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Style Guides: MLA Style

Basic information on using style manuals for college research papers. This guide was created by Matthew Cox, Craig Saastamoinen, and Susan Weaver.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research

The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is a publication of the Modern Language Association.

Call Number: LB2369.G53 2009
ISBN: 1603290249

Help with MLA Style

The MLA Citation Style is often used for classes in the Humanities, such as English and History. The APA Citation Style and Chicago Style are other common formats, usually used in the sciences and social sciences.

Use the blue tabs above to see APA Citation Style and Chicago Style.

MLA Citations - Print Versions

Condensed versions of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers are linked in PDF format.

MLA Citations

Examples

NOTE:  The second and subsequent lines of all citations should be indented!

Book

Collins, Suzanne.  The Hunger Games. New York, NY: Scholastic Books, 2008. Print.

eBook

Kenyon, Sherrilyn.  Born of Night. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2009.  The ReadingRoom. Web. 18 August, 2011.

Online Journal from a Database

Norton, Eric. "Turn On the Dark." School Library Journal 57.8 (2011): 38-43. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Aug. 2011.

Print Journal

Norton, Eric. "Turn On the Dark." School Library Journal 57.8 (2011): 38-43. 

Web Site

De George, Dr. Robert. "A History of Business Ethics." Makkula Center of Applied Ethics. Santa Clara University, 19 Feb 2005. Web. 6 Jun 2012. <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focus
​areas/business/conference/presentations/
business-ethics-history.html>.