Full List of Publication Mediums for MLA Format

by Stephen on January 22, 2014

** Medium is no longer required in the current MLA 8th edition. **

Medium:	Publication:
Address.	For an address.
Audiocassette.	For Audiocassette.
Audiotape.	For Audiotape.
CD.	For Compact Disk.
CD-ROM, print.	For book with CD-ROM.
DVD.	For Digital Video Disk.
DVD, print.	Book with DVD. If you only use the book portion then use “Print” as the medium. “DVD, print” is correct with “print” in lower case.
E-mail.	For an e-mail.
Film.	For a film.
Laser disc.	For laser disc.
Lecture.	For a lecture.
LP.	For Long Playing Record.
MS.	For a manuscript, i.e. a work written by hand (letter, memo,…)
Performance.	For a performance (play, opera, dance, concert).
Print.	For books, journals, newspapers, magazines.
Print.	Treat a published score or libretto like a book.
Radio.	For a radio broadcast.
Reading.	For a reading.
Slide program.	For Slide program.
Sound filmstrip.	For Sound filmstrip.
Speech.	For a speech.
Television.	For a television broadcast.
TS.	For a typescript, i.e. a work prepared by machine (letter, memo,…)
Tweet.	For a twitter tweet.
Videocassette.	For Videocassette.
Web.	For sources found on the Internet.


For a Computer File:
Record the publication medium for computer files in this format: Filetype file. See examples below.
EPUB file.	For an EPUB file.
GIF file.	For a GIF image file.
JPEG file.	For a JPEG image file.
JPG file.	For a JPG image file.
Kindle file.	For a Kindle file.
Microsoft Word file.	For a Microsoft Word file.
MP3 file.	For a MP3 file.
Nook file.	For a Nook file.
PDF file.	For a PDF file.
PNG file.	For a PNT image file.
TXT file.	For a TXT text file.
XML file.	For a XML file.
Digital file.	Use this for a file that you can not identify the file type.