I.  Textnote form – MLA

Print source

Normal print source: after a quotation, paraphrase, or summary, enclose author’s name and page number in parenthesis:    “quote” (Dziadek 31).

Note the citation is NEVER part of the quote but ALWAYS part of the sentence or clause.

If you have more than one consecutive citation from the same print source, use only the page number after the first citation: (32).

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Online website 

Online source when there are not pages or separate parts to the source; Include only the author’s name in the parenthesis: (Dziadek).

Online source with pages or distinct parts: include the author’s name and designate the part: (Dziadek “Introduction”).

Online source with no pages, or distinct parts and no author listed  ("Title of the page").

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Citing Poetry

Poem with lines listed  (Last name  line 1-2).

Poem in an anthology with lines listed  (Last name  pg# line 1-2). 

Poem no lines listed.  Last name page #  (Dziadek 34). 

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Citing a play

A single play being cited in a paper.  (Author last name  act. scene. line)  ex:  (Shakespeare 1.2.20). 

Citing a multiple plays by the same author (Title of play  act. scene. line) ex (Midsummer  1.2.20-22) (Macbeth 1.2.34-34) 

These two plays will be listed separately on your Works Cited page. 

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II. Works Cited – MLA

Print source:

Author’s last name, first name. Title of Book. City: publisher,date of publication.

Johnstone, Barbara. Discourse Analysis. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Title of Book. City: Publisher, date of publication. Pages [no p, pg. or comer here only page #

Freedman, Estelle B. "The New Woman: Changing Views of Women in the  1920''s." The

       Journal of American History . Washington D.C:The American Historical Review 61.2 (1974): 372- 393.

Strossen, Nadine. "On Pornography Lessons from Enforcement." Liberty for Women. Ed. Wendy McElroy.

                 Chicago, ILL: Ivan R.Dee, 2002: 456-477.

Krauthammer, Charles. "In Plain English: Let's Make it Official." Time Magazine. NY:Time Inc., 167.24 

                (2006) 112.

III.  Online sources:

Author’s last name, first name. “Document Title.” Title of Webcite. Date of Internet Publication. Date of access .

Bear, Jacci. “Color Profile.” Color Project. 11/21/2001. 12/9/2003 <

        http://www.desktoppub.a bout.com/cs/colorselection >.

What should your Works Cited page look like?