ReferencingMLA Citation Style

Avoid plagiarism!

When to cite?

• quote material

• paraphrase

• statistics

• not common knowledge

What to cite?

• newspaper articles

• books

• journals

• encyclopedias

• websites

In Text Citations and Works

Cited List

In Text Citations

In the body of the essay include include the

author’s name and the page number where the

information was found.

Works Cited List

• Author’s name

• Title

• Date of publication

• Publisher information

• Medium type

For websites there is no need to

include the URL information unless the

reader cannot locate the source

without it.

Works Cited List-Sample

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