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1 MLA In-text Citations and Bibliographies
Books,, Websites, Magazine Article, Newspaper Articles, Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

2 MLA (books) In-Text Citation
In reference to ONE text throughout, simply put the page number where the quote or reference is found, in parenthesis with the period at the end, on the outside of the second bracket. Eg. Wordsworth states that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263). In reference to MORE than one text by different authors include the last name of the author and the page number where the quote or reference is found, in parenthesis with the period at the end, on the outside of the second bracket. Eg. Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

3 MLA (BOOKS) Bibliography
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Work. Place of Publish: Publisher, Year. Type of Source. Eg. Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. London: Oxford U.P., Print.

4 MLA (Websites) In-Text Citations
Include the text in the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation No paragraphs or page numbers Do not include FULL URL’s. – Only partial URL’s or a domain name Eg. Purdue OWL states that “MLA style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.”

5 Mla (Websites) Bibliography
Editor, Author or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Eg. The Purdue OWL family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, Web. 23 Apr

6 MLA (Magazine Articles)
In-Text Citation For Print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation. Eg. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). Eg. Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

7 MLA (Magazine Articles)
Bibliography Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Eg. Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: Print.

8 MLA (Newspaper Articles)
For Print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation. Eg. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). Eg. Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

9 MLA (Newspaper Articles)
Bibliography Cite a newspaper article as you would a magazine article, but note the different pagination in a newspaper. If there is more than one edition available for that date (as in an early and late edition of a newspaper), identify the edition following the date (e.g., 17 May 1987, late ed.). Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post 24 May 2007: LZ01. Print.

10 MLA (Peer reviewed Journal Articles)
For Print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation. Eg. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3). Eg. Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).

11 MLA (Peer Reviewed Journal Articles)
Bibliography "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): Print.


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