Citations

When you do research, it is important to cite your sources and give credit to the original author of the text. Below are some basic explanations of how to create Modern Language Association (MLA) citations in the text of your essay and in the Works Cited page at the end of your essay. 

If you have further questions about citations, the link below will send you to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab, which is an excellent place to find answers.

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Cuando investiga, es importante citar sus fuentes y dar crédito al autor original del texto. A continuación se incluyen algunas explicaciones básicas sobre cómo crear citas de la Asociación de Lenguas Modernas (MLA) en el texto de su ensayo y en la página de Obras citadas al final de su ensayo.

Si tiene más preguntas sobre las citas, el siguiente enlace lo enviará al laboratorio de escritura en línea de la Universidad de Purdue, que es un excelente lugar para encontrar respuestas.

In-Text Citations

 

For a Text With an Author

(Author’sLastName  PageNumber)

(Kage 42)

 

The author successfully conveys that "with care and communication everyone is capable of growth" (Kage 42).

*If there is no page number, just put the author’s last name (Kage).

 

For a Text Without an Author

(“ShortenedTitleOfArticle”  PageNumber)

(“Lunar Love" 54)

 

Sometimes the protagonist is "a difficult heroine to root for" (“Lunar Love” 54).

*If there is no page number, just put the title of the article (“Lunar Love”).

 

 

Works Cited Page Entries

 

For a Database Article

Author (Last Name, First Name). "Title of Article." Title of Publication, Version numbers (volume, issue number,              date, page numbers). Title of Database, web address. Date of Access (optional). 

Kage, Lauren. "Love Marriage." Library Journal, vol. 147, no. 9, Sept. 2022, p. 42. Gale In Context: High                                  School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A715674594/SUIC?u=lausdnet&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=d3bc6ed4.                        Accessed 13 Oct. 2022.

 

For a Book

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

Brooks, Geraldine. March. Penguin Group, 2005.

 

 

Model Works Cited Page