Kingsburg High School
Library Media Center
MLA Format for a an ENTIRE Website
MLA Format for a Book
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Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Version or Edition if given, Publisher, Year Published.
Vallenari, Laura. Libraries Are Awesome. 3rd ed., vol. 2, no. 2, Viking Press, 2016.
Burcaw, Shane. Laughing At My Nightmare. Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
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Author/Editor/Compiler's Last Name, First Name. Name of Site. Name of sponsor/publisher, date created, URL. Accessed Date YOU accessed the site.
Linder, Douglas O. Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692. University of Missouri-Kansas City School of
Law, 2016, http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTRIALS/salem/salem.htm. Accessed 28 Oct. 2016.
MLA Format for a Page on a Website
In Itallics
If the publisher is the same as the website name, only list it once.
MLA Format for an Online Database
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article or Page." Name of Site. Name of sponsor/publisher, date created, URL.
Accessed Date YOU accessed the site.
Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, 2013, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.htm.
Accessed 6 July 2015.
Levin, Jason. "The Holocaust: an Introductory History." Jewish Virtual Library, American-Israeli Cooperative
Enterprise, 2016, http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html. Accessed 28 Oct. 2016.
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MLA Format for an Image (Including a Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph)
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article or Page." Name of Site or Publication. Volume and Number, date of
publication, pages. Name of Database, URL. Date YOU accessed the site.
McCully, Marilyn. "Picasso, Pablo." Britannica Biographies. 1 Mar. 2012, pp. 1. Biography Reference
Center, http://search.ebscohost.com.fr.ezproxy.sjvls.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=b6h&AN=32420677&site=brc-live. Accessed 24 Sep. 2016.
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MLA Format for a YouTube Video
Artist's Last Name, First Name. Title of Work, Date of Work, Name of institution that houses the work, Location of institution
if not given in name. Title of Website, Author's first and last name, Publisher, date created, URL. Date YOU accessed the site.
Picasso, Pablo. The Accordionist. 1911, Pablo Picasso: Paintings, Quotes, and Biography, PabloPicasso.org,
2009, http://www.pablopicasso.org/accordionist.jsp#prettyPhoto. Accessed 10 Oct. 2016.
Afremov, Leonid. Autumn Hug. https://afremov.com/image.php?type=P&id=21316. Accessed 28 Oct. 2016.
MLA Format for a Song or Album found Online
***If the author's name is the same as the uploader's name, only list it once. If it is different, cite the author's name before the title.
Artist's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Video." YouTube, uploaded by _____________, 6 June 2016, URL.
"8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test." YouTube, uploaded by Crazy Russian Hacker, 6 June 2016,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs.
McGonigal, Jane. "Gaming and Productivity." YouTube, uploaded by Big Think, 3 July 2012,
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MLA Format for E-mail (including E-mail Interviews)
Artist's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Song." Title of Album, Recording Manufacturer, Date, Online Source, URL.
Rae Morris. "Skin." Cold, Atlantic Records, 2014, Spotify, open.spotify.com/track/0OPES3Tw5r8606fudK8gxi.
Beyonce. "Pray You Catch Me." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-
visual-album/.
Last Name of message author, First Name. "Subject Line of Email." Received by First Name Last Name, DD Mmm. YYYY.
Johnson, Matthew. "Re: Career Research Paper." Received by John Watts, 15 Nov. 2015.
MLA Format for a Personal Interview
Last Name of Interviewee, First Name. Personal interview. DD Mmm. YYYY.
Montonari, Paula. Personal interview. 17 Nov. 2015.