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MLA Examples

MLA Style Examples...

Book:

            Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.

            Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.

Journal Article:

            Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pages.

            Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time, 20 Nov. 2000, pp. 70-71.

Online Journal Article:

             Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362. Accessed 20 May 2022.

Website Article:

              Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2022.

Entire Website*:

              The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008, owl.english.purdue.edu/owl. Accessed 23 Apr. 2022.

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*These examples were all taken from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) cited above. ^^

How to cite your work

It is recommended that you use the Writing Studio in Room 205 on the second floor of the library before you submit your paper. Their hours are on display outside of the center and on Blackboard under the “Academic Support: Tutorial Services” Community. For more information on tutoring programs, email IASS@desu.edu or follow DSU_IASS on Instagram. 

Some of our databases have a citation link that will cite the article for you. Keep in mind that they may be wrong, so check to make sure it is correct.