FYS: Heroic Temper (Bungard) (Ries): Citing Sources

Access a PRINT version of the MLA Guide:

• The most recent edition of the MLA Handbook is kept at the Information Commons/Reference Desk at the Irwin and Science Libraries.
  
  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition. New York: MLA, 2009.  (REF DESK LB2369.G53 2009)
  
  
• Consult your FYS copy the SF Writer.

For ONLINE help with MLA, go to:

• Butler Libraries - Citing Sources LibGuide - Select the MLA tab
  
  
• Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
  
  
• Duke University Libraries - Citing Sources

The boxes below highlight how to cite books and journal articles using MLA.  Remember, for more complete directions go the Butler Libraries - Citing Sources LibGuide.

For scholarly journals that only exist in electronic form on the Web, cite the work like you would for a print article, only conclude the entry with the following items:

1. Medium of publication consulted (Web)
2. Date of access (day, month, and year)

If the publication does not include page numbers, use "n. pag." in place of the page numbers.

For articles retrieved full text from an online database, include the name of the database before "Web."

For additional examples and explanations, see pp. 189-193 in the MLA Handbook (2009).

For additional examples and explanations, see pages 148-181 in the MLA Handbook (2009).

In-Text Citations

After a quote, add the author's last name and a page reference. This is usually enough to identify the source and the specific location from which you borrowed the material.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss 102-103).

If using the author's name in your text, do not include it in the parentheses.

Example: In his scholarly study, Dr. Seuss observed that "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (102-103).

If you use more than one work by the same author, include the title or a shorted form of the title.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss, Fox in Socks 102-103).

If more than one author has the same last name, add their first initial.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (D. Seuss 102-103).

If two or more authors wrote the work, list them all.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss and Johnson 102-103).

If no pagination information is available, but paragraphs are numbered, include that information.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (Seuss par. 5).

If no pagination information is available and paragraphs are not numbered, the work must be cited only in its entirety, but you can include words in your text that indicate about where to find the quote.

Example: In the first third of his article, Seuss mentioned that "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

Note: When paraphrasing or mentioning another work, it is helpful to still provide pagination information if the source text is long or difficult, or if it would help the reader find the text being paraphrased.