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MLA Format:

Basic Things to Know

When you report on research,
you must explain where you
got your information, so that

your reader can check to see if
you are right.

On the last page of your paper,
you list all your sources of
information. In APA format, this
page is titled “References.”

In MLA format, this is called your
“Works Cited” page.

Then, in the body of
your paper, you
provide in-text
citations.

The in-text citations show
the reader where to look for
the source on your “Works
Cited” list.

The important thing is to
make it easy for your reader
to find the source on the
“Works Cited” list.

For this reason, your in-text
citation must begin with the
same words that begin your
entry on the “Works Cited”
list.

Now we will look at some basic
models for the entries on your
“Works Cited” list.

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place
of Publication: Publisher, Year of

Publication. Medium of Publication.

“Medium of publication” means
print (for a paper book,
newspaper or magazine) or Web
if the source is online.

You will find the
publisher, place of
publication and year
of publication on the
inside of the book’s
title page.

Here is the title
page:

N

Turn the page and look at the
other side of the title page:

Tan, Amy. The Hundred Secret
Senses. New York: Random
House, 1995. Print.

Here is the model for an article
or essay from a collection. You
would use this model to cite a
reading from our text,
Sourcework:

Last name, First name. "Title of Essay."
Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's
Name(s). Place of Publication:
Publisher, Year. Page range of entry.
Medium of Publication.

Ma, Yo-Yo. “Paths of Globalization
from Berbers to Bach."
Sourcework: Academic Writing
From Sources. Ed. Nancy El
Dollahite Julie Haun. Boston:
Heinle/Cengage Learning, 2013.
182-184. Print.

Tips to remember:

*Copy the punctuation exactly.
*If information is missing, leave
it out and go on to the next
thing.

Here is the model for
periodical (a newspaper
or magazine):

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical
Day Month Year: pages. Medium of
publication.

"Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.”
Time 30 June 1947:1. Print.

(Note that there is no author given,
so the title of the article comes
first.)

Notice that:

*All dates are in MLA format.
*If you don’t know the author, you
omit it and go to the title.

Here is the model for a
page on a Web site:

Author’s Name (if available). “Title of Web
Page.” Name of Site. Name of institution
or organization affiliated with the site
(sponsor or publisher), date of resource
creation (if available). Medium of
publication. Date of access.

The title of this page, or article,
is “What Do Buddhists
Believe?” The author’s name is
Barbara O’Brien. Barbara is her
first name, and O’Brien is her
last, or family name. When you
list her on your “Works Cited”
page, the family name comes
first.

O’Brien, Barbara. “What Do Buddhists Believe?”
Name of Site. Name of institution/organization
affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher),
date of resource creation (if available). Medium
of publication. Date of access.

Now, you need to find the name of
the main website:

Remember that pages of a website
are like the pages in a book.

The name of the main website is
like the title of a book.

To find the main website, erase
the URL back to the first single / :

http://buddhism.about.com/od/in
troductiontobuddhism/a/budbelie
fs.htm

O’Brien, Barbara. “What Do Buddhists
Believe?” About.com. Buddhism. Name
of institution/organization affiliated with
the site (sponsor or publisher), date of
resource creation (if available). Medium

Next, you need to figure out
who is responsible for this
website. It may be an
institution or organization.
The a name may or may not
be the same as the name of
the website.

In this case, we see it at
the bottom of the page.

Believe?” About.com. Buddhism. The
New York Times Company, date of
resource creation (if available). Medium

Next, you need to find the date
that the page your are citing
was created.

To do this, go back to your
original long URL:

The date may not be there. If it
is not, use “n.d,” which
stands for “no date.”

Believe?” About.com. Buddhism. The
New York Times Company, n.d. Medium

The medium of publication is
“Web.”
The date of access is the
date that you found the
page on the Internet.

O’Brien, Barbara. “What Do
Buddhists Believe?”
About.com. Buddhism. The
New York Times Company, n.d.
Web. 22 November 2012.

When do you need to cite?

*any direct quotation

*Any idea that you got from
another author.

*Any figures or statistics.

If you paraphrase
another author,

provide a citation!

If you use another author’s
exact words,

use quotation marks and

provide a citation!

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