MLA Citation Examples

In his article "Allston Gothic," local historian Forman Jackson demonstrates how completely the neighborhood's gruesome past has been forgotten by its residents.

OR

A recent newspaper article demonstrated just how thoroughly the neighborhood's gruesome past has been forgotten by its residents (Jackson).

(Cortois 70)

(Cortois 70-1)

Jacobs has argued this point (190-210).

If there no page numbers, but there is an alternate part number to use such as chapter numbers, line numbers, or section numbers, use and label those numbers in a parenthetical citation, otherwise the number will be assumed to be a page number.

(Smith, ch. 2)

(Zhang, ch. 1, sec. 3)

(Kim, line 10)

(Shakespeare 1.5.17)

If the work is only one page or there is no page numbers or other kind of part number, no number should be given in a parenthetical citation. Do not count unnumbered paragraphs or other parts.

See Authors,

("Hints and Notions" 61)

Use the title in quotes or italics depending on the type of source, in cases where the title is long, shorten the title to the noun phrase and exclude articles (a, an, the). For example:

(Green 03:02-33)

For audio or video media, use the relevant time or timespan if it is displayed. Give the numbers of hours, minutes, and second as displayed in the media player.