MLA
WORKS-CITED TEMPLATE
designed & compiled by Allen Loibner-Waitkus
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Instructions: (1) Record the publication information given in the work. (2) List each element relevant to your source in the order shown on the template. (3) Omit any element that does not apply except the title of the source. (If no title is given, supply your own description of the work.) (4) Conclude each element with the punctuation mark shown, but always end your entry with a period. (5) When a work is contained in another work— such as a poem in a book or an article in a journal—document relevant facts for both the source and its container.
a sample work in an anthology
a sample book
Kurt Vonnegut
John Keats
Galapagos _________
“The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream” Romanticism: _______________ An Anthology _______________
Duncan Wu, Editor 2nd Edition
Dial Press
Blackwell Publishers
2009
1998 Pages 1081-1091
a sample article in a periodical
a book by a corporate author
Abby Carney
American Psychiatric Association
“Safe Keeping”
Diagnostic and Statistical ______________________________ Manual of Mental Disorders ______________________________
Alcalde _______
Volume 110
5th Edition
Number 2 American Psychiatric Publishing November and December 2021
Pages 26-37
2013
an e-book
an article on a website
Annie Dillard
Eric Grossarth
For the Time Being ________________
“The Latest Timeline in the Lori and Chad Daybell Case”
East Idaho News ________________
Kindle Edition
Vintage Books 2010
12 November 2021 www.eastidahonews.com/2021/11/ the-latest-timeline-in-the-loriand-chad-daybell-case-nov-12/
a video on an app
a podcast
John & Lauren Matthias, Hosts “True Crime Arizona: The Lori Vallow Case”
“Beyond the Veil: The Making of Lori Vallow”
AZ Family _________
Hidden: A True Crime ___________________ Podcast _______
Season 1 Episode 7
22 September 2021
30 August 2021
YouTube App
Apple Podcasts
Sample Works-Cited Page in MLA Style
Wang 4 Works Cited American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed., American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013. Carney, Abby. “Safe Keepers.” Alcalde, volume 10, issue 2, Nov.-Dec. 2021, pp. 26-37. Dillard, Annie. For the Time Being. Kindle ed., Vintage Books, 2010. Grossarth, Eric. “The Latest Timeline in the Lori and Chad Daybell Case.” East Idaho News, 12 Nov. 2021, www.eastidahonews.com/2021/11/the-latest-timeline-in-the-lori-and-chaddaybell-case-nov-12/ Matthias, John, and Lauren Matthias, hosts. “Beyond the Veil: The Making of Lori Vallow.” Hidden: A True Crime Podcast, season 1, episode 7, 30 Aug. 2021. Apple Podcasts. Keats, John. “The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream.” Romanticism: An Anthology, edited by Duncan Wu, 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishers, 1998, pp. 1081-1091. “True Crime Arizona: The Lori Vallow Case.” AZ Family, 22 Sept. 2021. YouTube app. Vonnegut, Kurt. Galapagos. Dial Press, 2009.