MLA 9

Printed Books, one author 5.3.3:

Author’s last name, First name.  Title.  Edition statement if not the first edition. 

Publisher, Publication year. 

Eck, Joe.  Our Life in Gardens.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. 

Printed Books, two or three authors, 5.3.4:

Author’s last name, First name, Author’s first name then Author’s Last Name. Title.  Edition statement.   Publisher, Publication year. 

Hopkins, Keith and Mary Beard.  The Coliseum.  Harvard University P, 2005. 

A work or chapter within an anthology, 5.5.6:

Author’s last name, First name.  “Title of the article or chapter or piece.”  Title of the complete work.  Ed. Name. Publisher, Publication year.  Page range. 

Link, Kelly.  “Louise’s Ghost.”  Poe’s Children: the new horror anthology.  Ed. Peter Staub.  Doubleday, 2008. pp. 329-362.

Printed Books, one editor (multiple editors follow the same form as authors) 5.5.6:

Title.  Edition statement if not the first edition. Publisher, Publication Year.

A Companion to Greek Rhetoric.  Blackwell Publishers, 2007.  

A journal or magazine article through a library database, 5.6.4:

Author’s last name, First name.  “Article title.”  Title of the publication.  Volume number, issue

number Publication year, page range.  Name of the database. 

Packer, George.  “Risk Factors.”  The New Yorker. vol. 84 no. 41, 2009, pp 29-30.  Academic Search Complete. 

A journal article through a found through a search engine, 5.6.3:

Author’s last name, First name.  “Article title.”  Title of the publication.  Volume number, issue  number. publication year, page range.

Travis, Jennifer.  “The Trials of Law and Literature.”  American Literary History Advanced Access.  vol. 21 no. 7 July 2009, pp. 345-354.  12 Oct. 2024.

Lim, Katherine.  “False from head to foot: Aristotic Pretentiousness in Punch and The Way We Live Now.”  Victorian Web.org, 1995. https://victorianweb.org/periodicals/punch/lim.html 1 Jan. 2021.

A newspaper or magazine article found through a search engine, 5.6.2c:

Last name, First name.  “Article Title.”  Title of the source.  Publication day month, publication year, web address.  Access date.

Perry, Louise.  “How History Will Remember Elong Musk.”  New York Times, 4 Jun. 2025. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/opinion/elon-musk-cecil-rhodes.html  5 Jun. 2025

Online encyclopedia or dictionary, 5.6.2:

Author name, if any. “Article title.”  Title of the website, Sponsoring organization.  Date of update of “ day, month year, page number (if available), url. 

Tunstall, Lee, and Jessica Wong. "Oil Exports: Overview." Canadian Points of View: Oil Exports, Great Neck Publishing, 31 May 2022, pp. 1-4.  https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commodities/crude-oil-petroleum-products/report/canadian-crude-oil-exports-30-year-review/. 

Government document found online, 5.6.2.c:

Name of National Government, Agency, Subdivision. Title of Document: Subtitle if Given. Edition if given and is not first edition, Name of Government Department, Agency or Committee, Publication Date, URL. 

United States, Congress, House, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Government Publishing Office, 17 Apr. 2012, www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg50208/html/CHRG-111hhrg50208.htm. 112th Congress, 2nd Session, House Report 112-445.

General websites, section 5.6.2:

Author, or compiler name (if available). Title of Website, Name of Organization Affiliated with the Website, Date of copyright or date last modified/updated, URL. Access date.

Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare Online, 29 Dec. 2011, www.shakespeare-online.com.

Specific page in a website 5.6.2: 

"Title of Section." Title of Website, Publisher or Sponsoring Organization, Date of publication or last modified date, URL. Accessed Date Month (abbreviated) Year. Web address.

“Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.

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