La Habra High School Standard Works Cited Format  
rev. 1/14/2003

This list is based on the 5th. ed. of the MLA Handbook to provide examples for the most basic types of citations.  Because there are so many possible variations, please refer to the handbook for a more exhaustive list of examples. MLA-Handbook for Writers of Research Papers  5th. ed.  REF 808.2 GIBALDI  (Available on Ready Reference shelf).

BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR

MacCaulay, David.  The Way Things Work.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

BOOK BY MORE THAN ONE AUTHOR

Thomas, Frank, and Ollie Johnston.  Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.

                New York: Abbeville Press, 1981.

BOOK WITH NO AUTHOR NAMED

A Guide to Our Federal Lands.  Washington: National Geographic Soc., 1984.

BOOK WITH AN EDITOR

Wolfe, Thomas.  The Thomas Wolfe Reader.  Ed.  Hugh Holman.  New York:

              Scribners, 1962.

BOOK IN A SERIES

Wright, Louis B. The Cultural Life  of the American Colonies.  The New

                American Nation Ser.  5. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.

WORK WITHIN AN ANTHOLOGY

Dimock, George E., Jr. "The Name of Odysseus." Essays on the Odyssey.  Ed.

Charles Taylor.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1963. 54-72.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH AN AUTHOR GIVEN

(The author's name, if given, should be either at the beginning or the end of the article)

Drake, Frank D.  "Black Hole." World Book Encyclopedia.  1988 ed.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH NO AUTHOR GIVEN

"Magnetism." Encyclopedia Americana. 1979 ed.

SPECIALIZED ENCYCLOPEDIA

Cavendish, Richard.  “Druids.”  Man, Myth & Magic: the Illustrated Encyclopedia of

              Mythology, Religion and the Unknown.  New York: Marshall

              Cavendish, 1995.

ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

Drake, Frank D. "Radio Galaxies," The Software Toolworks Illustrated

              Encyclopedia.Vers. 2.0. CD-ROM.  Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1991.

MAGAZINE MONTHLY

Diamond, Jared.  "The Worst Mistake in Human History." Discover Feb. 1987:

                64-67.

MAGAZINE WEEKLY/BIWEEKLY

MacManus, Yvonne.  "Interstellar Clouds." Science News 5 May 1980: 5-10.

MAGAZINE NO AUTHOR GIVEN

"Campus Control of Crystal Growth in Space." Science News 16 Mar. 1996: 165.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (follows same basic format as a magazine)

Greeley, Andrew.  "Today's Morality Play: The Sitcom." Los Angeles Times 17

May 1987, Orange Co. ed.: Dl 2-13+.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW

Frankin, Ann.  Personal interview. 3 Sept. 1983.

ADVERTISEMENT

 Toyota.  Advertisement.  Time 28 Feb. 2000: 49.

FILM or VIDEOTAPE

It's a Wonderful Life.  Dir.  Frank Capra.  Perf.  James Stewart, Donna Reed,

                Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell.  RKO, 1946.

COMPUTER DISKETTE

"Spain." PC Globe.  Diskette.  Vers. 5.0. Novato: PC Globe, 1992.

CD ROM

CIA World Factbook.  CD-ROM.  Minneapolis: Quanta, 1992.

CD ROM- SPECIFIC PORTION

"John Steinbeck." DISCovering Authors.  CD-ROM.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.

ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS             (These are specific to the LHHS Library)

ABC-CLIO

Rainwater, Regina.  “All Aboard: Last Stop for Amtrak.”  25 June 2002 American History.  ABC-CLIO Schools Subscription Web Sites.  21 Oct. 2002 <http://www.stategeography.abc-clio.com>.

“Argentina: Government.”  World Geography: Understanding a Changing World.  ABC-CLIO Schools Subscription Web Sites.  15 Sept. 2002  <http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com>.

SIRS Knowledge Source

Frick, Robert.  “Investing in Medical Miracles.”  Kiplinger’s Personal Finance  Feb. 1999: 80-87.  SIRS Researcher.  SIRS Knowledge Source.  LHHS Library, La Habra, CA. 13 Sept. 2000. <http://www.sirs.com>.

EBSCO Magazine Database

Buckley Jr., William F.  “Colin Powell Says It Almost Right.”  National Review  28 Aug. 2000: 59.  MAS Full Text Ultra.  EBSCO Host Web. LHHS Library, La Habra, CA.  13 Sept. 2000 <http://search.epnet.com>.

Newsbank

Peres, Judy.  “Steady Maternal Death Rate Troubles CDC.”  Los Angeles Times.  4 Sept. 1998, Home ed.:A-18.  Los Angeles Times  Newsbank.  LHHS Library, La Habra, CA.  13 Sept. 2000 <http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.

INTERNET WEBSITES         

TITLE of web site underlined.  Date of access   URL (<Web site address in angle brackets>)

        Watergate.   5 Oct. 1998 <http://www.cnn.com>.

WEBSITE, If there is an author listed:

                          Dawe, James.  Jane Austen Page.  15 Sept. 2002 <http://www.nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~dawe/austen.html>.

EMAIL

                          Meredith, Paige.  “Re: Museums in Paris.”  E-mail to Daniel J. Cahill.  21 June 2002.

ONLINE IMAGES

                          USGS.  “Map: Major Volcanoes in Ecuador.” [Online image]  17 August 2001 <http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/>.

NOTE:   If you cannot find some of the information required on electronic sources - e.g. the city and name of the publisher - cite what is available.  Publishing information for the library’s electronic resources is provided in How to Cite Network Resources available at the circulation desk.  These booklets also contain more examples of specific citations.

Last modified: Feb. 18th  2003