MLA Resources

The MLA Handbook is the definitive source for MLA guidelines. It is produced by the Modern Language Association. However, there are many online resources such as the Modern Language Association's site and the Purdue Online Writing Lab that now provide easy access to guidance.

The Purdue Owl site will provide you with MLA formatting, grammatical, and documentation guidance. It provides examples of title pages, work cited pages, etc.

This site provides a very user friendly search for MLA citation information. Coupling this with the OWL MLA page will provide you will all of the information you may need.

The following link will take you to an online document that will provide you with a quick reference for MLA formatting.

Although it is not usually considered an academic source, at times it may be necessary to cite specific instances from social media.

Click for more information on how to correctly cite social media sources.


Automatic Citation Sites

Sites are available that will take provided information and produce a citation according to your chosen style.

Remember to back check the generated citations to see if they match MLA 8. You can use the quick reference guide above to do this.