MLA Style Citation Examples

Articles

• journal, magazine, and newspaper articles

Books/eBooks

• print and online whole books, chapters, edited, and multivolume

Web pages

• entire websites, single web pages, and no author or date

 Images and Media

• social media, images, music, and video

Gov't/Legal

• cases, laws, and government documents

Unpublished

• email, interview, survey, class material, and letter

In-text

• parenthetical referencing examples within the text
• citing author names within the text

Authors

• formatting of author variations (one or more, no named author, multiple sources by the same author) within the Works Cited

Ask a Librarian

• ask for research or citing help at the Library Services Desk or by chat/text messaging, email, or phone

The formatting and citation examples in this guide are based upon rules and examples in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition by The Modern Language Association of America. If you would like additions or would like to report a correction to this guide, please contact Abha Niraula.