MLA Examples
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The examples found in the MLA section are based on the manual MLA Handbook, 9th ed., 2021. Follow these examples to build your own citations.
Format
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Publication date, Page numbers. Title of Database, DOI or URL if the DOI is not available.
Example (with DOI)
Marchetti-Mercer, Maria C. “Those Easily Forgotten: The Impact of Emigration on Those Left Behind.” Family Process, vol. 51, no.3, Sept. 2012, pp. 376-90. ProQuest Research Library, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01407.x.
Example (with URL)
Burgess, Jacqulyn N., and Marion E. Broome. “Perceptions of Weight and Body Image Among Preschool Children: A Pilot Study.” Pediatric Nursing, vol. 38, no. 3, May-June 2012, pp. 147-76. ProQuest Research Library, proquest-crc.proxy.collecto.ca/pqrl/docview/1021386980/AE964CDF1B214772PQ/1?accountid=44391.
Format
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine, Volume (if available), Issue (if available), Publication date, URL. Date of access (if publication date unavailable).
Example
Lang, Joshua. “Awakening.” The Atlantic, Jan.-Feb. 2013, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/awakening/309188/.
Format
Author(s). Title of Book. Publisher, Publication date.
Example
Cross, Gary S., and Robert N. Proctor. Packaged Pleasures: How Technology & Marketing Revolutionized Desire. U of Chicago P, 2014.
Format
Author(s). “Title of Essay.” Title of Book, Contributors, Publisher, Publication date, Page numbers.
Example
Zaatari, Zeina. “In the Belly of the Beast: Struggling for Nonviolent Belonging.” Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence and Belonging, edited by Rabab Abdulhadi et al., Syracuse UP, 2011, pp. 60-77.
Format
Author(s). Title of eBook. Publisher, Publication Date. Title of Database or Website, URL.
Example
Decker, Peter R. Old Fences, New Neighbors. Fulcrum, 2006. Ebook Central, ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/champlaincollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=478518.
Format
Author(s) (if available). “Title of Article.” Title of Reference Work, Contributors, Publisher (if available), Publication date (if available), URL. Date of access (if publication date unavailable).
Examples
“Alexander the Great.” Chambers Biographical Dictionary, edited by Liam Rodger and Joan Bakewell, 9th ed., Chambers Harrap, 2011. Credo Reference, credo-crc.proxy.collecto.ca/content/entry/chambbd/alexander_the_great/0.
Siderits, Mark. “Buddha.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Edward N. Zalto, The Metaphysics Research Lab, 3 Feb. 2015, plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2015/entries/buddha/.
“Obstacle.” Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obstacle?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jsonld. Accessed 15 Dec. 2017.
Format
Title of Book. Contributors (if available), Version (if available), Publisher, Publication date. Title of Website, URL. Date of access (if publication date unavailable).
Example
The New American Standard Bible. Lockman Foundation, 1995. BibleGateway, www.biblegateway.com.
Format
Author (if available). “Title of Web Page.” Title of Website, Publisher (if available), Publication date (if available), URL. Date of access (if publication date unavailable or if page was removed or altered).
Example
“The Home Front (1914-1918).” Library and Archives Canada, Government of Canada, 2 Feb. 2016, www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/home-front/Pages/the-home-front.aspx.
Format
Author (if available). “Title of Video.” Title of Website, uploaded by Contributors, Publication date (if available), URL. Access date (if publication date unavailable, or if video was taken down or altered).
Example
“Neil Gaiman in Stockholm, Sweden.” YouTube, uploaded by ngaiman lover, 2 June 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvPBrml5Zx8.
Format
Author(s). “Title of Source.” Course pack for Number of class: Name of Class, compiled by Teacher, semester year, Name of Institution.
Example
Intini, Sherry. “Are We Raising Our Boys to be Underachieving Men?” Course pack for Humanities 345-101-MO: Gender and Knowledge, compiled by Rachel Morris, winter 2012, Champlain College.