Table of Contents

Introduction

What Is MLA?

MLA Basics

When Do You Cite?

When Don’t You Cite?

Formatting a Paper

How to Format a Paper

Example Paper

Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Direct Quote

Paraphrasing

Summarizing

In-text Citations

What Is an In-Text Citation?

One Author

Two Authors

Three or More Authors

Works Cited Page

What Is a Works Cited Page?

Online Materials

Online Materials from a Database

Print Materials

Interview/Lecture/Performance

Other Media

What Resource Is This?

Identifying a Journal Article

Credits

License

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MLA in Minutes Copyright © by Sami Lange; Vicki Brandenburg; and Leila Palis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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