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MLA Review Sheet

The Modern Language Association (MLA) is a citation style used primarily in the humanities. It uses brief in-text citations that correspond to full citations in an alphabetical Works Cited list. MLA citations are concise and user-friendly. The MLA format has been updated in its 7th edition, with changes including italicizing book titles and including the medium of publication in citations. Purdue University's Online Writing Lab provides an extensive guide to MLA style formatting and citations.

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MLA Review Sheet

The Modern Language Association (MLA) is a citation style used primarily in the humanities. It uses brief in-text citations that correspond to full citations in an alphabetical Works Cited list. MLA citations are concise and user-friendly. The MLA format has been updated in its 7th edition, with changes including italicizing book titles and including the medium of publication in citations. Purdue University's Online Writing Lab provides an extensive guide to MLA style formatting and citations.

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MLA Review Sheet What is MLA?

The Modern Language Association (MLA) is a format style for citation and has been used mostly within the liberal arts and humanities, especially in writing on language and literature. It is more concise and user-friendly than other styles due to its use of brief parenthetical citations within the text; these citations then associate to an alphabetical list within a Works Cited list at the end of a paper/work. TRIO Quest activities encourages the use of the MLA format for citation as it makes it easy to find sources for verification.
For more information on MLA, go to: http://www.mla.org/style - Modern Language Association http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ - Purdues MLA Formatting and Style Guide NOTE: MLA modified its Work Cited format style to take effect in April 2009. You can find these changes in MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th edition). Here are a few of the changes. Titles are no longer underlined; italicize all titles URLs are no longer necessary for website citation UNLESS it makes it easier to find the source EVERY ENTRY needs the medium of the publication listed; e.g., Print for hardcopy and Web for online information. Other possibilities are DVD, TV, Performance, etc. New Abbreviations for web source entries; e.g., N.p. for no publisher, n.d. for no date, n.pag. for no pagination

MLA Format
Books:
Author(s). Title of Book. City Where Published: Publisher, Year of Publication. Print.

Online Newspaper and Magazine Articles:


Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Source. Publisher Day Month Year. Print. Access Day Month Year.

Scholarly Journal Articles:


Example Print article
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal. Volume.Issue (Month Year): pages. Print.

Example Online article


Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal. Volume.Issue (Month Year): n.pag. Web. Access Day Month Year.

Web Sites:
Author(s). Name of Web Page. Date of posting/revision. Name of institution/corporation affiliated with the site. Web. Access Day Month Year. <electronic address if needed for easy access>.

Online Articles:
Author(s). "Article Title." Title of Resource. Date of publication/update/posting. Web. Access Day Month Year <Electronic address if needed for easy access>.

Television or Radio:
"Episode Title." Title of Program. Title of series. Name of network. Station call letters, City. Broadcast Day Month Year.

Interviews:
Name of person interviewed. Type of interview. Print. Day Month Year.

Lecture or Speech:
Lecturer name. Title of Lecture/Speech. Organization/Department. Place of lecture, City, State. Print. Day Month Year.

Photograph of Artwork:
Creator(s). Title of piece. Museum where original displayed, City. Title of book. By book author if different. Publisher city: Publisher name. Date. Page. Print.

Please check Purdues MLA site (listed above) for more information on 2009 changes.

Photo sharing:
Owner User Name. Title of Photo. Title of Source. Name of Source. Web. Day Month Year accessed. <Elec address if needed for easy access>.

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