MLA Format
Bibliographies and
Works Cited Pages
ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A Bibliography is a listing of information
including details for the publication of a
source or list of sources
An Annotation is a small set of notes that
shows the relevance or provides extra
information to correspond with material
printed above
MLA
Bibliography Entries
1. Author’s Name (Last name first)
2. Selection Title (short title)
3. Book Title (Long title)
4. Editor, Translator or compiler
5. Edition/ Date of Access & URL
6. Number of the Volume/ Page #’s
7. Name of the Series/ Date Posted
8. Place of Publication, Publishing Co., Date of
Publication
9. Page Numbers
10. Annotation (When applicable)
What if some of those
details are missing?
Cite what you have!!!
Make sure to stay in order, but cite the
details that you can find. You usually
won’t find them all.
What if my source has
only a couple of details?
Before you choose your sources, do the
bibliography.
If it doesn’t have at least three (3) of the
details, it probably isn’t a reliable source.
How do I know what title
to cite?
It depends.
Be as specific as possible.
If you are only using one chapter from a book,
then you will only cite that one chapter.
If you are using multiple chapters, cite the
entire book.
You can also cite the Introduction, Preface,
forward, afterward, epilogue or appendices of
books.
How do I know what title
to cite?
You will always have two titles if using a
periodical.
The article or column title, is the short
title.
The magazine, newspaper, etc, is the
long title.
SHORT TITLE=FEWER PAGES
LONG TITLE = MORE PAGES
The short title will be the selection inside
of the long title.
What is this supposed to
look like?
Here’s an example:
Crabtree, Jonathan. “The Sea Wolf: Decadence and
Despair.” Collegiate Responses to Jack London.
Sabord Woods, ed. Tennessee, Lee Printing:
2006. 1-6.
How do I get from this list,
to that format?
1. Author’s Name begins on the margin of the
first line. The last name goes first, followed by
a comma and the first name, then a period.
Each detail in the entry ends with a period.
Crabtree, Jonathan.
How do I get from this list,
to that format?
2. The selection title begins after the author’s name. If
the selection is not book length, it will be in quotation
marks. Otherwise, it should be underlined.
Crabtree, Jonathan. “The Sea Wolf: Decadence and
Despair.”
Bib. entries should be in hang-indent format, which
means all lines except the first are indented.
How do I get from this list,
to that format?
3. The book title will be underlined
immediately after the selection title.
Crabtree, Jonathan. “The Sea Wolf: Decadence and
Despair.” Collegiate Responses to Jack London.
How do I get from this list,
to that format?
4. The editor’s, translator’s or compiler’s name
will follow the book title. The name will be
followed by a comma and abbreviation for the
position. Editor=, ed.
Translator=, trans.
Compiler=, comp.
Crabtree, Jonathan. “The Sea Wolf: Decadence
and Despair.” Collegiate Responses to Jack
London. Sabord Woods, ed.
How do I get from this list,
to that format?
5. The editor is followed by the place of publication,
publishing company, then the year of publication.
Again, be as specific as possible. If the print source
is published in the U.S., the state is specific enough.
Otherwise use what is given. If you use
abbreviations, use the right ones. For the date, use
only the year in yyyy format.
Crabtree, Jonathan. “The Sea Wolf: Decadence and
Despair.” Collegiate Responses to Jack London.
Sabord Woods, ed. Tennessee, Lee Printing:
2006.
How do I get from this list,
to that format?
6. The page numbers are given in a range, unless only
one page is cited. The first number given is the first
number cited, and the last number given is the last
page cited. The pages are seperated by a hyphen.
Exception: the primary source pages should be cited
from the beginning to the end.
Crabtree, Jonathan. “The Sea Wolf: Decadence and
Despair.” Collegiate Responses to Jack London.
Sabord Woods, ed. Tennessee, Lee Printing:
2006. 1-6.