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MLA Citation Style Guide

This guide will provide outlines, examples, and tips for citing in 9th Edition MLA citation style.

Examples

Example: Film Recording

Power and Control : Domestic Violence in America. Directed by Peter Cohn, New Day Films, 2010.

Example: Film from a Database

Harold Pinter: Landscape. Written by Harold Pinter, Directed by Peter Hall, Films Media Group, 1998. Films On Demand, fod.infobase.com.libproxy.lamar.edu/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=10103. Accessed 29 Nov. 2017.

Example: Music Recording

Purple. 409. Pias America, 2015.

Example: Online Album

Chance the Rapper. "Favorite Song." Acid Rap, Performance by, Childish Gambino, Produced by, Nate Fox, Dat Piff, 2013, datpiff.com/Chance-The-Rapper-Acid-Rap-mixtape.483826.html.

Example: Podcasts (interview)

Obama, Barack. "Episode 613." WTF with Marc Maron, 22 June 2015, wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_613_-_president_barack_obama. Accessed 23 June, 2015.

Example: Original Photograph/Art Work

Velazquez, Diego.  Las Meninas.  1656, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Example: Photograph/Art Work in Print

Basquiat, Jean-Michel. The Man from Naples. 1982, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao. Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988, by Leonhard Emmerling, Taschen, p. 33. 

Example: Photograph/Art Work from a Database

Hopper, Edward.  Chop Suey. 1929, Whitney Museum of American Art.  ARTstor, library.artstor.org.libproxy.lamar.edu/#/asset/LARRY_QUALLS_10310502036. 15 Oct. 2017.

Tips

Although it is an optional element MLA 8 recommends including the date of access for online works because items can be changed or removed at any time.  The date of access lets the reader know when and what type of version you may have consulted.  It is especially helpful if the source doesn't provide a date of publication or production.

Example: 

"Sith." Wookieepedia, www.starwards.wikia.com/wiki/Sith, Accessed 8 Aug. 2017.