Common entries for Works Cited page.

For example citations not listed here, consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 6th ed. in the library or ask a reference librarian. Additional examples for citing World Wide Web resources are available at the MLA Web page (http://www.mla.org). For World Wide Web and other online sources, see Citing: MLA Web & Electronic.

Book by One Author 
McLuhan, Marshall.  Understanding Media:  The Extensions of Man.
     New York:  Signet, 1964.
Book by Two or Three Authors 
Fiore, Quentin, and Marshall McLuhan.  The Medium is the Massage:
     An Inventory of Effects.   New York:  Random, 1967.
Books by Four or More Authors
(MLA allows the use of et al (and others) when there are more than three authors. Listing all authors is also acceptable.) 
Pressley, Michael, et al. Learning to Read: Lessons from Exemplary
     First-Grade Classrooms. New York: Guilford, 2001.
OR 
Pressley, Michael, Richard L. Allington, Ruth Wharton-McDonald, 
     Cathy Collins Block, and Lesley Mandel Morrow. Learning 
     to Read: Lessons from Exemplary First-Grade Classrooms. 
     New York: Guilford, 2001.
Book with Editor 
Marcus, Greil, ed. Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island. 
     New York: Knopf, 1979.
Book with Corporate Author
(Book written by a named group, agency, or organization with no person named) 
Unesco. Race, Science, and Society. Paris: Unesco, 1975.
Essay in Book 
Hatch, Martin. "Popular Music in Indonesia." World Music, 
     Politics and Social Change. Ed. Simon Firth. New York: 
     Manchester UP, 1989. 47-67.
Article in a Reference Book Originally Published in a Different Book
(Examples are literary criticism titles such as Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC), and Short Story Criticism. 
Berman, Jeffrey. "Infanticide and Object Loss in Jude 
     the Obscure." Narcissism and the Novel. New York: 
     University Press, 1990. 176-198. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century
     Literary Criticism. Ed. Jennifer Gariepy and Thomas Ligotti. 
     Vol. 72. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1997. 271-280.
Article in a Reference Book Originally Published in a Periodical (Magazine, Newspaper, Journal)
(Examples are literary criticism titles such as Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC), and Short Story Criticism. 
Saunders, James Robert. "Essential Ambiguities in the Plays
     of August Wilson." The Hollins Critic. 32.5 (December, 
     1995): 1-12. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. 
     Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter and Timothy J. White. Vol. 118. 
     Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 1999. 397-402.
A dictionary or encyclopedia 
"Saudi Arabia."  The World Book Encyclopedia.  1999 ed.

Hobbs, Jerry R.  "Artificial Intelligence."  International
     Encyclopedia of Communications.  Ed. Erik Barnouw.  4 vols. 
     New York:  Oxford UP, 1989.
Newspaper Articles 
Bumsted, Brad.  "Roddey Seeks State Funds to Fight Crime."
     Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 14 Mar. 2000: B1. 

Sharo, Dave.  "Unlocking the Genetic Code:  Send in the Clones."
     South Campus Forum 28 Feb. 2000: 2.
Magazine Articles 
Goldberg, Michael.  "Jello Biafra Attacked." Rolling Stone
     14 Jul. 1994: 26.
	 
Rinard, Judith.  "The Hidden City of Petra." National Geographic
     World  Jan. 1997: 31-36.
Magazine Article with No Author Given 
"Surgery with Sunbeams." Popular Mechanics. Dec. 2003: 19.
Journal Articles 
Randall, Barbara Nichols.  "Spelling Errors in the Database:  
     Shadow or Substance?" Library Resources and Technical 
     Services 43 (1999):  161-169. 

Hegge, Marge and Cheryl Fischer.  "Grief Responses of Senior
     and Elderly Widows:  Practical Implications." Journal of
     Gerontological Nursing 26.2 (2000): 35-43.
Pamphlets
(Short, self-contained publication. Cite as a book.) 
National Osteoporosis Foundation. Falls and Related Fractures. 
     Washington: National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2000.
Missing Parts
If information is missing from the item, use these following abbreviations. The examples are hypothetical to show how to use the abbreviations: 
Caesar, Julius. The Ides of March. New York: Random, 2003.

Caesar, Julius. The Ides of March. N.p.: Random, 2003.

Caesar, Julius. The Ides of March. New York: n.p., 2003.

Caesar, Julius. The Ides of March. New York: Random, n.d.

Caesar, Julius. "Having Fun in the Senate." Time. 15 March, 2003: 12-13.

Caesar, Julius. "Having Fun in the Senate." Time. 15 March, 2003: N. pag.