MLA Guide: CD-Disks

To cite material accessed from a periodically published database on CD-ROM, use the following model (taken from MLA Handbook, Fourth Edition):

Works Cited

Angier, Natalie. "Chemists Learn Why Vegetables are Good for You."New York Times 13 Apr. 1993, late ed.: C1. New York Times Ondisc. CD-ROM.

      UMI-Proquest. Oct. 1993.

If the material on the CD-ROM does not exist in a printed version, use the following model:

Works Cited

"U.S. Population by Age: Urban and Urbanized Areas." 1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing. CD-ROM. US Bureau of the Census. 1990.

For a nonperiodical publication on CD-ROM (that is, material that is published one time, without obvious plans for periodic updating):

Works Cited

Orchestra. CD-ROM. Burbank: Warner New Media. 1992.

Works Cited

"Albatross." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. CD-ROM. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1992.

If you cannot find some of the information required for a CD-ROM citation - for example, the city and name of the publisher - cite what is available.