Mla citation Format a resnick Library Information Guide

A painting, photograph, or sculpture:

General Rule: (MLA manual 200, 199, 197) Artist’s last name, First name. Name of Work. Year of creation (or N.d. for “No date”). Medium of composition. Name of holding institution or collection, location.

Example:

Berden, Romare. The Train. 1974. Photogravure and aquatint. Museum of Mod. Art, New York.

A sound recording: (MLA manual 195)

General Rule: Artist’s last name, First name. “Song Title.” Name of Album. Distributor, date. Format.
Examples:

Cash, Johnny. “Hurt.” American IV: The Man Comes Around. Lost Highway, 2002. CD.

Holiday, Billie. The Essence of Billie Holiday. Columbia, 1991. CD.
A Film: (MLA manual 197)

General Rule: Title. Director. Distributor, year of release. Medium.
Examples:

(500) Days of Summer. Dir. Marc Webb. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2009. Film.
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. 1946. Republic, 2001. DVD.
Multimedia from an online source: (MLA manual 189)

General Rule: Include all of the above, but include the title of the database or Web site (in italics), the medium of publication (Web), and the date of access.
Examples:

Lange, Dorothea. The Migrant Mother. 1936. Prints and Photographs Div., Lib. of Congress. Dorothea Lange: Photographer of the People. Web. 9 May 2007.

Bazan, David. “Lost My Shape.” Last.fm. Web. 1 Sept. 2009.
The Great Train Robbery. Dir. Edward Porter. Thomas Edison, 1903. Internet Archive. Web. 5 June 2008.

Interviews

General Rule: (MLA manual 201) Person interviewed (last name first). Interviewed by (if pertinent). “Name of interview.” Source of Interview. Publication information. Format.
Examples:

Blanchett, Cate. “In Character with: Cate Blanchett.” Notes on a Scandal. Dir. Richard Eyre. Fox Searchlight, 20006. DVD.

Wiesel, Elie. Interview by Ted Koppel. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18 Apr. 2002. Television.
An interview you conducted: (MLA manual 201)

Pei, I. M. Personal interview. 22 July 1993.

Reed, Ishmael. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 2007.
An interview on the web: (MLA manual 201-202)

Morris, Errol. Interviewed by Homi Bhabha. “The Anti-Post-Modern Post-Modernist.” Errol Morris. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Sept. 2009.

Note: N.p. stands for “No publisher”; n.d. stands for “No date.” Include this information if available. The date at the end is the date of access.
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