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Abbott ENGL 1102: MLA Style

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MLA Basics

MLA BASIC CITATION: 

Author(s). "Title of Work." Name of journal, newspaper, magazine, or book. Date published, URL or DOI. 

Newspaper or Magazine Citation: 

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of Newspaper, Date Published, Database name. URL. 

Example: St. Fleur, Nicholas. "City Bees Stick to a Flower Diet Rather Than Slurp Up Soda." The New York Times, 19 May 2016, ProQuest. www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/science/urban-bees-diet-flowers-soda.html.


Journal Article Citation: 

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Name of Journal, volume number, issue number (if it has one), Date Published, page numbers, Database name, URL or DOI. 

Example: Goldman, Anne. "Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante." The Georgia Review, vol. 64, no.1, spring 2010, pp. 69- 88. ProQuest, www.proquest.org/stable/41403188.

In-text citations are brief references in the body of your paper that point to the full citation on your Works Cited page. They typically include the author’s last name and page number (if applicable). Here's how it looks:

  • Examples:
    • If you mention the author in the sentence:
      Smith argues that climate change poses serious risks to coastal communities (45).
    • If you don’t mention the author:
      One study shows that climate change affects coastal communities more than inland ones (Smith 45).
  • No author example:
    For sources without an author (like some websites), use the title:
    ("Impact of Climate Change" 12).

Works Cited Example