Module 6: East Los Angeles College Library Online Tutorial

Parts of a Citation

As you do your research, keep a list of your sources -- books, popular and scholarly periodicals, and the Web. The examples here show the type of information you need to write down to create a citation. These examples are in a particular citation style called MLA. The next page of the tutorial will go into more detail on the various citation styles.

For a book:	Author’s Last Name, First Name. The Title of the Book, Italicized. City of Publication: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. For example: Joyce, James. Finnegan's Wake. New York: Viking, 1959. Print.

For an article in a popular periodical:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article, In Quotation Marks.” Title of Magazine, Italicized Day Month Year of Publication: Page Numbers. Medium of Publication.

For example:

Lo Scalzo, Jim. "The Power of Pictures In a
Time of War." U.S. News & World Report
4 Dec. 2006: 12-13. Print.

For an article in a scholarly journal:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article, In Quotation Marks.” Title of the Periodical, Italicized Volume Number.Issue Number [if there is one] (Publication Date): Page Numbers. Medium of publication.

For example:

Hardy, Lawrence. "Fighting Student Obesity
in School." Education Digest 71.9 (2006): 25-26. Print.

For sources on a
Web site:

Last Name, First Name of Author (if given). “Title of the Article      or Document, in Quotation Marks.” Title of the overall
     Web site, Italicized. Publisher or Sponsor of the Site, if
     not given, type n.p.), Date of publication (day, month,
     and year, as available. If not given, type n.d.).Web.
     Day Month Year of Access.

For example:

Decter, Renee Ruth. "Humor in Domestic Dogs."
     Dr. P's Dog Training. 10 Mar. 1997.
     University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Web.
     23 Oct. 2006.