EasyBib - Click here to type your bibliography in correct MLA format.
KnightCite - Created by Calvin College.
Slate Citation Machine - Another good site for typing bibliographies in correct MLA format.
BibMe - the fully automatic & free bibliography maker (MLA, APA & Chicago)
Noodle Bib - You must now be a paid subscriber to use this source.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide (The OWL at Purdue)
Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style
Rye Country Day: Bibliography Guidelines
Colquitt County High School - MLA Source Citation
OSLIS :: MLA Citation Maker :: Middle and High School
Parkway Schools: MLA Works Cited Formats
This resource was written by Jennifer Liethen Kunka and Joe Barbato; additional revision by Dave Neyhart and Erin E. Karper. Last full revision by Karl Stolley and Kristen Seas. Last edited by Dana Lynn Driscoll on August 20th 2007 at 1:43PM http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/08/
Basic format:
Name of Site. Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site [electronic address].
It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later. Be sure to include the complete address for the site. Here are some examples:
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. 26 Aug. 2005. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. 23 April 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu>.
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. 28 Nov. 2003. Purdue University. 10 May 2006 <http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory>.
For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Make sure the URL points to the exact page you are referring to, or the entry or home page for a collection of pages you're referring to:
"Caret." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 28 April 2006. 10 May 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret>.
"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow.com. 10 May 2006 <http://www.ehow.com/
how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html>.
Stolley, Karl. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing Lab. 12 May 2006 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/>.
First or single author's name is written last name, first name. The basic form for a book citation is:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Book with One Author
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: MacMurray, 1999.
Book with More Than One Author
First author name is written last name first; subsequent author names are written first name, last name.
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000.
Book with No Author
List and alphabetize by the title of the book.
Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993.
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages.
Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71.
Buchman, Dana. "A Special Education." Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-8.
Cite a newspaper article as you would a magazine article, but note the different pagination in a newspaper. If there is more than one edition available for that date (as in an early and late edition of a newspaper), identify the edition following the date (e.g., 17 May 1987, late ed.).
Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01.
Krugman, Andrew. "Fear of Eating." New York Times 21 May 2007 late ed.: A1.
If the newspaper is local, include the city name in brackets after the title of the newspaper.
Behre, Robert. "Presidential hopefuls get final crack at core of S.C. Democrats." Post and Courier [Charleston, SC] 29 Apr. 2007: A11.
Trembacki, Paul. "Brees Hopes to Win Heisman for Team." Purdue Exponent [West Lafayette, IN] 5 Dec. 2000: 20.
Listed by the name of the person you have interviewed.
Purdue, Pete. Personal Interview. 1 Dec. 2000.
updated 11/7/07 , bt
June 11, 7:00pm
June 13, 6:30pm
For a recording of today's detailed announcements call: 358-2054 then press 0#, then press 8.
See the school calendar for more »
August 21 , 2008 7:00 p.m.
A.P. Schalick High School
Media Center