General Paper Format:
First Page of Paper:
Name
Course Number
Instructor’s Name
Date (Day Month Year)
MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics
Include an in-text citation every time you mention information from your sources.
Give not thyself, then, up to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee; as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar. (Melville 531)
Formatting the Works Cited List
Order of Elements in MLA Works Cited Entry
1 Author(s) | Last Name, First Name |
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2 Title of Source | If source is not part of a larger work, skip to element 4. |
3 Title of Container | Title of larger work containing element 2. |
4 Other Contributor(s) | Editor, translator, compiler, etc. |
5 Version | 3rd edition, Unabridged Edition, Director's Cut, etc. |
6 Number | Volume, Issue, etc. |
7 Publisher | Chief producer of source; publishing company, organization, production company, etc. |
8 Publication Date | As it appears on source. Day month year. |
9 Location | Page number(s), URL, DOI, etc. |
Note: If source is contained in another larger collection (e.g. an article in a journal stored in a database), repeat elements 3-9 to describe the second container.
Arrange the elements in a hanging indent like this:
Author(s). "Title of Source." Title of Container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication Date, Location. Title of Second Container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication Date, Location.
Multiple Authors:
If a source has two authors, list the first by last name, a comma, and first name. Follow that author’s first name with a comma, then “and” followed by the second author’s first and last name.
Chen, Wei, and Emily Wong. Globalization and Its Discontents. Cambridge University Press, 2018.
If there are three or more authors, List the author’s last name, a comma, and then first name followed by a comma and “et al.”
Patel, Rajesh, et al. Digital Innovation and Society. Oxford University Press, 2020.