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MLA

Overview of using MLA to format citations.

New Formatting Information

  • Italicize "The" at the beginning of newspaper, magazine, and journal titles if common practice dictates. The Pioneer Press, The New York Times.
  • Omit http:// from the beginning of the permanent link; < >, from the beginning and end of the permalink. 
  • Including date of access for online sources is optional, but it becomes "crucial if the source provides no information specifying when it was produced or published" (53). OWL includes accessed date.

MLA Handbook. 8th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2016. 

Newspaper Article

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Source." Container 

[City of Publication], day month year, pp. 

Note: Abbreviate all months except May, June, and July to the first three letters and a period:Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.

Print Newspaper Article

Horner, Sarah. "Police Scanner Audio Sheds Light on Philando Castile Traffic Stop." 

The Pioneer Press [St. Paul], 19 July 2015, pp. A1+. 

Online

Add:  Permanent link or DOI. (Date of Access is optional.)

Note: Including a date of access is optional. (See "New Formatting.") Check with your instructor.

Horner, Sarah. "Police Scanner Audio Sheds Light on Philando Castile Traffic Stop." 

The Pioneer Press [St. Paul], 11 July 2016, www.twincities.com/2016/07/11/

philando-castile- falcon-heights-shooting-police-scanner-traffic-stop/.

Accessed 19 July 2016.

Magazine Article

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Source." Container 

[City of Publication], day month year, pp. 

Note: Abbreviate all months except May, June, and July to the first three letters and a period:Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.

Newton-Small, Jay. "In Dallas, Police Lives Mourned But Rage Continues to

Boil Over." Time, 10 July 2016, pp. 15+. 

Burrell, Lisa. "We Just Can't Handle Diversity: A Research Roundup." The Harvard

Business Review, July-Aug. 2016, pp. 71-74. 

Online: 

Add:  Permanent link or DOI. (Date of Access is optional.) 

Newton-Small, Jay. "In Dallas, Police Lives Mourned But Rage Continues to

Boil Over." Time, 10 July 2016, pp. 15+, http://time.com/4400385/dallas-black-

lives-matter-ngan-police-shootings/.

 

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