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Each entry in a Works Cited list is composed of fact common to most works. These are called the Core Elements. They are assembled in a specific order.
MLA Works Cited: A Quick Guide. https://style.mla.org/works-cited/works-cited-a-quick-guide/
The author is the person(s) or entity responsible for the source. List authors in the order they appear in the document or text. Reverse the name of the first author followed by a comma. Use the word "and" before the last name if there are multiple authors.
Heller, Steven. Growing up Underground: A Memoir of Counterculture New York. 1st ed., Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
Siegel, Ethan, and Brian Greene. Infinite Cosmos: Visions from the James Webb Space Telescope. National Geographic, 2024.
Thompson, Dominick, et al. Eat What Elephants Eat: Vegan Recipes for a Strong Body and a Gentle Spirit. 1st ed., Simon Element, 2025.
Goddard Space Flight Center. The James Webb Space Telescope Science Guide. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, 2011.
DiYanni, Robert, editor. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry and Drama. 6th ed., McGraw Hill, 2007.
Ziegler-Hill, Virgil, and David K. Marcus, editors. The Dark Side of Personality: Science and Practice in Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology. American Psychological Association, 2016.
Damrosch, David, et al., editors. The Longman Anthology of World Literature. 2nd ed., Pearson Education, 2009.
List the title in full exactly as they are found in the source. The formatting of the title helps your reader identify the nature of your sources. A title in italics indicates a standalone source such as a book. A title in quotes indicates it is part of a larger source, such as an article in a magazine, newspaper, or website.
Clowes, Dan. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron. Fantagraphics, 1993.
Pope, Victoria, and Jerelyn Eddings. "An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove." U.S. News & World Report, vol. 121, no. 7, 19 August, 1996, p. 26. Academic Search Premiere, \libproxy.uco.edu/login?url=http.search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9608147548&site=ehost-live.
Parker, John R. "The Evolution of Daniel Clowes." The Comics Alliance. 2015. comicsalliance.com/tribute-daniel-clowes/.
The container is the element where the source is found. An article is contained in a magazine or journal. A chapter is contained in a book.
Sometimes a source can have more than one container - an article contained in a journal which is contained in a database.
Barthelme, Frederick. "Architecture." Kansas Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3-4, 1981, pp.77-80.
Cancian, Francesca M. "The Feminization of Love." Women and Romance: A Reader, edited by Susan Ostrov Weisser, New York UP, 2001, pp.189-204.
Pope, Victoria, and Jerelyn Eddings. "An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove." U.S. News & World Report, vol. 121, no. 7, 19 August, 1996, p. 26. Academic Search Premiere, libproxy.uco.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9608147548&site=ehost-live.
Duran Duran. "Girls on Film." Decades, 1989, open.spotify.com/album/4P6rgSkSEXFGrpTk9NZUAj.
Other contributors are the person or persons that have contributed to the source in a way that is important to your research and/or is important to identifying the source. This can be an editor(s), translator(s), director(s), etc.
Herzinger, Kim. "Glory Days: The Day I Met Buddy Holly." It's Only Rock and Roll: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Short Stories, edited by Janice Eidus and John Kastan, David R. Godine Publisher, 1998, pp. 24-34.
Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina. Translated by Rosemary Edmonds, Penguin Books, 1978.
If the source is produced in more than one form, indicate which version in the citation. This could be something like a particular edition of a book, unabridged version or a director's cut. This element begins with a capital only if the preceding element ends with a period. If it ends with a comma, then use a lower case letter.
Lafont, Maria. Soviet Posters: The Sergo Grigorian Collection. 2nd. ed., Prestel, 2008.
Spielberg, Steven. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Director's cut, Sony Pictures, 2007.
Rumi, Jalal al-Din. Masnavi, Book One. Translated by Jawid Mojaddedi, unabridged version, Oxford World Classics, 2004. ProQuest eBook Central, ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucok-ebooks/reader.action?ppg=6&docID=422459&tm=1509137647368.
This indicates if a source is part of a numbered sequence. Journals and magazines are numbered by volume and issue. Encyclopedias usually are part of a multi-volume set.
Pope, Victoria, and Jerelyn Eddings. "An Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove." U.S. News & World Report, vol. 121, no. 7, 19 August, 1996, p. 26. Academic Search Premier, libproxy.uco.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9608147548&site=ehost-live.
Gaukroger, Stephen. "Bacon, Francis (1561-1626). Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Donald M. Borchert, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, 2006, pp. 442-452.
The publisher is the entity that is responsible for producing the source and making it available to the public.
Bremmer, Jan, and Lourens Van Den Bosch. Between Poverty and the Pyre: Moments in the History of Widowhood. Taylor and Francis, 2002.
Spielberg, Steven. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Director's cut, Sony Pictures, 2007.
"The Tarascan Empire." Guggenheim. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2007, www.guggenheim.org/arts-curriculum/topic/the-tarascan-empire
On a website, the publisher information can often be found in a copyright notice at the bottom of the page or on a page that give information about the site.
The date is the date that the source was published. The form of the date depends on the source. Include the information that is available.
Fukuyama, Francis. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. Farrar, 2002.
Article - Include the information that is available.
Bello, Grace. "From Indie Comics to Birth Control." Publisher's Weekly, vol. 260, no. 41,14 Oct. 2013, p. 28. Academic Search Premiere, libproxy.uco.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=91246744&site=ehost-live.
Gregory, Steve. "Operation Husky 2013." Canadian Military History, vol. 22, no. 3, Summer 2013, p. 3-4. Military & Government Collection, libproxy.uco.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=90240978&site=ehost-live.
The location refers to where the source was accessed or can be found. This can be page numbers for a print source, or a URL or DOI for an online source.
Scholarly journals require a page range. If the journal appears exclusively online that does not make use of page numbers, indicate the URL,DOI or or other location information.
What is a DOI? - A DOI or Digital Object Identifier is a string of numbers that is unique to an article. Scholarly articles are usually assigned a DOI. A DOI usually starts with a 10 and looks something like this: 10.1017/S0018246X06005966.
Lennon, John. "Assembling a Revolution: Graffiti, Cairo and the Arab Spring." Cultural Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, March 2014, pp. 237-275. Art, Design, & Architecture Collection. libproxy.uco.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1521717087?accountid=14516. Accessed 20 October 2017.
When using a URL, omit the http://
Barker, Jessica. "Legal Crisis and Artistic Innovation in Thirteenth Century Scotland." British Art Studies, vol. 6, 2016, doi: 10.17658/issn.2058-5462/issue-06/jbarker/000. Accessed 20 October 2017.
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