In-Text Citations
The format of an in-text citation for a source with one author
What is (Author's Last Name Page Number)?
The information that should be included in a works cited entry for a book
What is Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year.?
This information should be included in the header of an MLA-formatted paper
What is Last Name and the page number?
A source with no named author should start with
What is the title of the source?
The format of a source with three or more authors on the WORKS CITED page
What is Author 1's Last Name, First Name, followed by "et al."?
You need to use in-text citations whenever you:
What are quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, or otherwise referring to or using someone else's idea or creation?
The title of a source that is a complete work, such as a book, website, album, or TV series
What is italicized?
The format of margins for an MLA paper
What is one-inch margins on all sides?
The title of a source such as a journal article, book chapter, web page, song in an album, or an episode of a TV series, that is part of a larger work
What is written in normal font and placed in quotation marks?
On the WORKS CITED page, this core element is where you specify an edition of a source, including if it is an E-book.
What is version?
The format of an in-text citation with three or more authors
What is (Author 1's Last Name et al. Page Number)?
The correct order of elements for a source with two authors
What is Author 1's Last Name, First Name, followed by a comma, and the Author 2's First Name Last Name?
The title of your paper formatted in MLA style
What is Centered, with title case capitalization (capitalize the first letter of each major word)?
Sources like academic journals, books with multiple volumes, and the season and episodes of TV shows must contain the core element
What are numbers?
The format of an IN-TEXT CITATION with two authors
What is (Author 1's Last Name and Author 2's Last Name Page Number)?
If you are citing information from a company or organization, you should:
What is shorten the name of the entity to the shortest noun phrase? (For example, the National Endowment for the Arts would be truncated to National Endowment in your in-text citation?
While not applicable at all times, supplemental information related to a work's contributors can include
What is the work's creator or director?
The font and size that should be used in an MLA-formatted paper
What is Times New Roman, 12-point font?
The organization primarily responsible for producing the source or making it available (Warner Bros., Oxford UP)
What is the publisher?
If introducing an author in an IN-TEXT CITATION with a signal phrase, the citation must contain
What is the location/page number?
When your source does not have an author or a page number
What is use a shortened version of the title of the work? (For example, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland would be shortened to Alice’s Adventures.)
The larger work in which you found the material. Some material is whole by itself, and some material has multiple of these
What is the container?
This type of indentation is used on an MLA-formatted WORKS CITED page if an entry/source exceeds more than one line
What is hanging indent?
The presentation(/format) of the date the source was released, aired, or shared
What is Day Month Year?
This core element of the WORKS CITED page can vary by the source. Some examples include page number(s), time stamp, subscription platform, paragraph number, and DOI.
What is location?