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Encyclopedia and Dictionary MLA Works Cited

For entries in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works, cite the piece as you would any other work in a collection but do not include the publisher information.
Also, if the reference book is organized alphabetically, as most are, do not list the volume or the page number of the article or item. Citing an encyclopedia article or dictionary entry is similar to citing a chapter in an anthology.
Include the author's name (if available), the article or entry title, the title of the reference work and the medium of publication.
If the article or entry is unsigned, provide the title first.
If there is more than one entry for a specific word or if there are several definitions for a single word, include "Entry" or "Def." and the appropriate number to indicate which entry or definition the reader should consult.
If you are citing from a well-known reference work (e.g. Oxford English Dictionary), do not include full publication details - only include the edition, year of publication and medium of publication.
If you are citing a subject-specific or specialized reference work, include full publication details.

Format:

Last, First M. "Entry Title" Encyclopedia Name. City: Publisher, Year published. pp-pp. Print.

Guignon, Charles B. "Existentialism." Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward Craig. London: Routledge, 1998. Print.
Jamieson, Neil L. "Vietnamese." Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Ed. David Levinson and Karen Christenson. Vol. 6. New York: Scribner's, 2002. Print.

Include the author's name (if available), the title of the reference work in italics, the publisher (this may be the same as the reference work), the date of publication, the medium of publication and the date of access.
URLs are no longer required. Only include URL if reader will be unlikely to find the encyclopedia otherwise or teacher requires it.
Library Database: Provide the same information as you would for a printed encyclopedia and add the name of the database in italics, and indicate the publication medium as Web and the date of access.

Format:

Last, First M. "Entry Title" Encyclopedia Name. City: Publisher, Year published. Database Name. Web. Date accessed.

"Cronstedtite." The Oxford English Dictionary. 1989. OED Online. Web. 6 Nov. 2009.
"Plagiarism." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2013.