MLA Citations

Example of intext citation of a book with one author

(Andrews 21)

Intext citation book with one author

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

Intext citations for any online source

(Author's Last Name)

Intext citation for a poem or textbook part

(Author's last name line(s) line number)

Intext citation of book with two authors

(Both author's last names page number)

Intext citation for a book by corporate or organization

(Corporation/organization page number)

Example of intext citation for a poem or textbook part

(Donne limes 26-27)

Example of intext citation of book with no author

(Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary 76)

Example of intext citation of book with two authors

(Niven and Pournelle 65)

Intext citation for pamphlet

(Title (italicized) page number

Intext citation for a book with no authors

(Title (italicized) page number)

Example of intext citation for pamphlet

(Women's Health (italicized) 3)

Book with two authors

1st author's last name, first name, and 2nd author's first name last name. Title (italicized). Publisher, published date.

Example of a book with no author

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (italicized). Merriam Webster, 2014.

Example of intext citation for a book by corporate or organization

(American Allergy Association 231)

Example of a book by corporate author or organization

American Allergy Association. Allergies I'm Children (italicized). Random House, 1998.

Example of a book with one author

Andrews, V.C. Flowers in the Attic (italicized). Simon Pulse, 1979

Online/Print Scholarly Journal

Author Last Name, First Name. "Article a Title". Journal Tile (italicized), volume number, issue number, Publication date, page number, url. Accessed date.

Website

Author Last Name, First Name. "Article/Page Title". Website Title (italicized), url. Accessed date.

Journal

Author Last Name, first name. "Article Title". Journal Title (italicized), volume number, issue number, Publication date, url. Accessed date

Web magazine

Author Last Name, first name. "Article/page title". Web Magazine Title (italicized), Published date, url. Accessed date

Book with one author

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book (italicized). Name of Publisher, Publication date.

Poems and certain parts of textbooks

Author's Last name, first name. "Title". Title of Poetry(italicized). Edited by Editor's first name last name, Publisher name, Publication date, page numbers of poem or textbook part.

Example of web magazine

Chait, Jonathan. "There Are Three Ways to End the Shutdown. Trump Refuses All of Them." New York Magzine (italicized), 2019, nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/trump-refuses-only-3-ways-to-end-government-shutdown.html,. Accessed 14 January 2019

Book by a corporate author or organization

Corporation/Organization. Title (italicized). Publisher, Publication date

Example of journal

Dolby, Nadine. "Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions." Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no.2, 2008, www.social.net/sws/article/view/60/362. Accessed 20 May 2009.

Example of poem or certain parts of a textbook

Donne, John. "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning." The Broadway Introduction to Literature: Poetry (italicized), edited by Lisa Chalykoff, Broadway Press, 2013, pp. 48-49

Important Note

If a works citied surpasses one line don't forget to indent

Example of book with two authors

Niven, Larry, and Jerry Pournelle. Footfall (italicized). Del Rey Books, 1985.

Example of a website

Strapagiel, Lauren "TSA Worker Shortages Are Creating Huge Security Lines At Airports". Buzzfeed News (italicized), https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/tsa-worker-shortages-huge-security-lines. Accessed 14 January 2019.

Book with no author

Title (italicized). Publisher, Publication Date.

Pamphlet

Title (italicized). Publisher, Publication date

Example of Online/Print Scholarly Jornal

Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks." Emerging Infectious Disease, vol.6, no.6, 2008, p.3-10, www.socwork-net/article/view/60/362. Accessed 8 Feb. 2009.

Example of pamphlet

Women's Health: Problems of the Digestive System (italicized). College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2006