Audio-visual media
References to audio-visual media must include the following elements: name and function of the primary contributors (e.g., producer, director), date, title, the medium, location or place of production, and name of the distributor. For resources that are the result of a collaboration, MLA 7 allows you to begin your citation with the person most relevant to your research (writer, illustrator, director, etc.) or with the title of the work.
Videocassette/DVD
Achbar, Mark and Jennifer Abbot, dir. The corporation. Writ. Joel Bakan, Harold Crooks, and Mark Achbar. Prod. Mark Achbar and Bart Simpson. Canada: Big Picture Media Corporation, 2005. DVD.
Motion picture
Letters to Juliet. Dir. Gary Winick. Prod. by Caroline Kaplan, Ellen Barkin and Mark Canton. Writ. Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan. Universal City, Calif.: Summit Entertainment, 2010. Film.
Television broadcast
"The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox. WXIA, Atlanta. 19 Jul. 1998. Television.
Television show from a series
"The reverse peephole." Seinfeld: Season Nine. Writ. Spike Feresten. Dir. Andy Ackerman. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007. DVD.
Music or audio recording
Jackson, Michael. "Beat it." Thriller. New York: Sony Music, 1982. CD.
Photograph
Smith, Robert. Untitled photograph of the protest. 2006. Provided by the photographer.
Image from a website
Dutertre, Jean. A young chimpanzee for sale in front of a hotel. [undated]. Tropiques de Jean Dutertre. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
Undated Web site content, blogs, and data
For content that does not easily fit into categories such as journal papers, books, and reports, keep in mind the goal of a citation is to give the reader a clear path to the source material. MLA 7 no longer requires that a URL be given in the citation, but you may continue to include a stable URL in <brackets> for your readers' convenience. Include the author, document title, website title, any available publisher information, date published when available, and the date the resource was accessed.
Blog entry
Elliott, Stuart. "Effort to Provide TV Ratings by Brand Moves Ahead." Media Decoder. New York Times, 10 Feb. 2011. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
An entire Web site
Felluga, Dino. Survey of the Literature of England. Purdue U, Aug. 2006. Web. 31 May 2007.
Article in a Web-Only Magazine
Bloomstein, Margot. "The Case for Content Strategy - Motown Style." A List Apart: For People who make Websites. No. 290. A List Apart Mag., 18 Aug. 2009. Web. 2 Oct. 2009.
Article in a Web-Only Journal
Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal 6.2 (2008): n. pag. Web. 20 May 2009.
Interviews, Email, and Other Personal Communication
For written work, MLA citation style notes that personal communication is included parenthetically within the text as well as on your Works Cited list. The citation for a personal communication includes the communicator's name Furnaces, the mode of communication,properties in javea and the date of the communication. The paranthetical citation consists of the communicator's last name only.
Jacobs, Marc. Personal interview. 10 Oct. 2008.
Nyzio, Robin. "Changing Lives through Literature." Message to the author. 7 Feb. 2011. E-mail.
For Citation information for print and electronic sources such as books, periodicals, and articles retrieved from databases see the Library's Style Guides.
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