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MLA Style Citation Examples

Find how to cite a web page, journal, book, eBook, textbook, magazine, newspaper, video, DVD, TV show, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or blog post. Find how to format in-text/parenthetical citations, papers, and cite when no author or date is listed.

Web

NOTE: To standardize permalinks/URLS, omit http:// or https://. When the permalink/URL is more than three lines, truncate it to the host name (do not use a shortening service website such as bit.ly) (p. 195-196.)

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see pages 134, 145, and185 of the 9th edition)

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IN TEXT 

(Looser).

WORKS CITED (TWO AUTHORS)

Gresock, Mary, and Lisette Steinwald. "Rainstorms and Symphonies: Performing Arts Bring Abstract Concepts of Life." Edutopia, 5 Oct. 2016, www.edutopia.org/blog/performing-arts-abstract-concepts-lisette-steinwald-mary-gresock.

IN TEXT

(Gresock and Steinwald).

WORKS CITED (THREE OR MORE AUTHORS)

Meller, Wendy B., et al. "Using Read-Alouds with Critical Literacy Literature in K-3 Classrooms.Reading Rockets, 2009, www.readingrockets.org/article/using-read-alouds-critical-literacy-literature-k-3-classrooms. 

IN TEXT

(Meller et al.)

NOTE: To standardize permalinks/URLS, omit http:// or https://. When the permalink/URL is more than three lines, truncate it to the host name (do not use a shortening service website such as bit.ly) (p. 195-196.)

WORKS CITED (CORPORATE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER ARE DIFFERENT)

(For more examples, see pages 119 and 319 of the 9th edition)

IN TEXT 

(Association of College).

WORKS CITED (CORPORATE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER ARE THE SAME)

"Shakespeare in the Harlem Renaissance." Folger Shakespeare Library, www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/harlem-renaissance-giles. Accessed 8 Jan. 2020.

IN TEXT 

("Shakespeare in the Harlem Renaissance").

NOTE: To standardize permalinks/URLS, omit http:// or https://. When the permalink/URL is more than three lines, truncate it to the host name (do not use a shortening service website such as bit.ly) (p. 195-196.)

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR, NO DATE)

(For more examples, see pages 327 of the 9th edition)

 

IN TEXT 

(Morris).

 

WORKS CITED (NO AUTHOR)

WORKS CITED (NO DATE, NO AUTHOR)

 

 "Emily Brontë." Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-bronte. Accessed 14 May 2021.

IN TEXT

("Emily Brontë").

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