Name ________________________________________________ Date ____________________________

Citation Practice
Use these templates to practice writing MLA citations.
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To Cite a Print Book With One Author

___________________________. ______________________________. ________________________:

(Author) Last name, First name. (Title) in italics. Place of publication (City):

___________________, _______________. Print.

(Publisher), Date (Year: ####).

Example:
Kawa, Katie. The Science of Gymnastics. New York: PowerKids Press, 2016. Print

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To Cite a Print Book With 2 or more Authors

__________________________________________________. ______________________________.
(Authors) Last name, First name, and Last name, First name. (Title) in italics.

________________________: ___________________, _______________. Print.

Place of publication (City): (Publisher), Date (Year: ####).

Example:
Cassino, Mark, and Nelson, John. The Story of Snow. San Francisco: Chronicle Books,
2009. Print.

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To Cite a Magazine or Newspaper

___________________________. ________________. _______________________,

(Author(s)) Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical in italics,

____________________, _______________________,
Date (Day Month Year), (pages) pp. ##-##.

Example:
Flannery, Ellen, “This is Not Fake News.” NEA Today, Jan. 2019, pp. 44-46.
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To Cite a Website or other Electronic Resource

___________________________________________. ______________________________________.
Author of article (if given), Last name, First name “Title of article or page in quotation marks”.

__________________. _______, ___________________, __________________________________.

Name of Site in italics. Sponsor Date created (if given), URL (web address): www.ABC123.com.

____________________________________.
Date of access (Accessed Day Month Year)

Example:
“Innovation Station”. Crest Hill Elementary Virtual Learning Commons. Crest Hill
Elementary, 2019, www.cresthill-library.weebly.com/innovation-station.html.
Accessed 20 Feb. 2019.
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Works Cited

Cassino, Mark, and Nelson, John. The Story of Snow. San Francisco: Chronicle Books,

2009. Print.

Flannery, Ellen, “This is Not Fake News.” NEA Today, Jan. 2019, pp. 44-46.

“Innovation Station”. Crest Hill Elementary Virtual Learning Commons. Crest Hill

Elementary, 2019, cresthill-library.weebly.com/innovation-station.html. Accessed

20 Feb. 2019.

Kawa, Katie. The Science of Gymnastics. New York: PowerKids Press, 2016. Print