MLA-Style Documentation Guide 1: Works Cited

MLA-Style Documentation Guide 1: Works Cited Models
WR 122 Handouts - Winter 2008

1. MLA-Style Works Cited Models for Citing Articles from
Restricted-Access Subscription Databases CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints

MLA-Style Works Cited Models

Dobbs, Lou. [Excerpt from Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas, New York: Warner, 2004.] Rpt. "Outsourcing Harms America." At Issue: Does Outsourcing Harm America? Ed. Katherine Read Dunbar. Detroit: Greenhaven P, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. [Document No. EJ3010408202.] 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

Glazer, Sarah. "Roe v. Wade at 25: Will the Landmark Abortion Ruling Stand?" CQ Researcher 7.44 (28 Nov. 1997). CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

Jost, Kenneth. "Abortion Debates." [Entire Report.] CQ Researcher 13.11 (21 Mar. 2003). CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

Kane, Tim, Brett D. Schaefer, and Alison Acosta Fraser. [From 'Ten Myths about Jobs and Outsourcing." www.heritage.org, 1 Apr. 2004.] Rpt. "Outsourcing Does Not Harm America." At Issue: Does Outsourcing Harm America? Ed. Katherine Read Dunbar. Detroit: Greenhaven P, 2006. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. [Document No. EJ3010408203.] 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

Lyons, Christina L. "Should Gays and Lesbians Be Allowed to Adopt?" In "Adoption Controversies." [Entire Report.] CQ Researcher 9.34 (10 Sep. 1999). CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008. [Pathway: Browse by Topic > Family and Domestic Life > Adoption > Adoption Controversies > Full Report.]

Slaughter, Louise. [Con.] "Abortion Debates: Pro/Con: Should Congress Ban So-Called Partial-Birth Abortion?" Ed. Kenneth Jost. CQ Researcher 13.11 (21 Mar. 2003). CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

Smith, Christopher H. [Pro.] "Abortion Debates: Pro/Con: Should Congress Ban So-Called Partial-Birth Abortion?" Ed. Kenneth Jost. CQ Researcher 13.11 (21 Mar. 2003). CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

2. MLA-Style Works Cited Models for Citing Periodical Articles
from Other Restricted-Access Subscription Databases

MLA-Style Works Cited Models

2.A. Journal Article reprinted in Academic Search Premier subscription database:

Fitzgerald, Jill. "How Will Bilingual/ESL Programs in Literacy Change in the Next Millennium?" Reading Research Quarterly 35.4 (2000). Rpt. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

2.B. Magazine Article reprinted in Academic Search Premier subscription database:

Johnner, Matt. "Aiding Through Outsourcing." University Business Jan. 2008: 47-49. Rpt. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

2.C. Newspaper Articles reprinted in COCC library subscription databases:

Clayton, Mark. "Climate-Change Paradox: Greenhouse Gas Is Big Oil Boon." Christian Science Monitor 11 Sep. 2007: 3. Rpt. EBSCOHOST Research Databases: Newspapers. EBSCO, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

Revkin, Andrew C. "Federal Study Finds Accord on Warming." New York Times 3 May 2006 [Late ed]: A23. Rpt. Lexis-Nexis Academic. Lexis-Nexis, 2007. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

2.D. Encyclopedia Article reprinted in Gale Virtual Reference Library subscription database:

Palmer, Nancy B. "Pro-Choice Movement." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I Kutler. V. 6. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 489. Rpt. Gale Virtual Reference Library. [Document No. CX3401803403]. Gale, 2008. Central Oregon Community Col. Barber Lib., Bend, OR. 17 Feb. 2008.

3. MLA-Style Works Cited Models for Citing Internet Sources
freely available on the World Wide Web

MLA Style for a Short work/Individual Web Page from a World Wide Web site
Enclose in quotation marks titles of "Short" works - e.g. Title of an individual web page or a section (like a chapter) from a larger sponsoring web site (like a book). When creating a bibliographical entry for a short work from a Web site, include as many of the following elements as apply and as are available:

Author's name
Title of the short work--i.e. title of the individual web page--in quotation marks
Date of the short work if given on the individual web page
Title of the site, underlined or italicized
Date of publication or last update of the web site.
Sponsor of the site (if not named as the author or in the title of the web site)
Date you accessed the source
The URL in angle brackets

MLA-Style Works Cited Models:

3.A. Individual Web Pages with Author Identified - from a Web Site freely accessible on the World Wide Web:

Barton, David. "A Tale of Two Constitutions." [Issues and Articles.] Wallbuilders: Presenting America's Forgotten History and Heroes with an Emphasis on Our Moral, Religious, and Constitutional History. [n.d.] 16 Oct. 2007 <http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id+86>.

Hallengren, Anders. "Naguib Mahfouz: The Son of Two Civilizations." Nobelprize.org. 29 Jun. 2004. The Nobel Foundation. 28 Jan. 2005 <http://nobelprize.org/literature/articles/mahfouz/index.html>.

Hurdle, Terra. "The Color of Justice: A Critical Response to an Essay on Affirmative Action." "Example Student Critical Response Essays: Example #1." Writing 122: English Composition [Course Web], Winter 2008. Ed. Cora Agatucci, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College [Bend, OR]. 2 Feb. 2008 <http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr122/ExampleCriticalResponseEssays.htm>.

Thompson, Ginger. "Seeking Unity, Obama Feels Pull of Racial Divide: Race Pulls at Campaign Some Hoped Would Rise Above Racial Divide." New York Times, 12 Feb. 2008. Rpt. msnbc.com. 12 Feb. 2008 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23122137/>.

3.B. Individual Web Pages with NO Author Identified - from a Web Site freely accessible on the World Wide Web:

"About Margaret Sanger: Biographical Sketch." 6 Dec. 2002. Margaret Sanger Papers Project. 2008. Smith College Collections and Dept. of History, New York University. 17 Feb. 2008 <http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger/secure/aboutms/index.html>.

"Critical Response to L. Rowell Huesmann and Jessica Moise's 'Media Violence: A Demonstrated Public Health Threat to Children.'" "Example Student Critical Response Essays: Example #3," Writing 122: English Composition [Course Web], Winter 2008. Ed. Cora Agatucci, Humanities Dept., Central Oregon Community College [Bend, OR]. 2 Feb. 2008 <http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr122/ExampleCriticalResponseEssays.htm>

"Ecotourism." Def. 1. [Based on Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006 ed.] Dictionary.com Unabridged. Vol. 1. Lexico Publishing Group, 2007. 16 Oct. 2007 <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ecotourism>.

"Human Sexuality." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 15 Oct. 2007. Wikipedia Foundation. 15 Oct.2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Sexuality>.

"Media Giants." Frontline: The Merchants of Cool. 2001. PBS Online - WGBH Educational Foundation, 1995-2008. 17 Feb. 2008
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/>.

4. MLA-Style Works Cited Models for Citing PRINT Sources
See also MLA-Style Models given in previous WR 122 handouts and in
AofA "Creating Works Cited & Reference Lists" (Crusius and Channell 126-132).

MLA-Style Works Cited Models:

4.A. Book by Two or Three Authors and (in the case of our textbook) Prepared by an Editor or Editors:

Crusius, Timothy W., and Carolyn E. Channell, ed. Aims of Argument: A Brief Guide. 5^th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

4.B. Work (e.g. Article or Essay first published elsewhere and then reprinted with permission) in an Edited Collection (e.g. in an anthology like our textbook):

Freedman, Jonathan L. “Violence in the Mass Media and Violence in Society: The Link Is Unproven.” Harvard Mental Health Letter, May 1996. Rpt. in Aims of Argument: A Brief
Guide. Ed. Timothy W. Crusius and Carolyn E. Channell. 5th ed. Boston:
McGraw-Hill, 2006. 173-177.

4.C. Work (e.g. Article or Essay first published) in an Edited Collection (e.g. in an anthology like our textbook):

Grellhesl, Angi. “Mediating the Speech Code Controversy.” Aims of Argument: A Brief
Guide. Ed. Timothy W. Crusius and Carolyn E. Channell. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill,
2006. 301-303.

4.D. Journal Article published in a print periodical:

Wood, Michael. "Broken Dates: Fiction and the Century." Kenyon Review 22.3 (2000): 50-64.

4.E. Magazine Article (by two authors) published in a print periodical:

Dawisha, Adeed, and Karen Dawisha. "How to Build a Democratic Iraq." Foreign Affairs May-June 2003: 36-50.

4.F. Newspaper Articles published in a print periodical:

Murphy, Sean P. "Decisions on Status of Tribes Draw Fire." Boston Globe 27 Mar. 2001: A2.

See also:
Research-Based Argument Essay Directions
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr122/ResearchBasedArgumentEssayDir.htm
Topic Proposal, Annotated Bibliography, Comparative Analysis of Source Positions,
and Projected Aim of Argument Essay
URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr122/TopicProposalAnnotatedBibliography.htm

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