Standard Format for Works Cited Using MLA Style
(formerly Bibliography)
Grades 4-6

PRINT SOURCES

Books:

Author's Name Given:

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book . City of Publication: Publisher,

Copyright Date.

Simon, Seymour. Mars. NY: Morrow, 1998.

No author given:

Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright Date.

Almanac, Atlas, Book

World Almanac and Book of Facts 1999. Mahwah, NJ: World Almanac, 1998.

Pamphlet

Virginia Dept. of Tourism. Virginia's Fredericksburg Visitor's Guide. 

Richmond: Dept. of Tourism, 1997.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

"Name of the Article." Name of the Encyclopedia. Copyright date.

"Norway."  New Book of Knowledge. 1997.

Magazines or Periodicals

"Name of the Article." Name of the Magazine. 

Month Year: Page(s).

"Iroquois Indians."  Cobblestone.  Jan. 1988: 27.

Newspapers

"Name of the Article." Name of the Newspaper. Date Month Year: Section              letterPage.

"Sam Patch Jumps Again."  Times Union.  21 Jan. 1989: A10. 

PERSONAL INTERVIEWS:

Last name, First Name of the Person Interviewed. Type of Interview. Day       Month Year.

Ryan, Officer.  Personal interview.  3 Mar. 1998.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES  

CD-ROM, (includes Encyclopedias, Almanacs, Magazine Guide Database, etc..) "Name of Article." Title of the CD. CD-ROM. Publisher, Copyright Date.

Encyclopedia, Atlas, Almanac                        "Sweden." Encarta '98. CD-ROM. Microsoft, 1997. 

Periodical Guide Database (Primary Search)

"China in Ancient Times." Calliope. Apr. 1999:10. Primary Search. CD-ROM. EBSCO, Sept-Nov.

1999.

On-line Sources (includes Internet, Online Services and Databases)

Internet (World Wide Web - WWW)

Name of the Article.  Date of Access <URL             Address>.

Whales.  4 May 1999  <http://www.whale.simmons.edu/index,html>.

Directory Searches at AOL, Yahoo etc.:

"Name of the Article." Directory Name. Date of Access < URL Address>.

"City of  New Orleans. LA." Map. Yahoo Maps. Yahoo! 4 Feb. 1999 <http://maps.Yahoo.com/Yahoo>.