MLA Stylesheet

Community College of Southern Nevada

The following MLA stylesheet is intended to help students easily format bibliographic citations for a "works cited" page to accompany research papers and other academic research projects. The examples given do not constitute a comprehensive list of possible sources found in the complete MLA Handbook. Rather, the examples highlight the most common sources used by students at the undergraduate level. Students should feel free to use the examples as easy-to-follow templates.

Source of Information

Newspaper Articles

Magazine Articles

(e.g. U.S. News & World Report)

Journal Articles

(e.g. Journal of Political Research)

Books

Anthologies

(A collection of writing contained in one book)

Reference Sources

(e.g. Contemporary Literary Criticism)

Electronic Sources

(Online Databases and World Wide Web)

Miscellaneous Sources

(Television Programs, Videos, Interviews)

Citing Entire Works

Rules for Quotations

Sample Works Cited Page

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