Week 8 English 102

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ENGL 102 Handout on MLA

This handout is for demonstrating MLA citations for the short stories in ENGL 102, which are

now drawn from a variety of online sources. It was created by the UMUC Library. The entries

are color-coded to provide a visual approach to citing sources.

MLA has switched to the 8 th

edition: the UMUC English Program will start requiring the 8 th

edition from Spring 2017 onward.

If you need further information on the 8 th

edition, please visit the MLA site:

https://www.mla.org/MLA-Style/What-s-New-in-the-Eighth-Edition. See also

https://style.mla.org/works-cited-a-quick-guide-book/

Students can find general information about MLA at UMUC’s Library’s site. The site provides

both 7 th

and 8 th

edition versions: http://umuc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm

It is recommended that this handout be used as a teaching tool; you do not have to provide it to

students, but rather have them work through the citations on their own. This is for your reference

however you decide to use it.

General Formats

Library Database:

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. “Title of Short Story.” Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Date of

Publication, pp. #-#. Title of Database, URL.

Website:

AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. “Title of Short Story.” Title of Website, Publisher (if

different from website title), Date of Publication, URL.

Ebook:

Author last name, Author first name. “Title of Chapter/Title of Short Story.” Book title.

Publisher, Date of Publication, pp. #-#. Title of Database, URL.

Note:

URLs should not include the “http://” at the beginning. Use DOI numbers when available and

stable/permanent links whenever possible.

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Story Citations:

Adrian, Chris. “A Tiny Feast.” The New Yorker, 20 April 2009,

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/04/20/a-tiny-feast.

Bloom, Amy. “The Old Impossible.” Ploughshares, vol. 32, no. 2/3, Fall 2006, pp. 10-23.

ProQuest Literature Online,

proquest.umi.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/pqdweb?did=0000001121825521&Fmt=3&cl%20ie

ntId=43168&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

Bowden, Rachel L. “The Persistence of Memory.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact, vol. 136,

no. 1/2, 2016, pp. 94-97. ProQuest Literature Online,

gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-

2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:journals:R05303383:0&rft

.accountid=14580.

Bradbury, Ray. “The Last Night of the World.” Esquire, 6 June 2012,

www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a14340/ray-bradbury-last-night-of-the-world-

0251/.

Chopin, Kate. “Beyond the Bayou.” American Literature, americanliterature.com/author/kate-

chopin/short-story/beyond-the-bayou.

Chopin, Kate. “Desiree’s Baby.” KateChopin.org, The Kate Chopin International Society,

www.katechopin.org/desirees-baby-text/.

Crane, Stephen. “The Open Boat.” American English, United States Department of State, Bureau

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the-

open-boat.pdf.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” The Collected Works of F. Scott

Fitzgerald: 45 Short Stories and Novels. e-artnow, 2013. EBSCOhost,

ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nleb

k&AN=575310&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=edsebook.

Garshin, Vsevelod Mikhailovich. “The Signal.” Classic Reader, Blackdog Media, 2015,

www.classicreader.com/book/2150/1/.

Glaspell, Susan. “A Jury of Her Peers.” American Literature,

americanliterature.com/author/susan-glaspell/short-story/a-jury-of-her-peers.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown.” American Literature,

americanliterature.com/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/short-story/ young-goodman-brown.

Henry, O. “The Gift of the Magi.” American Literature, americanliterature.com/author/o-

henry/short-story/the-gift-of-the-magi.

Hurston, Zora Neale. “Spunk.” History Matters, George Mason University,

historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5131/.

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Joyce, James. “Araby.” Dubliners, produced by David Reed, Karol Pietrzak, and David Widger,

Project Gutenberg, 1 Apr. 2016, www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2814-h/2814-

h.htm#link2H_4_0003.

London, Jack. “To Build a Fire.” American Literature, americanliterature.com/author/jack-

london/short-story/to-build-a-fire.

Vijay, Madhura. “Lorry Raja.” Narrative, Winter 2012,

www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/winter-2012/n30b-winners/lorry-raja-madhuri-vijay.

Voltaire. “The Story of a Good Brahmin.” Micromegas and Other Short Fictions. Translated by

Theo Cuffee, Penguin Classics, 2002. ProQuest Literature Online,

gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-

2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z001587783:0&rft.acco

untid=14580.

Wang, Shao. “The Pianist in the Wal-Mart Parking Lot.” Michigan Quarterly Review, vol. 47,

no. 2, Spring 2008, pp. 345-364. ProQuest Literature Online,

gateway.proquest.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-

2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:journals:R04050462:0&rft

.accountid=14580.

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. eBooks@Adelaide, 2014,

ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/w/wilde/oscar/dorian/.