How to Cite Sources for your Mixed Media Project

- Provide the citation for your source above each journal entry.

- MLA formatting uses hanging indents. This means that the first line of the citation is closest to
the margin and all lines that follow it are indented (see examples below). To create a hanging
indent DONT do a lot of tabbing. Instead, highlight the citation, select paragraph special
hanging in Word.

- If youve used more than one source for a journal article, list the citations alphabetically.

- You may have to do some digging around online or in your podcast app to find all of the
necessary information.

- When you are citing a quote from your media, it must be followed by an internal citation. An
internal citation uses the first piece of the citation (either the authors last name or the episode
title) and a page number or time. Examples:

o (The Golden Chicken 0:51:32)

o (Thomas 122)

Source Explanation Example

Podcast Episode Title. Name of the Podcast from The Golden Chicken. Serial from This American Life,
The Producer of the Podcast, Date 22 December 2016,
that the podcast aired, link to the https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/2/the-
podcast. golden-chicken.

TED Talk Last name of speaker, first name of
speaker. Title of the Talk. TED,
Date the talk aired, link to the talk.
Little, Brian. Who Are You, Really? The Puzzle of
Personality. TED, February 2016,
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_little_who_a
re_you_really_the_puzzle_of_personality/up-
next.

Book Last name of author, First name of author. Thomas, Kara. Little Monsters. Delacorte Press, 2017.
Title of Book. Publisher, Publication
Date.

Magazine Last name of author, First name of author. Kaufman, Leslie. Your Schedule Could Be Killing You.
"Title of Article." Title of Magazine, Popular Science, September/ October, 58-65.
Day Month Year, pages.