The video on the previous page, described how to cite a scholarly journal article. The formatting and information included in MLA citations changes depending on the type of source (book, article, video, personal interview). Below are examples of common types of sources formatted in MLA style.

Sample MLA In-Text Citations that would be included within an Essay/Research Paper

MLA style also requires that the writer use what are known as in-text or parenthetical citations throughout the research paper or essay. The format for MLA in-text citations is, Author (last name) and Page Number (when this information can be found).

(Ackerman 34)

The in-text citation must match-up with the information in the full citation for source, which is included in the Works Cited page at the end of the paper/essay.

Sample Full Citations that would be included in an MLA Works Cited Page

A book by a single author:

Ackerman, Diane. The Zookeeper's Wife. New York: Norton, 2007. Print.

A book by two or three authors:

Homan, Lynn M., and Thomas Reilly. Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen. Gretna: Pelican, 2001. Print.

Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003,

Print.

An edited book:

Cowans, Jon, ed. Modern Spain: A Documentary History. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2003. Print.

An article in a scholarly journal with volumes and issues:

Lucero, Lisa J. "The Collapse of the Classic Maya: A Case for the Role of Water Control." American Anthropologist 104.3 (2002):

814-26. Print.

Magazine article from an online database:

Weintraub, Arlene, and Laura Cohen. "A Thousand-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste." Business Week 6 May 2002: 94-96. Academic

Search Premier. Web. 28 Sept. 2001.

Journal article from an online database:

Reuss, Richard A. "Woody Guthrie and his Folk Tradition." The Journal of American Folklore 83.329 (1970): 273-303. JSTOR. Web.

4 Apr. 2009.

Newspaper from an online database:

Mihailovich, Steven. "Pearl Harbor Vet, Palomar Work to Preserve Survivors" Stories." San Diego Union-Tribune 3 May 2008: NC8.

ProQuest. Web. 10 Apr. 2009.

Citing web publications:

Willett, Perry, ed. Victorian Women Writers Project. Indiana U. Apr. 2003. Web. 14 July 2009.