SAMPLE ENTRY FOR A WORKS CITED PAGE

CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM

PRINT AND ONLINE

Information you need:

· Name of the author

· Title of the article (in the print version, this is found at the end of the entry)

· Journal title

· Journal volume number

· Page numbers of the original article

· Title of the source (Contemporary Literary Criticism)

· Editor’s name

· Volume number

· City of publication

· Publisher

· Publication date

· Page number(s) of the entry

· Medium (Print)

Additional information for the online version:

· Name of the database from which the article was accessed (Contemporary Literary Criticism)

· Date when information was accessed

· Medium (Web)

Print version:

Secher, Andy. "Pink Floyd: Beyond the Fringe." Hit Parader. Apr 1982: 12. Rpt in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Daniel G. Marowski. Vol. 35. Detroit: Gale, 1985. 313. Print.

Note the “Rpt” in the citation. This means that this article is a reprint of the original.

In text citation: (Author’s last name(s) page number(s) from the volume used)

Example: (Secher 12)

Online version:

Merrill, Robert. "The Structure and Meaning of 'Catch-22." Studies in American Fiction 14.2 (1986): 139-52. Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Web. 14 Sept. 2009. 

In text citation: (Author’s last name(s) page number(s)) Example: (Merrill 143)

Adapted from:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA, 2003.

Hacker, Diana. Research and Documentation Online. Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://image.mail.bfwpub.com/lib/feed1c737d6c03/m/1/Hacker_MLA2009Update.pdf>.