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ENGL 2122 - Patterson: Citing MLA

Literary Analysis

What is a Works-Cited Citation?

A Works-Cited Citation is included at the end of a paper to give credit to the original author. 

MLA Guide from OWL


For Online Help With Writing in and Citing MLA, visit the  OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide

 

Also check out this short, concise, and USG-specific MLA guide.

Common MLA Citation Style Examples:

MLA 2009 Formatting & Style Guide: Owl @ Purdue

Harbrace Handbook 17th ed. 2010 (examples below)

-Work by a single author: (40b) pg.591.

Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Random House, 1969. Print.

-Work by two or more authors: (40b) pg.591

Visgilio, Gerald R., and Diana M. Whitelaw, eds. Our Backyard: A Quest for Environmental Justice. Lanham: Rowan and LittlefieldPublishers, 2003. Print.

-Work in an Anthology: (40b) pg.595

Plath, Sylvia. "Ariel." The Norton Anthology of American Poetry. Eds. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair. New York: Norton, 1988. 1423. Print.

-Online scholarly journal article: (40b) pg.605

Voss, Paul J. "Debris from Heaven in Paradise Lost." English Language Notes 35.3 (1998): 37-41.  Web. 25 Sept. 2003 .

-An Electronic Book (NetLibrary): (40b) pg. 606

Nadel, Alan. Invisible Criticism: Ralph Ellison and the American Canon. NetLibrary. University of Iowa Press, 2004. Web. 13 June 2008.

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