MLA Citation Notes

Cite a source when you paraphrase, summarize, or quote another persons work.
There are two parts to citing according to MLA style:
1. Brief In-text citations (in parentheses) within the body of your essay or paper
2. List of full citations in the Works Cited page at the end of your paper
In-text citations
You must provide information that will allow the reader to locate exactly where you
found information in your sources. Usually this is the author's last name and a page
number, for example: (Polar 188)
Place the parenthetical reference at the end of the sentence before the punctuation
mark. Ex: The average world temperature is rising at an alarming rate of 200 degrees
Celsius per year (Polar 188).
If you use an author's name in a sentence (known as a signal phrase), do not use it
again in the parenthetical citation. Simply give the page numbers. Ex: Polar argues
that global warming will help heat our jacuzzis (122).
If there is no known author, use the title and page number in your citation. Ex: A single
car trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco produces more pollution than a tree does in
its entire lifetime (Save My Greenhouse 47).
If information is found on more than one page: put the range of pages. Ex: Smith states
some interesting facts about the changing world temperature (123-25).
Two or more page locations: put the range and a comma then the next page or range of
pages. Ex: Jones alludes to this premise (136-39, 145).
In-text citation for electronic sources - If possible, electronic and online sources are
cited just like print resources in parenthetical references. Often electronic resources will
not have page numbers. In these cases omit numbers from the parenthetical reference
Works Cited Page appears at the end of your paper on its own page. Everything you
referenced in your text must be listed in your Works Cited page. Everything you list in
the Works Cited page must be cited in your essay.
Book Citation
Book titles are italicized: An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

Article titles and titles of chapters, essays and short stories appear in quotes: "The
Scientific Case for Modern Anthropogenic Global Warming."

If more than one author is given, list first authors Last Name, First. The second or
third authors should be listed First Name Last Name with and connecting the last
name:
Book citations include - Author(s) or Editor(s). Complete title. Edition (if indicated). Place
of publication: Publisher, Date of publication. Format descriptor.
Gore, Albert. An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming. New York: Viking,
2007. Print.
Periodical articles citation (newspaper, journal, magazine) - Author(s). Article title in
quotes. Periodical title (journal, magazine, etc.) italicized. Volume #.Issue # Publication
date (abbreviate months, if used): Page numbers of the article. Format descriptor.
Farley, John W. "The Scientific Case for Modern Anthropogenic Global
Warming." Monthly Review 60.3 (2008): 68-90. Print.
Internet sources citation - Author(s), if available: Title of the document. Title of
scholarly project, database, periodical, or website. Date electronic publication was last
updated. Name of the organization sponsoring or associated with the site. Format
descriptor. Date when you accessed the source.
Climate Change. 24 Jul 2008. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 4 Apr. 2010.
Media Sources such TV & radio broadcasts, Films & video recordings, Sound
recordings - Title of The Episode. Title of program or series. Name(s) of director(s),
performer(s), narrator(s). Name of Network. Call Letters and City of Station. DD MMM.
YYYY. Format descriptor.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Dir. Niels Arden Oplev. Perf. Noomi Rapace and
Michael Nyquist. Music Box. 2009. Film.