Citing Sources
DISCUS makes citing your sources easy!
Simply find the "Cite" symbol in the database, click it, select MLA, and copy and paste the citation in to your Notes Section!
Citefast is a web tool that will help in creating citations for websites, books, journals, or images.
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab): MLA Guide
These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style.
Citation Examples
WEBSITE CITATION
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the Article or Individual Page.” Title of the website, Name of the publisher, Date of publication (Day Month. Year), URL.
Author:
White, Lori. “The Newest Fad in People Helping People.” Upworthy, Cloud Tiger Media, 3 Aug. 2016, www.upworthy.com/the-newest-fad-in-people-helping-people.
No Author:
“Giant Panda.” Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institute, 5 May. 2013,
nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giantpandas/pandafacts/.
BOOK CITATION
Last Name, First Name. Italicized Title. Publisher, Publication Year.
Olsen, Gregg. If I Can’t Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children. St. Martin’s True Crime, 2015, pp. 18-22.
Roth, Veronica. Divergent. Katherine Tegen Books, 2011.