IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Modern Language Association updated their guidelines on April 1, 2016. We have not yet updated this section of Resources for Researchers to reflect these changes. We have ordered a copy of the new guidelines and will update as soon as possible.

Basic Formats

For each of the following types of publications, we have provided a basic format and an example citation in MLA format.



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I recommend KnightCite as an excellent source you can use to generate citations in MLA (7th edition), APA (6th edition), Chicago (16th edition), and Turabian (7th edition) formats. But remember that KnightCite cannot generate a proper citation unless you enter the information correctly.


References and Resources