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MLA Style Documentation
These are guidelines suggested by the !"A Handboo# for $riters of Resear%h &apers, Fifth
Edition. Every point has a section reference number from the MLA andboo! in brac!ets.
There are also "ebsites listed at the end of this mini lesson.
Page Setup: [MLA 3.5]
#$ %ouble spaced throughout &including heading, 'uotations and "or!s cited$
($ #) Margins for all four sides &no right *ustify$
+$ ,) -ndent from left margin for first line of paragraphs
.$ First page only/ type your name, instructor0s name, course number, and date flush left. Add
last name and page number flush right in the header &see e1ample on ne1t page$. 2nly the
header is included on all other pages. Title is centered on line after date "ithout itali%s or
3'uotation mar!s around it) or underlining or bold-face or 4A5-TAL-6AT-2N.
Other Points to Remember:
#$ 'tali%i(ed or 7nderlined8 9ith MLA, underlining denotes italici:ing; therefore, "ords that
are underlined should be italici:ed. o"ever, some instructors prefer underlining; chec! for
personal preferences. Titles of boo!s, ne"spapers, maga:ines, albums, long poems, and long
plays should be italici:ed. &e.g., &lain Dealer, )he *reat *atsby$. [MLA 2.3.1]
($ 'tali%i(ed or 3-n <uotes)8 =horter "or!s, including songs, short poetry, articles, boo!
chapters, essays, and short stories should be put in 3'uotation mar!s) rather than italici:ed.
&e.g., 3#> ?ictims of @last =till in ospitals)$. [MLA 2.6.2 2.6.3]
+$ #0,000 or ten thousand8 =pell out numbers that can be "ritten in one or t"o "ords and use
numerals for all others. &e.g., one, five hundred, (+A$. 7se numerals for numbers that
precede units of measurement and addresses. &e.g., B lbs, page (, April (+$. [MLA 2.5]
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Cour name
+Heading is typed flush left, double,spa%ed, and -" from top of .'R/) page only0
-nstructorDs name
4ourse name
(+ =eptember (00#
%2 N2T Ma!e Titles Bold-faced, 'tali%i(ed, E-n <uotes,E or 7nderlined
ndent !" for each ne" paragraph. Double-spacing throughout the paper maintains a
consistency that the reader "ill appreciate. The same consistency and simplicity is respected for
citations. For e1ample, the !"A Handboo# states/
A citation in MLA style contains only enough information to enable readers to
find the source in the "or!sFcited list. -f the authorDs last name is mentioned in
the te1t, only the page number appears in the citation/ 3&#>G$.) -f more than one
"or! by the author is in the list of "or!s cited, a shortened version of the title is
given/ 3&Marcuse, /ur1ey #>G$.) &#0A$
Note that this bloc# $uotation &a 'uote that runs more than four typed lines$ is also
double-spaced and indented one inch from the left margin. @ecause the name of the source is
mentioned in the te1t, it is only necessary to cite the page at the end of the 'uotation.
-f the name of a source is not mentioned in the te1t, but the "ords of the source are used,
the source must be cited parenthetically &Mali +B$. 9hen citing parenthetically, include the
author%s last name, a space, and the page number. %o not "rite 3p.) or 3page.) -f the source
does not have an author, use an abbre&iated title and page number &!"A Handboo# H#$. -f
there are no page numbers, use the author%s last name if available. -f there is no author listed,
use an abbre&iated title. This is often the case "hen citing the -nternet.
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9or!s 4ited
[Remember Works Cited are in ALPHAB!"CAL #R$R] [MLA %.5]
[Web &ite] [MLA %.']
Avery, Iosemary. 3Adoptive 5arents Favor 2pening Adoption Iecords, 4ornell =tudy Finds.)
Cornell Chroni%les. #0 Nov. #>>H. 9eb. #( Aug. (0#(.
[Arti()e in a Ma*a+ine] [MLA %.,.6]
Decurtis' Anthony( )*ir&ana+s -e.ermind: ,- .ears After(" Ro))in* &tone /0 Aug( /--,: 12-
3-( Print(
[!rans)ation] [MLA %.6.13]
%osteovs!y, Feodor. Crime and &unishment. Trans. Jessie 4oulson. Ed. Keorge Kibian. Ne"
Cor!/ Norton, #>B.. 5rint.
[P/b)is0ed or Re(orded "nter.ie1] [MLA %.2.,]
Fellini, Federico. 3The Long -ntervie".) 2uliet of the /pirits. Ed. Tullio Le:ich. Trans. o"ard
Kreenfield. Ne" Cor!/ @allentine, #>BB. #GFB.. 5rint.
[&o/r(e 3rom a &/bs(ri4tion Web &ite5 e.*.5 Le6is7-e6is5 Pro8/est $ire(t] [MLA %.'.,]
Fineman, o"ard. 3@ush %ra"s A =tem 4ell Line.) Ne3s3ee# (0 Aug. (00#/ #BF#>. Le1isF
Ne1is 7niverse. Lent =tate 7niversity Lib., Lent. 9eb. +0 Aug. (00#.
[-e1s Arti()e] [MLA %.,.5]
Kamboa, Klenn. 3Kirls are Missing in Action on TechnologyDs Front Lines.) A#ron 4ea%on
2ournal ( Nov. #>>G/ A#M. 5rint.
[7mai)] [MLA 5.2.13]
Lun!a, Andre". 3Ie/ Modernist Literature.) Message to the author. #A Nov. (0#(. EFmail.
[Book 1it0 A/t0or and ditor] [MLA %.6.12]
Mann, Thomas. Death in 5eni%e. Ed. Naomi Iitter. Ne" Cor!/ @edford, #>>H. 5rint.
[C0a4ter 6(er4t 9rom Book 1it0 #ne A/t0or] [MLA %.6.%]
Mathe"s, Jay. 3Ioad Trip 9isdom.) $or# Hard. 4e Ni%e. 4hapel ill/ Algon'uin @oo!s, (00>.
5rint.
[Book Wit0 !1o or More A/t0ors] [MLA %.6.%]
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Ma:'uart, James 9., et al. )he Rope, the Chair, and the Needle6 Capital &unishment in )e7as,
-89:,-88;. Austin/ 7 of Te1as 5, #>(+. 5rint.
Nabell, @arry M., Jr. and Lenneth A. ardy. )he Arbitrariness of the Death &enalty.
5hiladelphia/ Temple 75, #>HG. 5rint.
[Broad(ast or Radio "nter.ie1] [MLA %.2.,]
Nader, Ialph. -ntervie" "ith Iay =uare:. )al# of the Nation. Natl. 5ublic Iadio. 9@7I,
@oston. #B Apr. #>>H. Iadio.
[!0e Bib)e] [MLA 5.%.2]
)he Ne3 2erusalem 4ible. enry 9ansbrough, gen. ed. Ne" Cor!/ %oubleday, #>HA. 5rint.
["nter.ie1 Cond/(ted b: Resear(0er] [MLA %.2.,]
5ei, Alvin. Telephone intervie". (( August (00#.
[Ad.ertisement] [MLA %.2.1;]
5olo Jeans by Ialph Lauren. Advertisement. *< Apr. (00#/ ###. 5rint.
[Ant0o)o*: or Com4i)ation] [MLA %.6.2]
Iueschemeyer, Marilyn, ed. $omen in the &oliti%s of &ost%ommunist Eastern Europe. Armon!/
=harpe, #>>.. 5rint.
[&(0o)ar): <o/rna) Wit0 Contin/o/s Pa*ination] [MLA %.,.1]
=elfe, 4ynthia L. 3Technology and Literacy/ A =tory about the 5erils of Not 5aying Attention.)
College Composition and Communi%ation A0 &#>>>$/ .##F+B. 5rint.
[Book Wit0 &in*)e A/t0or] [MLA %.6.1]
=helley, Mary 9ollstonecraft. .ran#enstein. Ne" Cor!/ 9atermill, #>>.. 5rint.
[&o/nd Re(ordin*] [MLA %.2.2]
=tone Temple 5ilots. High Ris#. 5lay 5en, (0#+. 4%.
="ift, Taylor. 3The Luc!y 2ne.) Red. @ig Machine, (0#(. M5+.
[!1o or More Books Wit0 t0e &ame A/t0or] [MLA %.6.3]
T"ain, Mar!. )he Ad1entures of Hu%#leberry .inn. Ne" Cor!/ 9ashington ='uare, #>B+. 5rint.
FFF. "ife on the !ississippi. Ne" Cor!/ Armed =ervices Editions, -nc., #>... 5rint.
FFF. &udd=nhead $ilson. Ne" Cor!/ @antam, #>A>. 5rint.
[&(0o)ar): <o/rna) Wit0o/t Contin/o/s Pa*ination] [MLA %.,.2]
Coung, Morris. 3Narrative of -dentity/ Theori:ing the 9riter and the Nation.) 2ournal of 4asi%
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$riting #A.( &#>>B$/ A0FGA. 5rint.
5lease remember that bold type and N3ords in bra%#etsO "ere used in this mini lesson to
highlight information for your convenience and are not a convention of the MLA style
For more help visit http/PPo"l.english.purdue.eduP or """.mla.org &under FA<s$
)his mini,lesson 3as %reated by Elena C. Al1arado,&eters
>ent /tate ?ni1ersity