Mla Citation Guide (Page 3 of 3) in pdf

Mla Citation Guide Page 3

Parenthetical (In-text) References:

When using a quotation or any information obtained from a source, you must point the reader to a specific

entry included on your Works Cited. This is referred to as a parenthetical reference or an in-text citation. If you

cite a reference in a text, it must also appear in the Works Cited. The reverse is also true: if you add an entry to the

Works Cited it must be cited within the text. The MLA style of in-text citation includes the author name and date

of the publication. The following examples are the most common. For additional examples, please utilize the

sources listed at the end of this guide.

Print Sources

Basic Form:

Sentence (Author Page).

Examples:

While many countries used blood groups to determine the paternity of a given

Child, “California did not do so until 1953” (Starr 195).

According to Starr, California did not use blood groups to determine the paternity of a

child until 1953 (195).

Citing an Entire Work:

Mark Achbar’s The Corporation….

Citing Part of a Work:

Sentence (Jenson 155-168).

Citing Part of a Work

with No Page Numbers: Sentence (Walsh).

Citing a Work Listed

by Title:

Sentence (“Gardening”).

Citing Two or More

Works by the Same

Sentence (Wilson, Camping 134).

Author:

Sentence (Wilson, Fishing 288).

Citing More than One

Work:

Sentence (Johnson 68; Clark 92-103).

For more information on citations in MLA format, we like to suggest:



Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) at



NoodleTools located on the NCC library’s homepage or at



MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7

ed.) available in the NCC library

Revised June 2013

Mla Citation Guide Page 3