Sample Citations (MLA)
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MLA documentation is used to cite sources in papers on subjects in English, Humanities, Arts.
It requires a "Works Cited" list and notation in the text of the paper itself. See samples below.

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Works Cited

 

Birch, Robert.  “Reproductive Technologies.”  Robert Birch Home Page.  2000.
          http://www.robertbirchhome/reproductive.html  (13 Dec. 2002).

Dali, Salvador. Hallucinogenic Toreador.  Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL.

Manovich, Lev.  The Language of New Media.  Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001.

The Matrix.  Dir. Larry Wachowski and Andy Wachowski.  Perf. Keanu Reeves, 
          Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano.
          DVD. Warner, 1999.

Smith, Diane.  “Classical Influences on Contemporary Digital Art.”  Art Times 67
          (Oct. 2002): 34-38.

Undercurrent/Overview 6.  Tampa Museum of Art.  Tampa, Florida. 
          August 24 – September 22, 2002.

Q: How would I notate these sources in the text of my paper?


Web Site.      No parenthetical information. Identify the site by name, underlined.
Art.              No parenthetical information.  Identify the art by name, underlined.
Book.            Parentheses w/ author’s last name and page number (Manovich 127).

Movie.           Identify title of movie, with date optionally in parentheses (1999).
Magazine.      Parentheses w/ author’s last name and page number (Smith 36).

 

Q: How can I remember when to underline or use quotation marks?


                   Generally, large works are underlined and smaller works
                   take quotation marks.

 

 

Underlined

Quotation marks

UNDERLINE
Web Site      

Art               

Book   

Movie           

Magazine  
DVD 

 

QUOTATIONS

Article in a web site
Chapter in a book
Article in a magazine
Song on a DVD

 

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