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FAQ for Chapter 5: Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources

Using the MLA style of documentation, how do I cite an archived sound recording or sound clip available on the Web in my list of works cited?

If you are citing material from a sound recording or sound clip available on the Web, how much information you include in your citation depends on what kind of information you can locate. If possible, give the name of the artist, composer, speaker, or producer (if known); the title of the recording or clip (if known), in quotation marks; the title of the complete project (if relevant), in italics or underlined; the date of publication or last revision; the date of access; and the URL.

Here, for example, is a Works Cited entry citing an archived radio interview that Eastern Kentucky University’s president, Bob Kustra, gave to Paula Kopacz and Andrew Harnack.

  • Kopacz, Paula, and Andrew Harnack. Interview with Bob Kustra. New Horizons in Education with EKU President Bob Kustra. 8 Jan. 1999. 13 Dec. 1999 <http://www.weku.org/horizons.htm>.

For more information and examples, see section 4.9.9 in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi (New York: Modern Language Association, 1999).

Last revised February 15,  2000

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