MLA 9 Works Cited Examples

Correct MLA 9th-edition Works Cited entries for the sources students cite most. MLA uses full author names, the word "and" (not "&"), title-case titles, a hyphen in page ranges, and ends every entry with a period.

Journal article

Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.

Whole book (two authors)

Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

Work in an anthology or edited collection

Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben Rafoth, Heinemann, 2000, pp. 24-34.

Web page

Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.

Note: MLA drops the https:// from a plain URL, italicizes the website name, and writes dates as Day Month Year (e.g., 25 Apr. 2013).

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Format the list with a 0.5-inch hanging indent, double spacing, and alphabetical order, under a centered "Works Cited" heading.