ECHS MLA Format

Note: the following information is taken from MLA Handbook for Writers of

Research Papers, Fifth Edition. Entries should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.

Anthology (Work included in an anthology)

Williams, William Carlos. “The Desert Music.”

American Poetry Since 1950. Ed. Eliot

Weinberger. New York: Marsilio,

1993. 3-14.

Book with one author

Quindlen, Anna. One True Thing. New York: Dell,

1994.

Book with two or more authors

Clark, Mary Higgins, and Carol Higgins Clark. Deck

the Halls. New York: Simon, 2000.

CD-ROM Databases

Leonard, Mary. “Managed Care Medicine.” The

Washington Post 3 August 2001: A1. Infotrac.

CD-ROM. Gale. Oct. 2001.

Dictionary

“Romanticism.” Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate

Dictionary. 9th ed. 1987.

Encyclopedia article

“Islam.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 2000 ed.

Interview (personal)

Holland, Gary. Personal interview. 13 Sept. 2002.

Magazine Article

Roberts, Johnnie L. “Enron: The Dirty Laundry.”

Newsweek Mar. 2002: 22-28.

Multivolume Work, Single Author

Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Story of

Civilization. Vol. 7. New York: Simon,

1965.

Note: You do not need to include the Volume #

if you are using only one volume of a multivolume

work and the book has an individual title.

Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Age of

Voltaire. New York: Simon,

1965.

Newspaper Article

Skinner, W.Winston. “Schools will get graded.”

The Times-Herald 26 Apr. 2001,B1.

Online Source

“This Day in History: May 8.” The History Channel

Online. 2002. History Channel. 12 August

2002. <http://historychannel.com/thisday/today/

020508.html>.

Pamphlet

Treat a pamphlet as you would a book. If there is

no clear author, leave it out.

Jafari, Ali. “The Rise of a New Paradigm Shift in

Teaching and Learning.” The Journal 27 (1999):

303-313.

Television Program

“Caffeine.” The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. PBS.

WCED, Pittsburgh. 4 Sept. 1980.

Translation

Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Richard Lattimore.

New York: Harper, 1967.