Citations
Full citations:
Full citations:
- Remember, if you got your article from an ELM database (like Student Resources in Context or Britannica), the citation should be ready for you to copy and paste into your bibliography.
- Otherwise, use easybib to create your citation.
- Want to try it the old fashioned way?
- Citing an online resource: Last, First M. “Article Title (or Page Title).” Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month Year Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. URL ***Check out the picture below***
- If any of this info isn't available for your site SKIP IT.
- MLA 7 doesn't actually require a URL but it's just smart research to include one.
- Citing a newspaper article (even ones you find online) or a book is also super easy.
- Citing an online resource: Last, First M. “Article Title (or Page Title).” Website Title. Website Publisher, Date Month Year Published. Web. Date Month Year Accessed. URL ***Check out the picture below***
In text:
In text:
- BOOK: (Author, page number)
- ONLINE SOURCE: (Author) or if no author (Page Title)
- More examples and specifics here, from easybib
- Remember that "In-Text citations should be placed directly after the direct quote or paraphrase, or in a place that is a natural pause and does not cause the reader to become distracted while reading the body of your work" (In-Text Citations in MLA 8).
- Notice how the period got moved to the end of the in-text citation? For questions about punctuation and in-text citations see the IVCC stylebook.
Sometimes it's tough to figure out the what information from a website goes where in your citation. Check out this picture for help:
Sometimes it's tough to figure out the what information from a website goes where in your citation. Check out this picture for help:
