Brookhaven College Library

MLA Citations for Reprinted Sources

Proper Format:

Complete data for the original publication. Rpt. in {complete information for the current source}.

Examples:

• Originally Published in a Magazine or Journal
• Originally Published in a Book
• Originally Published on a Web Site

Originally Published in a Magazine or Journal

Parker, Kathleen.  “Women Should Not Be Required to Register for the Service Draft.” Jewish World Review 14 November 2001.  Rpt. in  Women in the Military: Opposing Viewpoints.  Ed. James Haley.  San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2004. 62-64.

Cisneros, Sandra and Pilar E. Rodriguez Aranda.  “Interview.” The Americas Review Vol. XVIII. No. 1. Spring 1990. 64-80.  Rpt. in  Contemporary Literary Criticism.  Ed. Roger Matuz. Vol. 69. Detroit: Gale, 1992. 148-153.

Originally Published in a Book

Beckett, Samuel. “Waiting for Godot.”  Contemporary Playwrights: Samuel Beckett. Heinemann Educational Books, 1968. 4-8.  Rpt. in Drama for Students. Eds. David Galen and Lynn Spampinato. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Group, 1998. 283-284.

Miller, Neil M.  “In Search of Gay America: Ogilvie, Minnesota (Population 374).” In Search of Gay America: Women and Men in a Time of Change. Atlantic Monthly Pr., 1989.  Rpt. in Exploring Literature: Writing and Thinking About Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay.  New York: Pearson Education, Inc., 2004. 770-776.

Originally Published on a Web Site

Rosenberg, Paul H. “Bush, Gore Both Wrong on Death Penalty Deterrence.” 22 Oct. 1999 <www.la-indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=4087>  Rpt. in The Death Penalty. Ed. Dan Leone.  San Diego: GreenhavenPress,  2002.  133-38.