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Citation Guides: MLA

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MLA: An Introduction

MLA Handbook 9th Edition
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Disciplines Using MLA

Humanities

Religion

MLA

The MLA style is used for documentation when writing papers on topics in the humanities, and particularily when writing language and literature papers.

MLA Citation Examples

Basic format: 

Name of the author, editor, compiler, or translator. Title of the work (italicized).  Publisher, Publication Date.

Example –           

Franke, Damon. Modernist Heresies: British Literary History, 1883-1924. Ohio State UP, 2008. 

Smith, Tumbleweed. Under the Chinaberry Tree. Eakin Press, 2002.

 

Basic format:

Author. “Title of article.” Journal title volume.issue (year of publication): Inclusive pages. 

 Sample--             

Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124-38. 

Basic format:

Author. Title of website, Other contributors (translators or editors), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink). Publication date, URL, Date of Access (if applicable/required by professor).

Examples:

Felluga, Dino. Introductory Guide to Critical Theory. Purdue U, 31 Jan. 2011, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2023.

WebMD Editorial contributors. Understanding Athlete's Foot : The Basics. WedMD, 16 April 2023, https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/understanding-athletes-foot-basics.

Basic format:

"Video Title" YouTube,uploaded by content creator, upload date, url

Example: 

"Doja Cat - Agora Hills (Official Video)" YouTube, uploaded by Doja Cat, 22 Sept. 2023, https://youtu.be/0c66ksfigtU?si=hCqgHStOevZ18nGE

"I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King Jr HD (subtitled)" YouTube, uploaded by Rare Facts, 7 Nov. 2017, https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s?si=s2EQbciSfFRVX6ni

"quote from book" (Author, pg 5)

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