Mla Quote Citation Format
Published on july 17 2019 by shona mccombes.
Mla quote citation format. If the author is unknown start with the title of the page instead. In this article we have prepared a complete guide to cite sources according to the mla 8th edition published in 2016. An mla website citation includes the author s name the title of the page in quotation marks the name of the website in italics the publication date and the url without https.
How to cite a website in mla. It is widely used in academic papers in humanities and as a guideline for referencing original sources. Revised on october 27 2020.
When you directly quote the works of others in your paper you will format quotations differently depending on their length. The modern language association mla has specific formatting guidelines for including direct quotes. A general rule of mla format is that familiar proverbs well known quotes and common knowledge do not require an in text citation reference in the works cited however depending on audience this could be a form of plagiarism remember it is better to cite the author s than to be flagged for plagiarism.
This resource updated to reflect the mla handbook 8 th ed offers examples for the general format of mla research papers in text citations endnotes footnotes and the works cited page.
