Works by the author alone should come first, then works by two authors, and finally works by three or more authors i. If there is no author, alphabetize the source based on the title of the work. Ignore articles the, a , and an for the purposes of alphabetization. If a title begins with a number, alphabetize it as you would if the number was spelled out.
Each entry contains the author , title , and publication details of the source. To apply a hanging indent to your reference list or Works Cited list in Word or Google Docs, follow the steps below.
When the hanging indent is applied, for each reference, every line except the first is indented. This helps the reader see where one entry ends and the next begins.
If there are three or more authors, name only the first author, followed by et al. MLA style uses title case, which means that all principal words nouns, pronouns , verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and some conjunctions are capitalized.
This applies to titles of sources as well as the title of, and subheadings in, your paper. Use MLA capitalization style even when the original source title uses different capitalization. Search by book title, page URL or journal DOI to automatically generate flawless citations, or cite manually using the simple citation forms. How would I cite an author with two last names, both in-text and on my works cited page.
Her surnames aren't hyphenated- Linda Rodriguez McRobbie. Would it be: McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez or would both surnames come before her first name? I need to cite a book but only a portion, let's say chapters 1 to 4 out of 8 chapters.
Do I need to cite each chapter separately with the book as a container, or is it sufficient to cite the book as a whole and just add the page range of those chapters? Firbas, Jan. Cambridge University Press, , pp. You should include the publication date of the version of the source you used, so the most recent one listed in your version of the source.
Larsen, Nella. Penguin Classics, How would I cite the annotations by Leslie S. The original novel is written by Neil Gaiman…. MLA doesn't specifically provide an example of this type of citation, but I would suggest citing the annotations something like this:. Klinger, Leslie S. The Annotated American Gods.
Novel by Neil Gaiman, William Morrow, To cite a tweet, you give the name of the account or the person's name if known , then the account's in square brackets, then the text of the tweet, then " Twitter ", and finally the date and URL. For example:. Biden, Joe [ JoeBiden]. We still have more work to do, but recovery is moving forward even in the face of a pandemic. Do we have to cite a publisher of a Journal article in case it is available? Or publisher are included only in books?
No, MLA says you don't need to give the publisher of a journal article or of other articles like those in magazines, newspapers, etc. A television episode fits in a larger series which may be contained by Netflix. When a source is in a larger container, provide information about the smaller one i. Hansen, Bruce E. One of the benefits of this system is that it can be applied to any source.
Shih, Shu-Mei. Modern Language Association , doi Author last name, First name. Publisher , doi. Bravo, Juan I. Lozano, and Jo Handelsman. First author last name, First name, Middle initial. Last name, and Third author First name Last name. Mieszkowski, Jan. Author Last name, First name. Database , url. Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene. Valenza, Robin. Project MUSE. Doggart, Julia, et al. First author Last name, First name, et al.
Raval, Amish N. Butler, Janine. Accessed 7 June Date of access. Balthazor, Ron, and Elizabeth Davis. Oaklander, Mandy. Rowen, Ben. EBSCOhost, search. Database name , url. Walsh, Nora. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Bordwell, David. U California P, Britland, Karen. Drama at the Courts of Queen Maria Henrietta. Cambridge UP, Card, Claudia. Oxford UP, Mallon, Florencia E.
Duke UP, Book title. Publisher, year of publication. Bartlett, Lesley, and Frances Vavrus. If you have cited more than one work by a particular author, order the entries alphabetically by title, and use three hyphens in place of the author's name for every entry after the first:. When an author or collection editor appears both as the sole author of a text and as the first author of a group, list solo-author entries first:. Heller, Steven, and Karen Pomeroy. Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design.
Alphabetize works with no known author by their title; use a shortened version of the title in the parenthetical citations in your paper. New to MLA 9th edition, there are now steps to take for citing works by an author or authors using a pseudonym, stage-name, or different name. The generator will take information such as document titles, author, and URLs as in input, and output fully formatted citations that can be inserted into the Works Cited page of an MLA-compliant academic paper.
The citations on a Works Cited page show the external sources that were used to write the main body of the academic paper, either directly as references and quotes, or indirectly as ideas. MLA style is most often used by middle school and high school students in preparation for transition to college and further education.
Ironically, MLA style is not actually used all that often beyond middle and high school, with APA American Psychological Association style being the favored style at colleges across the country.
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