MLA Citation Guide: Other Sources

• Author
• Title
• Place of Publication
• Publisher
• Date
• n.d. if no date is given
• Type of publication

Author. Title of brochure. Place of Publication: Publisher. (Year, Month). Format.

Modern Language Association. Language Study in the Age of Globalization: The College-Level Experience. New York: MLA, n.d. Print.

Paper presentation or poster session:

Presenter. "Title of paper." Meeting or Organization Name. Location, Date of Presentation. Format.

Hualde, Jose Ignacio. "Patterns of Correspondence in the Adaptation of Spanish Borrowings in Basque." Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 13-15, 1999: General Session and parasession on Loan Word Phenomena. Ed. Steve S. Chang, lily Liaw, and Josef Ruppenhofer. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Soc., 2000. 348-58. Print.

Proceedings published in book form - book title includes conference information

Editor(s), eds. Title of Proceedings. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date. Format.

Chang, Steve S., Lily Liaw, and Josef Ruppenhofer, eds. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 12-15, 1999: General Session and Parasession on Loan Word Phenomena. Berkeley: Berkeley Linguistics Soc., 2000. Print.

Proceeding published in book form - book title does not include conference information

Editor(s), eds. title of Proceedings. Date of Meeting, Place of Meeting. Publisher (use N.p. if publisher is not known): Meeting or Organization Name. Date of publication (use n.d. if no date is given). Format.

Brady, Brigid, and Patricia Verrone, eds. Proceedings of the northeast Region Annual Meeting, Conference on Christianity and Literature: Christ Plays in Ten-Thousand Places: The Christ-Figure in Text and Interpretation. 22 Oct. 2005, Caldwell Coll. N.p.: Northeast Regional Conf. on Christianity and Lit., n.d. Print.

Dissertation or thesis available from an online database service (i.e. Dissertation Abstracts International):

Author. "Title." Diss. (or MA or MS). Institution, Date. Database. Format. Date of Retrieval.

Bobbitt-Zeher, Donna. "Gender, Higher Education, and Earnings Inequality." Diss. Ohio State University, 2008. Dissertations and Theses. Web. July 31, 2012.
 

Unpublished dissertation or thesis:

Author. "Title of Dissertation or Thesis." Diss. (or MA or MS). Institution, Date. Format.

Kane, Sonia. "Acts of Coercion: Father-Daughter Relationships and the Pressure to Confess in British Women's Fiction, 1778-1814." Diss. City U of New York, 2003. Print.

Published dissertation or thesis:

Author. Title of Dissertation or Thesis. Diss. (or MA or MS). Institution, Date.  Place of Publication. Publisher (use privately published in place of publisher's name if privately published). Format.

Fullerton, Matilda. Women's Leadership in the Public Schools: Towards a Feminist Educational Leadership model. Diss. Washington State U, 2001. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2001. Print.

Print Map

Author. Book title. Map or Chart. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Format.

U.S. Department of the Interior. Geologial Survey. Gallup Quadrangle: South Dakota - Spink Co. Map. Washington, DC: U.S. Geological Survey. 1953. Print.
 

Look on the Web Resources page for how to cite online maps.

Composer/Conductor/Ensemble/Performer (which person is given first credit depends on the emphasis you want to give). Title of the song. Other People/Groups with identification of roles. Date of Recording. Label, Date of Issue. Medium (Audiocassette, Audiotape, CD, or LP).

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Symphony No. 9 in d minor "Choral." Perf. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Hongen, Hans Hopf, and Otto Edelmann. Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele. Cond. Wilhelm Furtwangler. rec. 29 July 1951. EMI, 1998. CD. Great Recordings of the Century.

Ellington, Duke, cond. First Carnegie Hall Concert. Duke Ellington Orch. Rec. 23 Jan. 1943. Prestige, 1977. LP.

Movie

Title of motion picutre. Dir. Director's Name. Perf. Performers' Names. Sudio, Date. Format.

Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Perf Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, and Emma Thompson. Disney, 2012. Film.

Television - single episode from a television series

"Title of the Episode or Segment." Title of the Program or Series. Name of the network. Call Letters and City of the Local Station (if any). Broadcast Date. Medium of Receiption (Radio, television). Supplementary Information (put in the appropriate place).

"The Phanotmo of Corleone." Narr. Steve Kroft. Sixty Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York, 10 Dec. 2006. Television.

Personal Interview

Name of the Person Interviewed. Type of interview (Personal interview, telephone interview). Date.

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

Interview Published or Recorded 

Interviewee. Interview by Interviewer (if available and relevant). "Title of Interview" (if untitled, use Inteview). Program or Book Where Published. Follow the guidelines for books, articles, television, etc. for the rest of the citation.

Blanchett, Cate. "In Character with: Cate Blanchett." Notes on a Scandal. Dir. Richard Eyre. Fox Searchlight, 2006. DVD.

Breslin, Jimmy. Interview by Neal Conan. Talk of the Nation. Natl. Public radio. WBUR, Boston. 26 Mar. 2002. Radio.

Lansbury, Angela. Interview. Off-Camera: Conversations with the makers of Prime-Time televison. By Richard Levinson and William Link. New York: Plume-NAL, 1986. 72-86. Print.

If an article, book or other resource does not have an identifiable author, move the title to the first element and keep everything else in the same place.

APA Book:

Title. Date. Place of Publication: Publisher.

MLA Book:

Title. Place of Publication: Publisher. Date. Format.

Chicago Author-Date Book:

Title. Year. Place of Publication: Publisher.

If a publication does not have a date, use the abbreviation n.d. for no date.