Citations and Bibliographies: MLA Style

General Format

Author last name, first name. "Article Title." Journal Title, vol. #, no. #, Year, pp. ##-##.

Work Cited Page: Example

Hasan, Rafia. “The Role of Woman as Agents of Change and Development in Pakistan.” Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, 1981, pp. 68–75.

Don't forget to use a hanging indent if your citation is more than one line!

In-Text Citation: Example

(Hasan 73)

General Format

Author last name, first name. "Article Title." Magazine/Newspaper Title, Day Month Year, URL or DOI [do not include http://]. Accessed Day Month Year.

Works Cited Example

Anderson, David, and Nicholas Bagley. “This is One Anxiety We Should Eliminate for the Coronavirus Outbreak.” New York Times, 15 March 2020, libgateway.susqu.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs-podcasts-websites/this-is-one-anxiety-we-should-eliminate/docview/23771122174/se-2?accountid=28755. Accessed Aug. 31, 2021.

Don't forget to use a hanging indent if your source citation is more than one line!

In Text Citation

(Anderson and Bagley)

Book With One Author

Author last name, first name. Book Title. Publisher, Year.

Works Cited Page Example

Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents. Random House, 2020. 

In-Text Citation Examples

"Caste is the granting or withholding of respect, status, honor, attention, privileges, resources, benefit of the doubt, and human kindness to someone on the basis of their perceived rank or standing in the hierarchy," (Wilkerson 70). 

For in-text citations, include author's last name and page number in parentheses. 

According to Wilkerson, "casteism is the investment in keeping the hierarchy as it is in order to maintain your own ranking, advantage, privilege, or to elevate yourself above others, or keep others beneath you" (70). 

Since the author is already listed before the quote, only the page number is needed. 

Book With Two Authors

Works Cited Page Example

Albertalli, Becky and Adam Silvera. What If It's Us. HarperTeen, 2018. 

For two authors, include the last name, first name and then follow with the first name, last name. 

In-text Citation Example

"I believe in love at first sight. Fate, the universe. All of it" (Albertalli and Silvera 8). 

General Format

Review author last name, first name. "Title of Review (if there is one)." Review of Book/Performance Title, by Author/Director. Periodical Title, vol. #, no. #, year OR Day Month Year of Publication, pp. #-#.

In-Text Citation Example

(Tanner 916)

Works Cited Example

Tanner, David E. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Review of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot. Journal of Popular Culture vol. 43, no. 4, 2010, pp. 916-918.

General Format

Article/chapter author last name, first name. "Selection Title." Book Title, edited by Editor Name. Publisher, Year, pp. ###-###.

Words Cited Example

Hayes, Danny. “Parties and the Media: Getting Messages to Voters.” New Directions in American Political Parties, edited by Jeffrey M. Stonecash. Routledge, 2010, pp. 44-62.

In-Text Citation Example

(Hayes 48)

General Format

Author last name, first name (if available). "Page title [usually found in the page header]." Website Title, URL or DOI [do not include http://]. Accessed Day Month Year.

Works Cited Page Example

Sartore, Joel. "Common Octopus." National Geographic, www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/c/common-octopus. Accessed 10 Dec. 2019.

In-Text Citation Example

(Sartore, "Common Octopus")

General Format

Website author or compiler (if available). Website name, URL or DOI [do not include http://]. Accessed Day Month Year.

Works Cited Page Example

Leip, David. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, uselectionatlas.org. Accessed 10 Dec. 2019.

In-Text Citation Example

(Dave Leip's Atlas)

General Format

Title. Directed by [Names of director First Name, Last Name], Film Studio or Distributor, Release Year.

Works Cited Example

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas,  Twentieth Century Fox, 1977.