Works Cited Examples

Works Cited Examples

• Your works cited page should have the words “Works Cited” center at the top. Your entries should begin right after and should be left-aligned with hanging indents. Eighth edition MLA citations operate on model. The model is a one-size-fits-all approach that asks for nine different elements and takes whatever are available.

These are the elements and the proper punctuation in a citation if they were all present in a source:

• Generic example for all citations:
  • Author. “Title of Source.” Title of Container, Other Contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication Date, Location.
• Book:
  • Model: Last name, First name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.
  • Example: Smith, John. Hunting for Peace. Mifflin Publishing, 2004.
• Work in an anthology:
  • Model: Last name, First name. "Title of Source." Title of Container, Other Contributors, Publisher, Publication Date. Location.
  • Example: Smith, Joanna. “The Squirrel Poem.” Poems about Wildlife, edited by John Smith, Harvard UP, 2016, pp. 122-23.
• Journal article retrieved from database:
  • Model: Author. “Title of Source.” Title of Container, Number, Publication Date, Location.
  • Example: Smith, Sara. “Squirrel Habitat Reduction.” The Journal of the Environment, vol. 30, no. 2, 2009, JSTOR, jstor.org/stable/10/1086/000001
• Website:
  • Model: Author (if available). “Title of Source.” Title of Container, Other Contributors, Publisher, Publication Date, Location.
  • Example: “Human and Animal Relations.” Wildlife Details, edited by John Smith, Turtles Inc., 26 May 2011, www.turtlelist.com/squirrels. 

Information courtesy of MLA 7th edition and MLA 8th edition handbooks.