MLA Style Guide
The Modern Language Association (MLA) recommends:
1. Formatting quotations
Do not use quotation marks.
Double-space the quotation.
Use a colon to introduce the quotation.
Indent the quotation one inch from the left margin.
Place the parenthetical citation (author and page number) after the period (or other mark of punctuation) that closes the block quotation.
Use the block quotation format for quotations more than four lines long.
2. Parenthetical citations
The MLA recommends underlining instead of italicizing. Basic information provided: author's last name and page number. The parenthetical information should not repeat information given in the text.
Citing books, articles, and other sources parenthetically in the paper:
Author's name in text
Hobsbawm explains this concept (125-126).
Author's name in reference
The idea appears widely (Hobsbawm 125-126).
Copied quotation from an indirect reference material
Thompson denounced this pretention "it was a mistification of the past recreated by the moderns..."(qtd. in Hobsbawm 125).
Material found in indirect source
Thompson’s complained about modern interpretations (in Hobsbawm 125).
Two authors' names in reference
Modernity changes and modifies perspectives on the past (Hobsbawm and Ranger, 125).
Reference to volume and page in multivolume work
Political changes were ineffective (Abendroth 2: 125)
Two works by same author on list of works cited
Hobsbawm believes that Thompson’s major contribution The Making is based on secondhand works (The Age of Extremes 165).
Two locations in same text
Hobsbawm emphasizes this point repeateadly (165, 201).
Two sources cited
Both agree in the basic concept (Hobsbawm 165; Thompson 54).
Personal interview; name given in text
Hobsbawm recognized that his opinion about the subject has change through the years.
Corporate author
Accoding to International Amnesty the problem is reaching international level (International Amnesty Report).
Electronic source ordered using paragraph numbers
The three colour flag represented all the new political forces (Hobsbawm, par. 12).
Electronic source ordered by chapters and sections
"Peter the Great was one of them" (Hobsbawm, ch. 3, sec. 5).
3. Formatting the Works Cited page
On separate pages at the end of the paper, list alphabetically by author every work cited in the paper. List only those sources actually cited in the paper according to the following format:
Single Author
Hobsbawm, Eric. The World as it was. London: Berg Publishers, 1972.
Another Work
Same Author
---. Essays on Labour. London: Crom Helm, 1968.
Two Authors
Hosbawm, Eric, and Edward P. Thompson. The Peculiarities of the English. Penguin Books: London, 1986.
More than Three Authors or Editors
Hosbawm, Eric, et al., eds. Reading History. London: Penguin Books, 1967.
Multivolume Work
Hobsbawm, E. J. Jazz History 2 vols. Reading: Berg Publishers, 1981.
Corporate Author
Social Security Board. Medical Assitance Guide Madrid: Office of Health, 2002.
An Edition
Cervantes, Miguel . El Quixote. Ed. Martín de Riquer. Barcelona: Bruguera, 1968.
Anthology
Hobsbawm, Eric, ed. On Work: Essays on Labour History. Preston: Cadana Books, 1980.
Second or Later Edition
Hobsbawm, Eric, and Edward P. Thompson. Cry Jordan Cry: Slavery and Social Change. 2nd ed. London: Penguin, 1968.
Government Publication
Spain. Ministry of Defense. Military Exports Yearbook. Madrid: Ministry Office Publications, 2001.
Signed Encyclopedia Entry
Thompson, Dorothy. "Chartism." The Encyclopedia Britannica. Intl. ed. 2002
Journal Article
Hobsbawm, Eric J. "'The World of Labour': Studies on work and workers " Past and Present 25.1 (1967): 34-60.
Magazine Article
Thompson, Edward P. "The end of the World as We know it?" The Economist 13 Jan. 1972: 43.
Newspaper Article
Genovese, Eugene. "Run baby run." The Independent 3 Aug. 1999, London.
Article or Chapter in Anthology
Hobsbawm, Eric J. "The invention of Tradition." The Invention of Tradition. Ed. George Ranger. London: Penguin Books, 1992. 3-24.
Personal Interview
Edwin, John. Personal interview. 16 Jan. 1967.
Film
All about my Mother. Dir. Pedro Almodovar. Perf. Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas. Manga Films, 2003.
Television Program
Sex in New York. Fox TV. 5 Oct. 2004.
On-Line
Entries for electronic sources include five types of information (as available): author name, title, information about print publication, information about electronic publication, and access information (including visit date).Online scholarly article
Peer, Peter. "Living Frontiers." Reading Spaces
2.1 (2001): 4 pars. 15 Oct 2002
An entire online book
Hobsbawm, Eric J. Living Standards in Victorian Britain. London: Crom Helm, 1966. Scienceviewer. 22 May 1999
A part of an online book
Hobsbawm, Eric J. Chaper 2nd. Living Standards in Victorian Britain. London: Crom Helm, 1966. Scienceviewer. 22 May 1999
Online scholarly project
Labour Stories. 2002. Research Team TIG. Barcelona University, Barcelona. 3 Sept. 2005
An entire Internet site
Labour, Gender and Institutions. Research Team TIG. 2001. 21 Aug. 2002
Article in online magazine or newspaper
Hobsbawm, Eric. "Worlds of Labour." Past and Present Feb. 2001. 3 Sept. 2005
Article in online encyclopedia
"Atom." Wipipedia. 2004. Wipipedia Project. 21 Aug. 2004