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MLA Citation

A guide to citing sources according to the Modern Language Association Handbook

Website Citation Notes & Format

Irrelevant elements of the standard MLA format are omitted.

Include the publication date or last updated information if listed.

For books, journals, magazines, and newspapers published online, see examples from their respective tabs.

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Author.
Paul, Elsie, et al.
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Title of Source.

As I Remember It: Teachings (Ɂəms tɑɁɑw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder.

Container

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Title of Container,
 
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Contributor,
 
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Version,
 
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Number,
 
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Publisher,
RavenSpace,
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Publication Date,
2019,
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Location.
http://publications.ravenspacepublishing.org/as-i-remember-it/.

Digital Monograph with Author and Publisher

Paul, Elsie, et al. As I Remember It: Teachings (Ɂəms tɑɁɑw) from the Life of a Sliammon Elder. RavenSpace, 2019, http://publications.ravenspacepublishing.org/as-i-remember-it/.

Parenthetical citation: (Paul et al.).
Prose citation: In their multimedia digital monograph, Elsie Paul and colleagues . . .

Website with Editors and a Publisher

Piers Plowman Electronic Archive. Edited by Robert Adams et al., Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts, 7 June 2018, https://piers.chass.ncsu.edu/.

Parenthetical citation: (Piers Plowman). OR (Piers Plowman Electronic Archive).
Prose citation: The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive contains . . .

Webpage on a Website Written and Published by an Organization

"The Plimpton 'Sieve' Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I." Folgerpedia, Folger Shakespeare Library, 28 July 2020, https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/The_Plimpton_%22Sieve%22_portrait_of_Queen_Elizabeth_I.

Parenthetical citation: ("The Plimpton 'Sieve' Portrait").
Prose citation: According to the Folgerpedia article "The Plimpton 'Sieve' Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I" . . .

Webpage with No Date

You can provide an access date at the end of the citation for pages with no date.

What is the National Debt Today? Peter G. Peterson Foundation, https://www.pgpf.org/national-debt-clock. Accessed July 7, 2022.

Parenthetical citation: (What is the National Debt Today?).
Prose citation: The webpage What is the National Debt Today? tracks . . .