MLA Style Citations

MLA in-text citations, sometimes called parenthetical references, include the author’s last name and the page number. They might appear in the body of your paper every time you quote or paraphrase a source.

There are two ways of incorporating a citation:

• parenthetical citation- you put both elements inside the parentheses, usually at the end of the clause or sentence.
• narrative citation -the author’s name is incorporated into the structure of your sentence, with only the page number in parentheses.

This video discusses the essential guides for formatting your in-text citations.

The Works Cited-List – is an alphabetical list at the end of your paper that includes a full citation for each source you used in your paper's body to support your research. This video shows how to create an MLA Works Cited page .

The guide includes color-coded full-citation sample handouts for the following sources:

• Books & eBooks
• Databases
• Websites
• Videos & Images
• Personal Communications