{"id":188,"date":"2018-07-10T20:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T20:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csueng100101fall2023\/chapter\/9-5-mla-citation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:39:52","slug":"9-5-mla-citation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csueng100101fall2023\/chapter\/9-5-mla-citation\/","title":{"rendered":"12.3 MLA Citation: Works Cited Entries"},"content":{"raw":"The Modern Language Association (MLA) system of documentation governs how writers format academic papers and cite the sources that they use. This system of formatting and citation is used most by academic disciplines in the arts and humanities.\r\n<h2 class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Citations<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Citations, according to MLA, consist of two elements:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li class=\"no-indent\"><em>in-text citations (also called parenthetical citations).<\/em> These are the citations that you include within your essay, after you have referenced something from a source.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"no-indent\"><em>a Work Cited (or Works Cited, if multiple sources are cited) list<\/em>. This is a list of all sources you cited within the essay.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h2 class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Works Cited Entries<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Every source that you quote, paraphrase, or summarize in an essay must be included in your Works Cited list<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Your Works Cited list should always be on its own new page, after the end of the text of the essay<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><strong style=\"font-size: 14pt\">General order of content in an MLA-formatted Works Cited Entry<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<strong>Online News\/Magazine Article <\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author's name.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\"Title of the Article.\"<\/strong>\u00a0 Include the title of a shorter work in quotation marks and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Title of the Newspaper or Publisher<\/em><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> Use italics for the title of a longer work like a newspaper or online publication and use\u00a0headline-style capitalization<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Publication date,<\/strong> Use the format: Date Abbreviated Month Year.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>URL.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Example<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">Robinson, Angela. \"History Shows Why It's Time for a Black Woman to Sit on the Supreme Court .\"<em>\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>, 1 Feb. 2022,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/02\/01\/history-shows-why-its-time-black-woman-sit-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/02\/01\/history-shows-why-its-time-black-woman-sit-supreme-court\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Practice MLA Reference for a Magazine Article\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\nThe following interactive activities uses H5P. While efforts have been made to ensure accessibility, some H5P content may present challenges for users of certain assistive technologies. If you are unable to access or complete the activity, please contact your instructor to request an alternative way to engage with the material.\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nThe following activity asks you to scroll and choose the correct answers to questions about Works Cited pages.\r\n\r\n<span>[h5p id=\"82\"]<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe following two activities ask you to drag and drop the correct answers to questions about Works Cited pages.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"41\"]\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"29\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<strong>Scholarly\/Journal Articles<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author's name.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>\"Title of the Article.\"<\/strong>\u00a0 Include the title of a shorter work in quotation marks and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Title of Journal<\/em><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> Use italics for the title of a longer work like a newspaper or online publication and use\u00a0headline-style capitalization<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Volume<\/strong> number (written as vol. ___)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Issue<\/strong> number (written as no. ____)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Publication year,<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Pages.\u00a0<\/strong>(written as pp. XX - XXX).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Example<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\"><span>O'Brien, James, Warrren Young, and C. F. Finch. \"The Use and Modification of Injury Prevention Exercises by Professional Youth Soccer Teams.\"\u00a0<\/span><i>Scandinavian Journal of Medicine &amp; Science in Sports<\/i><span> vol. 27, no. 11, 2017,\u00a0 pp. 1337-1346.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Practice MLA Reference for a Journal Article\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nThe following activity asks you to scroll and choose the correct answers to questions about creating a Works Cited entry for an academic journal article.\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"40\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Print Book<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author's name.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Title of the Book<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> Use italics for the title of a longer work like a book and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Edition. <\/strong>If there are multiple editions, use the format 1st\/2nd\/3rd ed.,<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Publisher,<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Publication date.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Example<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">Lee, Harper.\u00a0<em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. 1st ed., J. B. Lippincott &amp; Co., 1960.<\/p>\r\n<strong>eBook<\/strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong> Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author's name.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Title of the Book,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Use italics for the title of a longer work like a book and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Editors<\/strong>\u00a0 If there is one editor, use the format edited by Last Name, First Name. If there are multiple editors, use and before the last author's name.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Publisher,<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Publication date.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong><em>Database<\/em><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0Note: Use italics for names of databases.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>URL or permalink.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Example<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">Hughes, Langston.\u00a0<em>Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond<\/em>, edited by Evelyn Louise Crawford and Mary Louise Patterson. University of California Press, 2016.\u00a0<em>EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection<\/em>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libproxy.csudh.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=e000xna&amp;AN=1105577&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site&amp;ebv=EB&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">http:\/\/libproxy.csudh.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&amp;db=e000xna&amp;AN=1105577&amp;site=ehost-live&amp;scope=site&amp;ebv=EB&amp;<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>","rendered":"<p>The Modern Language Association (MLA) system of documentation governs how writers format academic papers and cite the sources that they use. This system of formatting and citation is used most by academic disciplines in the arts and humanities.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Citations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Citations, according to MLA, consist of two elements:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"no-indent\"><em>in-text citations (also called parenthetical citations).<\/em> These are the citations that you include within your essay, after you have referenced something from a source.<\/li>\n<li class=\"no-indent\"><em>a Work Cited (or Works Cited, if multiple sources are cited) list<\/em>. This is a list of all sources you cited within the essay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Works Cited Entries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Every source that you quote, paraphrase, or summarize in an essay must be included in your Works Cited list<\/li>\n<li>Your Works Cited list should always be on its own new page, after the end of the text of the essay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-size: 14pt\">General order of content in an MLA-formatted Works Cited Entry<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Online News\/Magazine Article <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author&#8217;s name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Title of the Article.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 Include the title of a shorter work in quotation marks and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Title of the Newspaper or Publisher<\/em><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> Use italics for the title of a longer work like a newspaper or online publication and use\u00a0headline-style capitalization<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication date,<\/strong> Use the format: Date Abbreviated Month Year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>URL.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">Robinson, Angela. &#8220;History Shows Why It&#8217;s Time for a Black Woman to Sit on the Supreme Court .&#8221;<em>\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>, 1 Feb. 2022,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/02\/01\/history-shows-why-its-time-black-woman-sit-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/02\/01\/history-shows-why-its-time-black-woman-sit-supreme-court\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Practice MLA Reference for a Magazine Article\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following interactive activities uses H5P. While efforts have been made to ensure accessibility, some H5P content may present challenges for users of certain assistive technologies. If you are unable to access or complete the activity, please contact your instructor to request an alternative way to engage with the material.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>The following activity asks you to scroll and choose the correct answers to questions about Works Cited pages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-82\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"82\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"12.3 MLA Works Cited Web Article  - Practice activity\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The following two activities ask you to drag and drop the correct answers to questions about Works Cited pages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-41\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"41\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"12.3 MLA Bibliographic reference for a magazine article\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-29\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"29\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"12.3 Citing a newspaper article from a library database in MLA\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Scholarly\/Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author&#8217;s name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Title of the Article.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 Include the title of a shorter work in quotation marks and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Title of Journal<\/em><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> Use italics for the title of a longer work like a newspaper or online publication and use\u00a0headline-style capitalization<\/li>\n<li><strong>Volume<\/strong> number (written as vol. ___)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Issue<\/strong> number (written as no. ____)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication year,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages.\u00a0<\/strong>(written as pp. XX &#8211; XXX).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">O&#8217;Brien, James, Warrren Young, and C. F. Finch. &#8220;The Use and Modification of Injury Prevention Exercises by Professional Youth Soccer Teams.&#8221;\u00a0<i>Scandinavian Journal of Medicine &amp; Science in Sports<\/i> vol. 27, no. 11, 2017,\u00a0 pp. 1337-1346.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Practice MLA Reference for a Journal Article\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>The following activity asks you to scroll and choose the correct answers to questions about creating a Works Cited entry for an academic journal article.<\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-40\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"40\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"12. 3 MLA Works Cited Scholarly Article - Practice activity\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Print Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong>\u00a0 Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. If there are multiple authors, use and before the last author&#8217;s name.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Title of the Book<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> Use italics for the title of a longer work like a book and use <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/capitalization-of-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #800000\">headline-style capitalization<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Edition. <\/strong>If there are multiple editions, use the format 1st\/2nd\/3rd ed.,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication date.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\">Lee, Harper.\u00a0<em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. 1st ed., J. B. Lippincott &amp; Co., 1960.<\/p>\n<p><strong>eBook<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Author(s).<\/strong> Use the format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. 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