More MLA and In-Text Citation Examples
Use this handout in conjunction with the “Works Cited in MLA: 1301” and “Works Cited in MLA: 1302” handouts. For convenience, each example below includes a corresponding in-text citation as if quoted from the source.
Printed and Online Book and Anthology Examples
1. Organization or Company as Author
Works Cited:
Human Rights Watch. World Report 2015: Events of 2014. Seven Stories Press, 2015.
In-text citation: (World Report 85)
2. Book with Editors
Works Cited:
Horner, Avril, and Anne Rowe, editors. Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934–1995. Princeton UP, 2016.
In-text citation: (Horner and Rowe 386)
3. Translation
Works Cited:
Ullman, Regina. The Country Road: Stories. Translated by Kurt Beals, New Directions Publishing, 2015.
In-text citation: (Ullman 386–387)
Works Cited:
Piketty, Thomas. Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Harvard UP, 2014. Google Books, books.google.com/books?isbn=0674369556.
In-text citation: (Piketty)
4. Edition Other Than the First
Works Cited:
Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. 3rd ed., U of Minnesota P, 2008.
In-text citation: (Eagleton 386)
5. E-Book
Works Cited:
Doerr, Anthony. All the Light We Cannot See. Nook ed., Scribner, 2014.
In-text citation: (Doerr 48)
No page number: (Doerr)
6. Entire Anthology
Works Cited:
Marcus, Ben, editor. New American Stories. Vintage Books, 2015.
In-text citation: (Marcus 386)
7. Book in a Database
Works Cited:
Hall, Kimberly, editor. Construction Projects: Improvement Strategies, Quality Management and Potential Challenges. Nova Science Publishers, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/butlercc/detail.action?docID=4789267.
In-text citation: (Hall 30)
8. One Selection from an Anthology
Works Cited:
Sayrafiezadeh, Saïd. “Paranoia.” New American Stories, edited by Ben Marcus, Vintage Books, 2015, pp. 3–29.
In-text citation: (Sayrafiezadeh 27)
9. Sacred Text
Works Cited:
The Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha. Edited by Herbert G. May and Bruce M. Metzger, Revised Standard Version, Oxford UP, 1965.
In-text citation: (Oxford Annotated Bible, Prov. 25.21)
Printed and Online Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Examples
10. Magazine Article
Works Cited:
Bryan, Christy. “Ivory Worship.” National Geographic, Oct. 2012, pp. 28–61.
In-text citation: (Bryan 35)
11. Journal Article
Works Cited:
Matchie, Thomas. “Law versus Love in The Round House.” Midwest Quarterly, vol. 56, no. 4, Summer 2015, pp. 353–64.
In-text citation: (Matchie 360–62)
12. Newspaper Article
Works Cited:
Bray, Hiawatha. “As Toys Get Smarter, Privacy Issues Emerge.” The Boston Globe, 10 Dec. 2015, p. C1.
In-text citation: (Bray C1)
Digital, Media, and Other Source Types
Social Media Post
Works Cited:
Curiosity Rover. “Can you see me waving? How to spot #Mars in the night sky.” Twitter, 5 Nov. 2015, twitter.com/marscuriosity/status/672859022911889408.
In-text citation: (Curiosity Rover)
YouTube Video
Works Cited:
McGonigal, Jane. “Gaming and Productivity.” YouTube, uploaded by Big Think, 3 July 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdzy9bWW3E.
In-text citation: (McGonigal 00:01:15–50)
Film
Works Cited:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fox Searchlight, 2014.
In-text citation: (Iñárritu 00:35:40–47)
Podcast Episode
Works Cited:
“The Cathedral.” Reply All, narrated by Sruthi Pinnamaneni, episode 50, Gimlet Media, 7 Jan. 2016, gimletmedia.com/episode/50-the-cathedral.
In-text citation: (“Cathedral” 00:15:10–18)
Music (Streaming)
Works Cited:
Morris, Rae. “Skin.” Cold, Atlantic Records, 2014. Spotify, open.spotify.com/track/oOPES3Tw5r8606fudK8gxi.
In-text citation: (Morris 00:06:18–25)