MLA citation

Films, documentaries, or DVDs

Film title. Director name. Performer names (optional). Distributor name, year of release. Medium.

Magazine

Author's last name, first name. "Article title." Magazine title (italics) publication date: pg. #. Medium of publication.

Newspaper

Author's last name, first name. "Article title." Newspaper title (italics) publication date: pg. #. Medium of publication.

Web sources

Author's last name, first name. "Title of article or webpage." Title of website (italics). Publisher of website, date of publication. Medium of publication. Date accessed.

Journal

Author's last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of journal volume #. Issue # (publication date): pg #. Medium of publication

Chapter/essay in a compilation or anthology

Author's last name, first name. "Title of essay/chapter." Title of book. Ed. Full name. Place of publication: publisher, date of publication. Medium of publication.

Web videos

Author's name or poster's username. "Title of image or video." Media type/text. Name of website (italics). Name of website's publisher, date of posting. Medium. Date accessed.

book

author's last name, first name. Title. Place of publication: publisher name, date or publication. Medium (print)

Newspaper, magazine, or journal articles found in database

same as before but add name of database (italics). Medium of publication. Date article accessed.

works cited requirements

works cited centered at top of page. no italics. Underline, quotes, bold: plain text Last name and page # at top right corner Double space all entries: DO NOT put a space between entries Indent all but the first line in each entry 1/2" Alphabetize entries by author's last names or by the first important word of the title of no author If an author has more than one entry, list the entries in alphabetical order by title. use 3 hyphens in place of the author's name for the subsequent entries Italicizes title of books, periodicals, etc URL's optional because they change so much Make sure all sources on a works cited page appear in your in-text citations