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MLA Resources:

Owl - from Purdue University

EasyBib - MLA

MLA Style Center from the Modern Language Association

Common Works Cited Entries

Print Book:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of 

               Publication.  

Example:

Jacobs, Alan. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. Oxford

               UP, 2011. 

Article: 

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Article Title." Periodical Title, 

               Date Abbreviated Month. Year, pp. X-X.

Example:

Williams, Joy. "Rogue Territory." The New York Times Book Review, 

               9 Nov. 2014, pp. 10-13.

Website:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Web Page." Title of 

               Web Site, Date Abbreviated Month. Year, URL/permalink/

               DOI.

Example:

Deresiewicz, William. "The Death of the Artist - and the Birth of the 

               Creative Entrepreneur." The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2014, www.the

               atlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-death-of-the-ar

               tist-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-entrepreneur/383497/.

*A Few Notes:

-  Works Cited page is all double spaced, but do not add extra spaces 

          between citations or between the title and the first citation

- Do not underline, bold, or otherwise embellish the title of the Works 

          Cited page

-  Use a Hanging Indent (only the first line of each citation is aligned 

          with the left margin, subsequent lines in that citation are indented)

 -  Organize your citations alphabetically by whichever word starts the 

          citation (title or author)

  In-Text Citations

In-text citations are meant to direct the reader to your source as unobtrusively as possible, therefore they are short and specific.

Format: 

(Author Last Name Page).

Example:

(Irving 223).

*Special Situations:

• If you mention the author's name in the lead up, then you only need the page number (223).
• If there is no page number, such as with most websites, leave it out completely (Irving).
  
• If you have two authors with the same last name, add a first initial (J. Irving 223).
• If you have two works from the same author, add a shortened version of the title (Irving, "A Prayer" 223). 
• If you are mentioning information that is repeated in two sources by different authors, cite both in the same parenthetical statement separated by a semicolon (Irving 223; Rushdie 174).
• If your source has coauthors, both last names go in the in-text citation, connected by and (Irving and Rushdie 27). 
• If your source has 3 or more authors, put the first author's last name and then "et al." (Irving et al. 271).
• If your source has a corporate author, you can abbreviate in the in-text citation (United States, Dept. of Labor 132).