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MLA Quick Reference Guide, 7th ed.

 

Author/Creation: Academic Center staff. Revision: Amy Hatmaker, May 2009.
Summary: Provides an overview to MLA documentation style as described in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Seventh Edition). Section I explains MLA documentation in text. Section II shows how to format the title page and works cited page(s) of an MLA paper. This guide is not intended to be a complete reference, but it does provide guidelines for the most common elements used by students writing research papers.
Learning Objectives: To write proper in-text citations in MLA documentation style. To format reference entries and the title and works cited pages correctly in MLA documentation style.

 

Note: If your instructor's guidelines differ from those specified in this guide, follow your instructor's requirements.


Section I

 

This section of the MLA Quick Reference Guide explains citations in text and how to cite

  • Works with one author
  • Works with two or more authors
  • Works with no authors
  • Works with corporate authors
  • Authors with same surname
  • Multiple citations of an author
  • Two or more separate works by different authors
  • Indirect sources (secondary sources)
  • Personal interviews
  • Multi-volume works
  • Poetry and Plays
  • Direct quotations


Click here to go to section I. For any further questions regarding your paper, please schedule an appointment with a tutor.


SECTION II


Section II of the Quick Reference Guide shows you about the formatting conventions of MLA style. Click on the links below to learn more about each section:  

 

Section II of this Quick Reference Guide shows you about the formatting conventions of MLA style. Please note that the formatting of the sample pages that follow do not meet exact MLA conventions. These pages are presented to provide a representation of MLA format. To find out about exact spacing requirements, read the information at the links below.