Books
Entry for a basic book by a single author characteristically has three main divisions:  Author.  Title.  Publication information (MLA 119). 
Structure:  Author.  Title.  Place of Publication: publisher, copyright date.

Single author example: 
          
Wilson, Frank R. The Hand:  How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language,

       and Human Culture.  New York:  Pantheon, 1998.

Two or more authors example:

Marquart, James W., Sheldon Ekland Olson, and Jonathan R.

        Sorensen.  The Rope, the Chair, and the Needle:  Capital

         Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990.  Austin:  U of Texas Press, 1994. 

Single Book, Editor

Hawkers, Jacquette, ed.  The World of Art. 3rd ed. New York: 

         Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. 

Single Book, Corporate Author (a commission, an association or any group whose individual members are not identified):

American Medical Association.  The American Medical

         Association Family Medical Guide.  Rev. ed.  New York:

         Random, 1987.

Single Book, No Author:

 A Guide to Our Federal Lands.  Washington: Natl. Geographic

         Soc., 1984.

Two or More Books by the Same Author:
Give the name in the first entry only. Thereafter, in place of the name, type three hyphens, followed by a period and the title. If the person named edited, translated, or compiled the book, place a comma (not a period) after the hyphens, and write the appropriate abbreviation (ed., trans., or comp.) before the title. 

 Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant.  The Age of Voltaire.  New 

        York: Simon, 1965

---. A Dual Autobiography.  New York:  Simon, 1977. 
 
                 
Gilbert, Sandra M.  Emily's Bread: Poems. New York: 

       Norton, 1984.

 ---. Ghost Volcano:  Poems.  New York:  Norton, 1984.

Encyclopedia or Other Multivolume Work
Treat an encyclopedia article or a dictionary entry as you would a piece in a collection, but do not cite the editor of the Encyclopedia (MLA 130).  

Structure:  Author.  “Title of article.”  Title of Encyclopedia.  Edition or copyright date. 

Signed Article:
 Woolrych, Austin.  “Cromwell, Oliver.”  Encyclopedia

         Britannica. 15th ed. 1999.

Unsigned Article:
 “Africa.”  Encyclopedia Americana.  1999 ed.

Pamphlet

Structure: Treat a pamphlet as you would a book (MLA 142). 

Renoir Lithographs. New York: Dover, 1994.

Interview

For documentation, there are three kinds of interviews: published or recorded; broadcast on television or radio and conducted by the researcher.  

Structure: Name of interviewee. Kind of Interview. Day Month Year (MLA 172).

 Blackmun, Harry. Interview with Ted Koppel and Nina Totenberg.

           Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 5 Apr. 1994

Interview that you conducted: Give the name of the person interviewed, the kind of interview and the date. 

           Couric, Katie. Personal interview.  22 March 2004.

           Elliott, Ernest.  Telephone interview.  4 May 2004.

Press Releases
Structure:  “Title (if included) or Subject/Topic or Name.”  Issuing agent.  Press release.  Day Month Year.

“Dole Campaign Roars past $20 Million Mark.”  1995 Dole for  

           President, Inc.  Press release 16 October 1995.

Lectures, Speeches, & Addresses
Structure:  Speaker.  “Title of Lecture” (if known) in quotation marks. The meeting and the sponsoring organization (if applicable). Location. Day Month Year. If there is no title, use an appropriate descriptive label (lecture, address, keynote speech) neither underlined nor enclosed in quotation marks (MLA 174)..

Atwood, Margaret.  “Silencing the Scream.”  Boundaries of the

        Imagination Forum. MLA Convention. Royal York Hotel, Toronto.  

        29 Dec. 1993.

Terkel, Studs. Address. Conf. on Coll. Composition and Communication

        Convention. Palmer House, Chicago. 22 Mar. 1990.

Magazines
Structure:  Author.  “Title of Article.”  Magazine Title Day Month Year: Page(s). Abbreviate months except for May, June, and July. If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first page number and a plus sign. Don’t include volume and issue numbers (MLA 155-156).

 Magazine Article with Author:

Armstrong, Larry, Dori Jones Yang, and Alice Cuneo.  “The Learning

        Revolution: Technology Is Reshaping Education—at Home and 

        at School."  Business Week 28 Feb. 1994: 80-88.

Magazine Article with No Author:

“The Decade of the Spy.”  Newsweek 7 Mar. 1994: 26-27.

Newspapers
Structure:  Author.  “Title of Article.”  Newspaper Title (Omit any introductory title. For example, New York Times, not The New York Times. If the city is not included in the title, add the city in square brackets (Idaho Statesman [Boise]. For nationally published newspapers such as USA Today, don’t include the city.) Day Month Year: Page(s). Abbreviate months except for May, June, and July. If the article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first page number and a plus sign. Remember to include section (e.g., A1, B6). Don’t include volume and issue numbers.  If an edition is named, add a comma after the date and specify the edition (e.g., natl. ed., late ed.). It’s important to state the edition. Different editions of the same issue of a newspaper contain different material (MLA 154).

Newspaper Article with Author:

Lohr, Steve. “Now Playing: Babes in Cyberspace.” New York Times 3

        Apr. 1998, late ed.: Cl+.

Newspaper Article without Author:

“Land Deal Protects Seattle Watershed, Trout Habitat.”  Idaho

         Statesman  14 Apr. 2000: 5B.

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