Transcript MLA Format 2009

MLA Form and Citation
update 2009
Notes on MLA
 Now in its seventh edition.
 Used for research papers written by students
(high school and university), and for
publication.
 Typically used for research purposes in
subjects such as literature, art, history,
politics, media including movies, music ,
television, and radio.
Paper Format
 Place header in upper right hand corner.
 Use italics for long works.
 Use only one space after all punctuation
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marks.
Set one inch margins.
Double-space the text.
Use 12pt font.
Insert endnotes at the end of the paper on a
separate page BEFORE the works cited page.
First Page of Paper
 Do not include a title page, unless preferred by
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instructor.
On the upper left corner of the first page, list your
name, instructor's name, the course, and the date.
Place the title, double-spaced, under the header. Do
not italicize, underline or use quotation marks in any
part of the title unless referring to specific works in
the title.
Double space between the title and material of the
paper.
Place page headers in the upper right margin
(approximately 0.5” from the top). Include your last
name and page number. (Your instructor may ask
you to omit the header on the first page.)
In-text Citations
•With known author: (Jones 232)
•With unknown author, usually of an article: (“Scholarly
Reading” 21)
•Classic Works in Multiple Editions:
Give the page number of your edition , followed by a
semicolon, and then the appropriate abbreviations for
volume (vol.), book (bk.), part (pt.), chapter (ch.), section
(sec.), or paragraph (par.). For example:
Marx and Engels described human history as marked by
class struggles (79; ch. 1).
•Works found in multiple volumes: (71; bk. 4, ch. 2)
•Authors with Same Last Names: (A. Miller 54)
More In-text Citations
Multiple Authors ( 3 or fewer):
( Folds, Collins, and Fritz 76)
Multiple Authors (More than 3):
(Chang, et al. 2)
Quotations
Short text (fewer than four typed lines of prose
or three lines of verse): enclose in double
quotes).
Long block of text (more than four lines of text
or three lines of poetry), begin a new line. No
quotation marks, indent one inch from the
left margin, double-spaced
When adding or taking out text, place material
in brackets [ ].
Works Cited Page: Distinct
Changes for the 7th edition
 Titles are now italicized
 URL’s are not required but may be used for
clarification. When used, place the URL directly after
the date of access.
 No more continuous pagination needed for scholarly
journals. Instead, cite the volume with the issue :
14.2
 Performances, DVDs, and Television now can be
cited as sources.
 New abbreviations: n.p. (no publisher); n.pag. (no
pagination).
EXAMPLES WITH THE NEW STYLE
Book with One Author
Stoker, Bram. Dracula. New York: Signet
Classic, 1992. Print.
The title is now italicized.
“Print” is now added to the end.
Scholarly Journal
Beardsley, Timothy M. “Malawi as
Microcosm.” BioOne 59.7 (2009): 539.
Print.
“Print” is now added to the end.
Scholarly Article From an
Online Database
Lang, A. “The Folklore of France.” The Folklore
Record 1 (1878): 99-117. JSTOR. Web. 30 July
2009.
Database is in italics.
Library information is no longer required.
Medium of publication (web) added.
Date of access added.
Strictly Online Publication
Goodknight, Glen. “Black & White Ogre
Country: the Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien.”
Mythlore 1 (2009): n. pag. Web. 30 July
2009.
Include medium and date of access.
Scholarly Online Project
Kline, Damiel T., ed. Geoffrey Chaucer Online:
The Electronic Canterbury Tales. U of Alaska
Anchorage, 8 Dec. 2008. Web. 30 July 2009.
Add medium and access date.
Online Periodical
Lewis, Neil A. “Senate Panel Endorses
Sotomayor.” New York Times. New York
Times, 28 July 2009. Web. 30 July 2009.
Image: Painting, Photograph,
or Sculpture
Picasso, Pablo. Self-Portrait. 1907. Narodni
Gallery , Prague. 2 Aug. 2009.
Citing E-mails
To you:
Clark, Anna. “Re: The Renaissance.” E-mail to
the author. 2 Aug. 2009.
E-mail Communication Between Two Parties,
Author Not Included:
Myers, David. "Re: Tutoring." E-mail to Jolie
Gonzales. 1 Dec. 2008.
Web Blogs
Last Name, First. "Title of Entry." Weblog Entry.
Title of Weblog. Date Posted. Date Accessed
(URL).
Queue, Susie. “My First Chat Session.” Weblog
Entry. Susie’s UHCL Blog. 23 September,
2009. 30 September, 2009.
(www.uhcl.edu/writingcenter).
Citing Weblog Comments
Screen Name. "Comment Title." Weblog
comment. Date Comment Posted. "Title of
Blog Entry." Author of Blog Entry. Title of
Weblog. Date Accessed (URL).
Buxton, Camille. “Graphic Novels: Indian by
Choice.” Weblog Entry. Graphic Novels. 27
September 2009. 29 September 2009
(http://llls5532yal.pbworks.com/user/eb96db
b25c18335d151393a762ff1090a380794b).
Article in a Database on
CD-ROM:
"World War I." Encarta. CD-ROM. Seattle:
Microsoft, 2002.
A Personal Interview
Queue, Susie. Personal interview. 10 July
2009.
A Lecture or Speech
Hart, Lillian. “Computers in the Classroom.”
University of Houston, Houston, TX 25 July
2006. Keynote Address.
Broadcast Television or
Radio Program
"The Blessing Way." The X-Files. Fox. WXIA,
Atlanta. 19 Jul. 1998.
Recorded Television Shows
"The One Where Chandler Can't Cry." Friends:
The Complete Sixth Season. Writ. Andrew
Reich and Ted Cohen. Dir. Kevin Bright. NBC.
10 Feb. 2000. Warner Brothers, 2004. DVD.
A Music Album
Foo Fighters. In Your Honor. RCA, 2005. CD.
Individual Songs
Nirvana. "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Nevermind.
Geffen, 1991. MP3.
Movies in Theaters
The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf.
Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz
Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benecio
del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.
Recorded Movies
Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp,
Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, and
Patricia Arquette. 1994. Touchstone, 2004.
DVD.
Note
For the following, use the original URL form
when citing in the Works Cited page:
 An entire website
 A page on a website
 Images from web sites original to that site
Special Thanks
Special thanks to the Purdue OWL for
providing guides and examples that were
used for this presentation.
Works Cited
Purdue OWL. "MLA Formatting and Style
Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing
Lab, 10 May 2008. Web. 30 July 2009.
Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers. New York:
MLA Assoc., 2009. Print.