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AISC teaches MLA style citations.
AISC teaches MLA style citations.
Modern Language Association (MLA) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities disciplines. MLA style, currently in the 8th edition of the MLA manual, guides the formatting of citations for an essay. There are two parts of a citation in an essay:
In-text citations
Works Cited page
Elements of an MLA citation:
Elements of an MLA citation:
Author.
Title of source.
Title of container,
Other contributors,
Version,
Number,
Publisher,
Publication date,
Location
Container: When the source being documented forms part of a larger whole, the larger whole can be thought of as a container that holds the source. For example, a short story may be contained in an anthology. The short story is the source, and the anthology is the container.
Works Cited Style Guide
Works Cited Style Guide
Separate page at the end of your research paper
Same margins and header as the rest of your paper
Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks)
Center the words Works Cited at the top of the page
Citations aligned with the left margin
Double-space all citations. Don't skip spaces between entries
Citations should have a hanging indent: Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches
Entries listed alphabetically by author's last name. If no author, alphabetize by first element included in the citation
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