Citation Examples for “Works Cited” List: Digital files (that exist independent of the Web)

(MLA Handbook 5.7.18)

At the end of your paper, you must provide an alphabetical listing of all the works you have cited in your paper. This requirement includes both work you have actually quoted and work you have summarized or paraphrased. The information is arranged alphabetically according to the author's last name or (when there is no author identified) by title.

Elements:

Same elements as for comparable format (e.g., book, manuscript, sound recording, video, etc.). Medium of Publication [Name of digital file format followed by the word file].

Text file

American Council of Learned Societies. Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our Cultural Commonwealth. New York: ACLS, 2006. PDF file.

Cortez, Juan. "Border Crossing in Chicano Perspective." File last modified on 4 Apr. 2007. Microsoft Word file.

Smith, John. Growing an Avocado Plant at Home. 2003. Microsoft PowerPoint file.

Image file

Tourist Guy. 2001. World Famous Photos. JPEG file.

Sound file

Collins, Billy. "The Trouble with Poetry." Billy Collins Live. 2005. MP3 file.

Podcast:

Tanenhaus, Sam. "Book Review Podcast: A Conversation with Richard Russo." New York Times Book Review Podcast. New York Times, 14 Aug. 2009. MP3 file.

NOTE: These citations represent digital files that exist independent of the Web (downloaded—music files, PDFs, attached files, etc.—or created offline—MS Word or PowerPoint documents, for example).

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