MLA 9 Works Cited Tips

 

Setting Up the Page:

Open a Google doc Title the page Change the font to Times New Roman 12 Double space (look for the arrow that points both up and down) Click on Format. Move your curser three down to Align and Indent. Slide over to the pull-down selections. Click on Indentation Options. Under Special, click the pull-down menu. Change to Hanging. Click on Insert. Choose Header and Page Number. Select Page Number. Choose the upper left box. Type your last name. Leave the 1 if your Works Cited is more than one page. Eliminate the 1 if your Works Cited is only one page. (example: Warren 1 or Warren) Click under the line that was created when did step 6.  Click the center align button. Type Works Cited. Use an upper case W and an upper case C. Don't forget to put an S on Work! Hit enter once and click the left align button. Enter your citations in alphabetical order.

 
Citation Help:
Important Notes:

• When indicating page numbers, use p. for one page, use pp. for a range of pages.
• The final copy should be in alphabetical order.
• With the exception of May, June and July, months should be abbreviated and followed by a period. i.e. Jan. Feb. Mar.
• Though the examples below do not show it, use a hanging indent.

Books 

	Format	Example
One Author	Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any.  Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.	Collins, Suzanne. Hunger Games. Scholastic, 2008.
Two Authors	Last Name, First Name of First Author, and First Name Last Name of Second Author. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any.  Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.	Reynolds, Jason, and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys. Atheneum, 2015.
Three or More Authors	Last Name, First Name of First Author, et al. Title of Book: Subtitle if Any. Publisher Name often shortened, Year of publication.	Karolides, Nicholas J., et al. 120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature. Checkmark, 2011.
Graphic Novel	Title of the Book. By Author's First Name Last Name, illustrated by First Name, Last Name, Publisher's Name often shortened, Year of publication.	Becoming RBG. By Debbie Levy, illustrated by Whitney Gardner, Simon and Schuster, 2019.

Periodicals from a Database

Scholarly Journal from a Database and with a DOI Number	Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, doi: DOI number.	Meyers-Manor, Julia, and Marijo L. Botten. "A Shoulder to Cry on: Heart Rate Variability and Empathetic Behavioral Responses to Crying and Laughing in Dogs." Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, vol. 74, no. 3, Sep. 2020, pp. 235-243. ProQuest, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cep0000225.
Scholarly Journal from a database with no DOI Number	Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, URL.	Gottlieb, Hiroko Muraki. "Filling the Gaps in the Global Governance of Marine Plastic Pollution." Natural Resources & Environment, vol. 35, no. 4, spring 2021, pp. 4+. Gale General OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A663597354/GPS?u=nysl_ro_wtms&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=6ae6bc52.
Magazine Article from a Database	Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Magazine, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, URL.	Payne, Jason M. "Leading the Change to Holistic Health and Fitness." Military Review, Nov. 2020, pp. 66-71. eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2472669602?accountid=37203.
Newspaper Article from a Database	Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Newspaper [city of newspaper if city name not in name], Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, URL.	Harding, Robert. "Gillibrand, AOC Urge More Funding for High-Speed Rail." Press & Sun-Bulletin [Binghamton], 7 July 2021, p. A2. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/gillibrand-aoc-urge-more-funding-high-speed-rail/docview/2548743301/se-2?accountid=37203. OR:   Dodgen-Magee, Doreen. "We Need to Take Tech Addiction Seriously."  Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2019. SIRS, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2265913976?accountid=37203.

Websites

Website

Author's Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Website, Name of Organization Affiliated with the Website, Date of copyright or date last modified/updated, URL.

McCann, Matt. “Hot Dinosaur Summer.” New York Times, 3 July 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/science/hot-dinosaur-summer.html.

YouTube

“Title of Video.” YouTube, uploaded by first name last name of creator, day month year of publication, URL of video.

“How to Read A Paper Quickly & Effectively.” YouTube, uploaded by Amina Yonis, 29 Dec. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5ku0eoY6k.