MLA CITATION SHEETS

Near the bottom of this page are examples of how to cite your references from a variety of sources. Feel free to open these (either in Word or pdf format) and print them.  ____________________________________       Websites to MLA Formatting and Citation Guides: Here are some helpful websites that show you how to correctly cite using MLA guidelines.  You can bookmark these on your home computer:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html (From Purdue University’s website)   http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm (From University of Illinois’s website)   http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm (From Long Island University’s website)  ________________________________________________ Citation Generators:   Below are links to tools that create citations for you.  You input the information about your source and the citation generator provides the citation:   BibMe - The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills or you can manually type in the citation info (Green River.org): http://www.bibme.org   OPEN (Oregon Public Education Network Clearinghouse) - MLA Secondary Citation Maker: http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/citeintro.php?Grd=Sec   KnightCite - MLA citation generator (Hekman Library, Calvin College): http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite __________________________________________________ Printable MLA Guideline Sheets:

 MLA Citation BOOKS.doc   This is an example of how to cite references from a book.
 MLA_Citation_BOOKS.pdf  
 MLA Citation ENCYCLOPEDIAS.doc   This is an example of how to cite references from an encyclopedia.
 MLA_Citation_ENCYCLOPEDIAS.pdf  
 MLA Citation REFERENCE BOOKS.doc   This is an example of how to cite references from a reference book.
 MLA_Citation_REFERENCE_BOOKS.pdf  
 MLA Citation NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.doc   This is an example of how to cite references from a newspaper or magazine article.
 MLA_Citation_NEWSPAPER_ARTICLES.pdf  
 MLA Citation WEBSITE.doc   This is an example of how to cite references from a website.
 MLA_Citation_WEBSITE.pdf  
 MLA Citation DATABASE.doc   This is an example of how to cite references from an online database such as Grolier or Gale InfoTrac.
 MLA_Citation_DATABASE.pdf  
 MLA_Bibliography_Examples.doc   Examples of how to write all of the above and more are included in this 4 page document.
 MLA_Bibliography_Examples.pdf  
 MLA_Style_Quotation_Examples_6-06.doc   Examples of how to write quotes within your paper.
 MLA_Style_Quotation_Examples_6-06.pdf  

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PowerPoint Presentation on How to Write MLA Citations:

At the bottom of the screen you'll find a PowerPoint presentation on how to write MLA citations in your bibliography and within your paper or project.  The Purdue University Writing Lab produced it: