow the
  year with a comma and indicate the edition before
  the colon preceding the page numbers.

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Works in the Sunday New York Times

• Rosenbaum, Ron.  "The Crucial First Clue to Henry
  V."  New York
• Times 29 June 2003, late ed., sec. 8 1.
• The Sunday New York Times contains numbered, not
  lettered, sections.  After the edition, give the
  section number preceded by the abbreviation
  "sec.
• Note that we drop the from the beginning of the
  names of newspapers.
• Note that the title of a film is formatted
  properly according to MLA style guidelines. 
  Newspapers follow different house styles, and
  they enclose all titles in quotation marks.
  Always adhere to MLA format when reproducing
  titles of books, journals, films, and any other
  works that MLA guidelines require to be
  underlined or italicized.

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Editorials and Signed Opinion Pieces in Newspapers

• Court Decision Will Have Serious Implications.
  Editorial. Post
• and Courier Charleston, SC 26 Apr. 2003 10A
• Safire, William. Big Medias Silence. Opinion
  piece. New York
• Times 26 June 2003, late ed. A32.
• Add Editorial and a period after unsigned
  editorials.
• Add Opinion piece after the title of such a
  signed opinion piece in a newspaper.
• Dont capitalize piece, and follow it with a
  period.

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Book Reviews in Periodicals

• Gleick, Elizabeth.  "The Burdens of Genius.
  Rev. of The Last
• Samurai, by Helen DeWitt.  Time 4 Dec. 2000
  171.
• Hanson, Clyde.  Rev. of The Last Man Standing, by
  Greg
• Smith.  Kansas Weekly 5 Sept. 2001 45-46.
• Give the reviewer's name if provided and the
  title of the review if there is one.
• Follow with Rev. of and the title of the book,
  followed by a comma.
• Add by and the name of the books author and a
  period.
• Finish with the usual publication information for
  periodicals.

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Film Reviews in Periodicals

• "A Near Perfect Storm." Rev. of The Hurricane,
  dir. Norman
• Jewison. Kansas Weekly 6 Jan. 2000 96.
• Denby, David.  "On the Battlefield." Rev. of The
  Hurricane, dir.
• Norman Jewison.  New Yorker 10 Jan. 2000
  90-92.
• Give the reviewer's name if provided and the
  title of the review if there is one.
• Follow with Rev. of and the title of the film,
  followed by a comma.
• Add dir. and the directors name and a period.
• Finish with the usual publication information for
  periodicals.