List the following information if you are citing a book:
Author's last name, first name. Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
The title of the book should appear in italics.
For example:
Clemens, Sam. Open Field. New York: University Press, 1997. Print.
If your source was compiled by an editor or translated, list this information after the title. For example:
Clemens, Sam. Open Field. Ed. Tom Jones. New York: University Press, 1997. Print.
Clemens, Sam. Open Field. Trans. Neil Young. New York: University Press, 1997. Print.
List information in the following manner if you are citing a dictionary or encyclopedia entry:
"Title of Entry." Title of Reference Work. Edition. Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
The title of the dictionary or encyclopedia should appear in italics.
For example:
"Viral Videos." Encyclopedia Britannica. 9th ed. 2011. Print.
List information in the following manner when citing a newspaper article:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper Date of Publication: Page Number. Medium of Publication.
The title of the newspaper should appear in italics.
For example:
Abel, Charles. "Tsunami Strikes Japanese Coast." The New York Times 27 March 2011: A1. Print.
List information in the following manner when citing a journal article:
Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume Number. Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Numbers. Medium of Publication.
Italicize the journal title and volume number. Do not italicize the issue number.
For example:
Kami, Sufi. "Afghanistan in Poem and Song." American Political Digest 4.13 (2011): 16-19. Print.
List the following information if you are citing a website:
"Title of Page." Name of Website. Name of Publisher, Date of Publication. Medium of Publication. Date on which you accessed this information.
The name of the website should appear in italics.
For example:
"Easter Eggs." Wikipedia. Wikipedia 20 Apr. 2009. Web. 16 Mar. 2011.
If no date of publication is given, use "n.d." If no publisher is listed, use "n.p."
For example:
"Easter Eggs." Wikipedia. n.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2011.
MLA format no longer requires the use of URLs in citation, but if you would like to include this information, it should appear in angle brackets at the end of your citation.
For example:
"Easter Eggs." Wikipedia. Wikipedia 20 Apr. 2009. Web. 16 Mar. 2011. <http://wikipedia.com/eastereggs/>