MLA Citation Helper

1. MLA Citation Helper Made By Danielle Kingsbury for Digital Environment Spring 2012 Skip the Intro

2. How to Use This Helper • This helper can be used for either in-text citations or the Works Cited page. For either, just input whatever information you have, being careful about punctuation. • Click directly on the button of the option you want. • On the bottom of each slide are back buttons. These will be useful if you accidentally click the slide instead of a button. • All information taken from The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2010. Web. 22 February 2012.

3. Works Cited Formatting • Works Cited pages begin on a new page, with the words “Works Cited” in the middle at the top. • All entries should be in alphabetical order by first word and should be double spaced. Do not skip lines between entries. • Entries should have a “hanging indent” which means they look like this, with all lines after the first indented by five spaces.

4. What are you looking for? MLA In-Text Citation Works Cited Page Citation Back to Introduction

5. MLA In-Text Citation Shorter than 3 lines Longer than 3 lines Back to Beginning

6. In-Text Citation for Short Quotations • Three ways, depending on the sentence: • According to some, dreams express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184), though others disagree. • According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (184). • Is it possible that dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184)? • For poetry, place a “/” between lines. Back to In-Text Citations Back to Beginning

7. In-Text Citation for Longer Quotations Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. (Bronte 78) Back to In-Text Citations Back to Beginning

8. MLA Citations for Works Cited Page Database Journal Book Magazine or Newspaper Something you found on the internet Other Back to Beginning

9. Database • Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 Apr. 2005: 642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009. Back to Beginning

10. Journal • Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. Back to Beginning

11. Book No Author One Author More than one author More than one book by the same author Anthology or Collection Back to Beginning

12. Book with No Author • Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993. Print. • Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Back to Book Back to Beginning

13. Book with One Author • Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Back to Book Back to Beginning

14. Book with More Than One Author • Lastname, Firstname and FirstnameLastname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Back to Book Back to Beginning

15. More than One Entry by Same Author Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism. New York: St. Martin's, 1997. Print. ---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print. Back to Book Back to Beginning

16. Anthology or Collection The Whole Anthology or Collection One Work in the Anthology or Collection Back to Book Back to Beginning

17. A Whole Anthology • Hill, Charles A., and Marguerite Helmers, eds. Defining Visual Rhetorics. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. Print. • Lastname, Firstname and FirstnameLastname, eds. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Back to Anthology Back to Beginning

18. One Work in an Anthology • Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication. Back to Anthology Back to Beginning

19. Magazine or Newspaper Article Anonymous Article Review Letter to the Editor Back to Beginning

20. Article in a Magazine or Newspaper • Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Back to Mag. or News Back to Beginning

21. Anonymous Article in Magazine or Newspaper • "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication. Back to Mag. or News Back to Beginning

22. Review in a Magazine or Newspaper • Review Author. "Title of Review (if there is one)." Rev. of Performance Title, by Author/Director/Artist. Title of Periodical day month year: page. Medium of publication. Back to Mag. or News Back to Beginning

23. Letter to the Editor • "Of Mines and Men." Editorial. Wall Street Journal east. ed. 24 Oct. 2003: A14. Print. Back to Mag. or News Back to Beginning

24. Something from the Internet A Whole Website or Page on a Website An Article in an Online Magazine An Image (Including artwork) A Digital File (mp3, .jpg, .pdf) E-Mail, including an e-mail interview Blog post, Discussion Group or listserv Back to Beginning

25. Blog Post, Listserv or Discussion Group • Editor, screen name, author, or compiler name (if available). “Posting Title.” Name of Site. Version number (if available). Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher). Medium of publication. Date of access. Back to Internet Options Back to Beginning

26. A Whole Website or Page on one • Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Back to Internet Options Back to Beginning

27. An Article in an Online Magazine • "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, Inc., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. Back to Internet Options Back to Beginning

28. An Online Image • Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. MuseoNacional del Prado, Madrid. Museo National del Prado. Web. 22 May 2006. Back to Internet Options Back to Beginning

29. A Digital File • Beethoven, Ludwig van. Moonlight Sonata. Crownstar, 2006. MP3. Back to Internet Options Back to Beginning

30. E-Mail • Kunka, Andrew. "Re: Modernist Literature." Message to the author. 15 Nov. 2000. E-mail. Back to Internet Options Back to Beginning

31. Other Possibilities Television Film or Movie Painting, Sculpture or Photograph Speech or Lecture Interview Digital File (mp3, .jpg, .pdf) Back to Beginning

32. Television • "The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox. WXIA, Atlanta. 19 Jul. 1998. Television. Back to Other Possibilities Back to Beginning

33. Film or Movie • Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette. Touchstone, 1994. DVD. Back to Other Possibilities Back to Beginning

34. Artwork • Goya, Francisco. The Family of Charles IV. 1800. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Back to Other Possibilities Back to Beginning

35. Speech or Lecture • Stein, Bob. "Computers and Writing Conference Presentation." Purdue University. Union Club Hotel, West Lafayette, IN. 23 May 2003. Keynote Address. Back to Other Possibilities Back to Beginning

36. Interview • Gaitskill, Mary. Interview with Charles Bock. Mississippi Review 27.3 (1999): 129-50. Print. Back to Other Possibilities Back to Beginning