MLA Formatting Citation Styles Modern Language Association Liberal
MLA Formatting
Citation Styles • Modern Language Association – Liberal Arts/ Humanities • Other formatting styles: – APA (American Psychological Association) • Psychology, education, social sciences – Turabian • Universal—all subjects – Chicago • Universal
MLA Formatting • • Typed Double spaced EVENLY 12 point font 1” margins Headers with last name and page #s No title page Name, instructor name, course and date in upper left (also double spaced)
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In-text Citations • Parenthetical Citation – Citing of your source – Any source used must appear in a ( ) AND will then appear on your Works Cited page • Many ways of citing and rules • Database in-text citations – Author’s last name in ( )
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Works Cited Page • Final page of your paper • Lists all of the sources that were used • Every source on this page MUST appear in your paper somewhere. EVERY source that appears in your paper MUST appear on this page. • Alphabetical Order • Double spaced
Electronic Database Citation • Author and/or editor names • Article title in “quotations” • Title of the website or book in italics (larger source) • Any version numbers (issue, volume, etc. ) • Publisher information (name and date) • Medium of Publication • Date accessed
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When in doubt…. • ASK! • Consult OWL @ Purdue
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