MLA Citation Style



MLA Citation Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition

Follow these color codes: | |Author(s) |Title of Book |Title of Article |Title of Periodical |Volume | |Place of Publication |Publisher |Date |Other Information |Pages | |Book

Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History

     of the Future. New York: Pocket, 1993.

Journal Article

Wilcox, Rhonda V. "Shifting Roles and Synthetic Women in Star

     Trek: The Next Generation." Studies in Popular Culture 13.2 (1991):

     53-65.

Newspaper or Magazine Article

Di Rado, Alicia. "Trekking through College: Classes Explore Modern

     Society Using the World of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times 15 Mar.

     1995: A3.

Book Article or Chapter

James, Nancy E. "Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth According to

     Kirk and Spock." Spectrum of the Fantastic. Ed. Donald Palumbo.

     Westport: Greenwood, 1988. 219-223.

Encyclopedia Article   (well known reference books)

Sturgeon, Theodore. "Science Fiction." The Encyclopedia Americana.

     International ed. 1995.

Website

Lynch, Tim. "DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review." Psi Phi: Bradley's

     Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997 .

Newspaper or Magazine Article on the Internet

Andreadis, Athena. "The Enterprise Finds Twin Earths Everywhere It

     Goes, But Future Colonizers of Distant Planets Won't Be So Lucky."

     Astronomy Jan. 1999: 64- . Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. B.

     Davis Schwartz Memorial Lib., Brookville, NY. 7 Feb. 1999 .

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS (Audiotapes, Videos, Microfiche, etc.)

American Experience: The Murder of Emmett Till (video recording).

PBS Video, 2003

The Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines require that you cite the quotations, summaries, paraphrases, and other material used from sources within parentheses typically placed at the end of the sentence in which the quoted or paraphrased material appears. These in-text parenthetical citations correspond to the Works Cited page, found in a list of references at the end of your paper. See below for in-text citation examples:

Single author named in parentheses.

The tendency to come to terms with difficult experiences is referred to as a "purification process" whereby "threatening or painful dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a clear and articulated image of oneself and one’s place in the world" (Sennett 11).

Works with no author.

Several critics of the concept of the transparent society ask if a large society would be able to handle the complete loss of privacy ("Surveillance Society" 115).

Web page.

Abraham Lincoln's birthplace was designated as a National Historical Site in 1959 (National Park Service). 

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