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MLA BASICS 8th Edition

1. NO: Wikipedia or any encyclopedia: just the article title in “ “

A PARENTHETICAL REFERENCE/ IN-TEXT CITATION IS:

Author’s last name ( page #’s if applicable )

if none then >>> Article title ( quotation marks )

if none then >>> Web site name ( italics )

EXAMPLE: ( Claus 234 ). <<< period goes at end.

2. WHEN YOU CITE, ALLUDE TO, REFER TO ANY SOURCE OF

FACTS, SURVEY, DATA YOU MUST DOCUMENT THE SOURCE

(S) EVERY TIME. ONCE ONLY DOES NOT DO IT…..!

3. A PARENTHETICAL REFERENCE IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE

SENTENCE THAT IT ENDS IN THIS OUTLINE.

4. WORKS CITED ….You put the words Works Cited at top of your

List of works cited in your Outline

MUST ALPHABETIZE …

Eighth edition (the new way): last name, first name

Jacobs, Alan.  The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of

Distraction. Oxford UP, 2011.

NO BULLETS, NUMBERING AND DO SPACE BETWEEN SOURCES

BOOK TITLES, WEBSITES ARE ITALICISED

You can always Google: How do I MLA cite …