A Television or Radio Program

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

"Title of Episode if any." Title of Program. Title of the series. Name of Network. Call Numbers if

any, city of local station if any. Broadcast date.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

"One about the Monkey." Friends. National Broadcasting Company. WOAI, San Antonio. 6 Feb. 2005.

3.  In-text citation format:

("Title") or (Title)

4.  In-text citation example:

("One about the Monkey")

5.  Exceptions:  More information about the program may be included in the citation, such as performers, directors, narrator, episode number, etc.  Consult p. 194-195 of the MLA Handbook (6th ed.) for these cases. 
 

A Sound Recording

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Artist's Last Name, Artist's First Name. "Name of Song."  Name of Recording. Manufacturer,

          year of issue.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Elliot, Missy. "Work It." Under Construction. Elektra, 2004.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Last Name)

...unless more than one song is referenced in which case...

(Last Name, "Title Phrase")

4.  In-text citation example:

(Elliot)

...unless more than one song is referenced, in which case...

(Elliot, "Work")

5.  Exceptions:  If you are not using a compact disc (CD), then you must include the medium before the name of the manufacturer.  In such cases, you would include the terms Audiocassette, Audiotape (reel-to-reel tape), or LP (long-playing record) between the name of the album and the manufacturer.

Live recordings should include the recording date after the name of the album.  The following is an example from the MLA handbook:

Ellington, Duke, cond. First Carnegie Hall Concert.  Duke Ellington Orch. Rec. 23 Jan. 1943. LP.

Prestige, 1977.

A Film

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Title. Dir. First Last name. Perf. First Last Name in order of billing. Distributor, year of distribution.

...but if you are citing the contribution of a particular individual, you may include that individual prior to the title...

Last, First Name, their participation. Title. Dir. First Last name. Distributor, year of distribution.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Mean Girls. Dir. Mark S. Waters. Perf. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Tina Fey.

Paramount, 2004.

Lohan, Lindsay, perf. Mean Girls. Dir. Mark S. Waters. Paramount, 2004.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Title)  or (Last Name)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Mean Girls) or (Lohan)

A Video Recording or DVD

Follow the directions for citing a film, adding the recording format before the Distributor name.

Mean Girls. Dir. Mark S. Waters. Perf. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Tina Fey.

Videocassette. Paramount, 2004.

If the names of the film distributor and the distributor for the recording are different, include the original copyright date of the film, the name of the distributor for the recording, and the distribution date for the recording.

Lee, Bruce, perf. Enter the Dragon. Dir. Robert Clouse. 1973. Warner, 2005.

A Performance (play, opera, ballet, concert)

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Title. By Name of Author/Composer. Dir. Name of Director. Perf. Names of Performers.

Theatre, City. Date.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Hamlet. By William Shakespeare. Dir. John Gielgud. Perf. Richard Burton. Shubert Theatre,

Boston. 4 Mar. 1964.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Title)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Hamlet)

A Published Musical Composition

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Last, First Name of Composer. Title of Opera, Ballet, Musical Composition. Date of original

publication (if different). City of Publisher: Publisher, Date.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92. 1812. New York: Dover, 1998.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Last Name Page Number)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Beethoven 42)

A Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph (original print on display)

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Name of Creator. Title. Name of Museum or Place of Presentation, City.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. Louvre, Paris.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Last Name)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Da Vinci)

A Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph (reproduced in a book, journal, etc.)

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Name of Creator. Title. Name of Museum or Place of Presentation, City. Title of

Publication. By Name of Author/Editor. Publisher's City: Publisher, Date. Page Number.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Da Vinci, Leonardo. Mona Lisa. Louvre, Paris. The Fictional Journals of Leonardo Da Vinci.

By Vincent Lescaroff. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001. 183.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Last Name)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Da Vinci)

1. Works Cited Citation Format:

Last, First Artist's name. Title of Text. Year text created. Current location of original text,

City or State Abb. Database Name. Database Provider. School Name, Library Name,

City, State Abb. Date of access <web address>.

2. Worked Cited Citation Example:

Hopper, Edward. House by the Railroad. 1925. Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. ARTSTOR.

Andrew W. MellonFoundation.  Trinity U, Coates Lib., San Antonio, TX.  24 Feb. 2005

 <http://www.artstor.org>.

3. In-text citation format:

(Last Name) or (Last Name, Title Phrase) if citing more than one image by the same author

4. In-text citation example:

(Hopper) or (Hopper, House)

A Map or Chart

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Name of Map or Chart. Form of document. Location of Publisher: Publisher, Year.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Michigan. Map. Chicago: Rand, 2000.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Title)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Michigan)

A Cartoon

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Last Name, First Name of Artist. "Title of Comic Strip." Format. Publication Name

[City Name if necessary] Date of Publication: page number.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Conley, Darby. "Get Fuzzy." Comic Strip. Express-News [San Antonio] 6 May 2004: D4.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Last Name)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Conley)

5.  Exceptions:  If the text is a single cartoon and not a part of a long running series, the title is not necessary and the format would be "Cartoon."  For example:

Chast, Roz. Cartoon. New Yorker 4 Feb. 2002: 53.

An Advertisement in a Magazine

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Name of Product, Company, or Institution. Descriptive Label. Publication Date: page numbers.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Miller Genuine Draft. Advertisement. GQ 4 May 2003: 112.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Name of Product, Company, or Institution)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Miller Genuine Draft)

An Advertisement on Television

1.  Works Cited Citation format:

Name of Product, Company, or Institution. Descriptive Label. Channel. Date.

2.  Works Cited Citation example:

Pringles potato chips. Advertisement. MTV. 19 Jan. 2005.

3.  In-text citation format:

(Name of Product, Company or Institution)

4.  In-text citation example:

(Pringles potato chips)

5.  Exceptions:  See the MLA Handbook (6th ed.) for directions on citing online advertisements.