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MLA Citation Quick Links - 8th Edition

MLA Handbook. 8th Edition
Stern Reference LB2369 .M53 2016

The Two Parts of MLA Citation - 8th Edition

1.   In-text citations – indicate when you’ve used a source:

  • Three key pieces of info:   Author’s last name & page number(s): e.g., (Geisel 1). Plus, if you use more than one work by that author, a shortened title: e.g., (Geisel, One Fish 1).
  • Two ways to do it:
    1. Include name in a “signal phrase”:   According to Smith, many social workers run the risk of becoming emotionally attached to their clients (101).
    2. Name in parentheses:   Many social workers “potentially face the problem of becoming attached emotionally to clients” (Smith 101).

2.   “Works Cited” list at the end of the paper:

  • Each source must be listed in alphabetical order on a separate “Works Cited” page.

Basic Template for Any Type of Source (scholarly journal article example)

 

Core Elements

Example

Source

(the novel, article, poem, video, essay, etc.)
  1. Author(s).
  2. Title of source.

 

  1. Lorensen, Jutta.
  2. “Between Image and Word, Color, and Time: Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series.”

Container 1

(the book, journal, magazine, newspaper, etc. that “contains” the source—by itself or collected together with other sources)
  1. Title of container,
  2. Other contributors,
  3. Version,
  4. Number,
  5. Publisher,
  6. Publication date,
  7. Location.
  1. African American Review,
  2.  
  3.  
  4. vol. 40, no. 3,
  5.  
  6. 2006,
  7. pp. 571-86.

Container 2 (if applicable)

(the database, website, etc. that “contains” Container 1)
  1. Title of container,
  2. Other contributors,
  3. Version,
  4. Number,
  5. Publisher,
  6. Publication date,
  7. Location.

 

  1. EbscoHost,
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5.  
  6.  
  7. yulib002.mc.yu.edu:8443/login?url=http://search. ebscohost. com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr &AN =edsjsr.40027390&site=edslive&scope=site.

Final citation entry (scholarly journal article):

Lorensen, Jutta. “Between Image and Word, Color, and Time: Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series.” African American Review, vol. 40, no. 3, 2006, pp. 571-86. EbscoHost, yulib002.mc.yu.edu: 8443/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct= true&db=edsjsr&AN =edsjsr.40027390&site=edslive&scope=site.

Other Examples in MLA 8th Edition

Book with 1 author

Harris, Andrew. Broadway Theatre. Routledge, 1994.

Book with 2 or more authors

Locker, Kitty, and Stephen Kaczmarek. Business Communication: Building Critical Skills. McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Magazine/Newspaper Article

Pogrebin, Robin. “Mayor Intervenes in Theater Strike.” New York Times, 11 Mar. 2003, nytimes.com/2003/03/11/us/the-theater-walkout-overview-mayor-intervenes-in-theater-strike.html.

Single Chapter/Essay from an Edited Book

Le Gallienne, Eva. “On Repertory and Audiences.” American Theatre Reader: Essays and Conversations from American Theatre Magazine, edited by American Theatre Magazine Staff, Theatre Communications Group, 2009, pp. 29-31.

Page of a Website

Simonson, Robert. “When Did Broadway Shows Start Offering Sunday Performances?” Playbill.com, Playbill Inc., 4 Apr. 2011, playbill.com/article/ask-playbillcom-when-did-broadway-shows-start-offering-sunday-performances-com-177711.