Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
Book with a single author or editor
In-Text Formula: (Author last name page #). This goes at the end of a sentence.
In-text Example: (Schoenberger 10).
Works Cited Formula: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
*Note: the City of Publication should only be used if the book was published before 1900, if the publisher has offices in more than one country, or if the publisher is unknown in North America.
Works Cited Example: Schoenberger, Melissa. Cultivating Peace: The Virgilian Georgic in English, 1650-1750. Bucknell University Press: 2019.
Journal article from an online database
In-Text Formula: (Author last name page #). This goes at the end of a sentence.
In-text Example: (Amatangelo 250).
Works Cited Formula: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, page range (if given). name of database, URL or DOI link. Date of Access (provide only if you or your professor wish to).
Works Cited Example: Amatangelo, Susan. "Coming to Her Senses: The Journey of the Mother in La Lunga Vita di Marianna Ucria." Italica, vol. 79, no. 2, 2002, pp. 240-256. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3655997.
Online newspaper/magazine article
In-text Formula: (author last name). This goes at the end of a sentence.
In-text Example: (Wiegand).
Works Cited Formula: Author last name, first. "Article Title." newspaper title, date published, link access date.
Works Cited Example: Wiegand, Chris. "‘Just to see Tom Hiddleston would be enough!’ My eye-popping night with the fans who mob stage doors." The Guardian, 04 March, 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/mar/04/tom-hiddleston-fans-stage-doors-hollywood-west-end-tiktoks Accessed 05 March, 2025.
Page from a website
In-text Formula: ("name of page"). This goes at the end of a sentence.
In-text Example: ("Glosario").
Works Cited Formula: Author last name, first name (if given). "Title of webpage." title of website, link. Access date.
Works Cited Example: "Glosario." Cineglos, https://cineglos.holycross.edu/glosario/a/. Accessed August 18, 2024.
