{"id":280,"date":"2018-04-09T22:19:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2023-06-01T21:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:52:03","slug":"mla8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/mla8\/","title":{"rendered":"MLA 8 citation style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use MLA (Modern Language Association) citation style for writing in English studies, World languages, and other humanities disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/librarywp.whatcom.edu\/infolit\/wp-content\/uploads\/MLA-8-Works-Cited.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Quick reference guide for MLA 8<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/style.mla.org\/?_ga=2.162760572.1149206472.1669834266-1745008207.1669834266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MLA style &amp; grammar guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MLA style guide books at the research help desk and in the stacks, <strong>LB 2369 .M52<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MLA Citation Style 8th edition HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xIosDd4Rwwk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. In-text citation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authors, dates, and page numbers can be cited in-text in several different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">James Fenmore Cooper writes, \u201cIt was in the scene of strife and bloodshed that the incidents we shall attempt to relate occurred\u201d (11).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\u201cIt was in the scene of strife and bloodshed that the incidents we shall attempt to relate occurred\u201d (Cooper 11).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Walker (2000) compared reaction times favorably to his predecessor.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Works cited citation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the title<strong> Works Cited<\/strong> centered at the top of the page<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alphabetize by author last name, use a hanging indent, and double space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alter, A. \u201cThe Ingredients of Behavioral Addiction.\u201d <em>Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked<\/em>, Part 2, Penguin Press, 2017, pp 27-32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lever, A. \u201cLiberalism, Democracy, and the Ethics of Voting.\u201d <em>Politics<\/em>, vol. <em>29<\/em>, no. 3, 2009, pp. 223-227. doi:10.1111\/j.1467-9256.2009.01359.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roser, Max, and Estebgan Ortiz-Ospina. \u201cLiteracy.\u201d<em> Our World In Data<\/em>, 20 Sep 2018, ourworldindata.org\/literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Chicago. \u201cEuropean Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500\u20141750\u201d [Video file]. <em>YouTube,<\/em> 12 Dec 2007, Retrieved from http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watchz.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Other details for works cited citations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books and eBooks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Author(s). <em>Title of source.<\/em> Publisher, Publication date. Author(s). <em>Title of source<\/em>. Version, Publisher Publication date, Location.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">F, Alan.<em> The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction. <\/em>Oxford University Press, 2011. Burkhardt, Joanna M.<a href=\"https:\/\/whatcom-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/primo-explore\/fulldisplay?docid=WHATCOM_ALMA5130603730002827&amp;context=L&amp;vid=WHATCOM&amp;lang=en_US&amp;search_scope=EVERYTHING&amp;adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;query=any,contains,teaching%20information%20literacy%20reframed&amp;sortby=rank&amp;offset=0\"> Teaching Information Literacy Reframed: 50+ Framework-Based Exercises for Creating\u00a0Information-Literate Learners<\/a>. E-book, ALA Neal-Schuman, 2016. EBSCOhost eBook Collection. Beowulf. Translated by Alan Sullivan, edited by Sarah Anderson, Pearson, 2004.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter in a book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Author(s). \u201cTitle of source.\u201d [chapter title] <em>Title of container, [book title] <\/em>Other contributors [Editors], Number [chapter, episode], Publisher, Publication date, Location [pages].<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Alter, Alan. \u201cThe Ingredients of Behavioral Addiction.\u201d <em>Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology<\/em>, Penguin Press, 2017, pp 27-32.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encyclopedia entries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Author(s). \u201cTitle of Source\u201d [entry]. <em>Title of container<\/em> [encyclopedia], Other contributors\u00a0 [editors], Version [Edition],\u00a0 Number [Volume], Publisher, Publication date, Location [pages, URL, DOI]<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Spencer, Johnathan. \u201cMarxism and Anthropology.\u201d Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology, edited by Alan Barnard and Jonathan Spencer, Second edition, Routledge, 2010, pp.446-449.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Magazine and newspaper articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Author(s). \u201cTitle of source.\u201d [article title]. Title of container, [journal title] Number [volume, issue] Publication date, Location, page, URL, DOI (preferred).<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Lever, Aldo. \u201cLiberalism, Democracy, and the Ethics of Voting.\u201d Politics, vol. 29, no. 3, 2009, pp. 223-227. doi:10.1111\/j.1467-9256.2009.01359.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Webpages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Author(s). \u201cTitle of source.\u201d [page name] Title of container, [website name] Publication date, [if available] Location, [URL if the reader can\u2019t easily find it], Date of access. [if no publication date] \u00a0<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Roser, Max, and Estebgan Ortiz-Ospina. \u201cLiteracy.\u201d<em> Our World In Data<\/em>, 20 Sep 2018, ourworldindata.org\/literacy.<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video or image on a webpage (e.g. YouTube) <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Contributor(s), contributor\u2019s role. \u201cTitle of source.\u201d  \u00a0 <em>Title of container<\/em>, [website] Publication date, Location [URL].<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">University of Chicago. \u201cEuropean Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500\u20141750\u201d [Video file]. 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