What is this? The MLA style guide provides a method of citing
sources of information in your assignments. By following these
rules you will avoid plagiarism (unauthorized or close imitation of
an authors work)
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Why do I need to do this? To identify other peoples work and
information in your assignments. To inform the reader of where you
found your information in the case they want to learn more about
it.
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Two components of documenting Parenthetical citations that are
imbedded in the text, between parentheses. Example: (Authors last
name, page number) Works Cited page that is at the end of the
assignment and lists all the necessary information.
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In-text citations When quoting directly, use quotation marks.
Example: For a long time, French immigration to the Canadian colony
remained a meagre trickle (Greer 5). When summarizing or
paraphrasing, you do not put quotation marks but you still cite the
source. Example:For a long period of time, immigration to New
France remained low (Greer 5).
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In-text citations When there are two or three authors, include
the last name of each. When there are four authors or more, include
the last name of the first author followed by et al. Example:
Baldwin et al. 102 When there is no author, use the complete or
shortened title.
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In-text citations When you are citing an entire source, or one
with no page numbers, do not use parenthetical citations. You must
instead include the authors name and the title in the
sentence.
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In-text citations When you use a direct quote that is four or
more lines long in your paper when it is typed, do not use
quotation marks. In this case, you must begin the quotation on a
new line that is indented. The period is placed before the
parenthetical quotation.
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Works Cited page
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Works Cited You must provide the Works Cited on a separate page
at the end of your paper. Your sources must be listed in
alphabetical order. Titles are italicized and all important words
should be capitalized. The Works Cited page must be double-spaced.
If an entry is longer than one line, the second line must be
indented.
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Works Cited You must always include the publication medium.
Examples: Print, Web, DVD, Television. For an electronic source,
you must always include the date you retrieved the information at
the end of the entry.
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Works Cited If there is no publisher, use n.p. If there is no
date of publication, use n.d.
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Works Cited: Examples Books: Authors last name, first name.
Title of book. City: Publisher, year. Medium. Brown, Dan. The Da
Vinci Code. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Print.
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Works Cited: Examples Article on the Web: Last name, First
name. Document title if available. Title of the overall Website,
Version or edition if available. Publisher or N.p. to designate no
publisher, publication date or n.d. to indicate that no date was
given. Web. Date of access. Sehmby, Dalbir S. "Wrestling and
Popular Culture." CCLWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 4.1
(2002): n. pag. Web. 29 Mar. 2009.
