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Articles

Entries in the Works Cited list are created using the MLA template of core elements. For articles, there are 4 core elements:

  1. author
  2. title
  3. publication date
  4. URL.

One Author, in a Database: 

Boggs, Colleen Glenney. “Public Reading and the Civil War Draft Lottery.” American Periodicals, vol. 26, no. 2, 2016, pp. 149–66. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=lih&AN=117364849&site=ehost-live&scope=site

One Author, on a Webpage (do not include "https://" in the URL):

Alpert-Abrams, Hannah. “Machine Reading the Primeros Libros.” Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 4, 2016, www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/10/4/000268/000268.html.

Two Authors, with a DOI (DOIs include "https://" in the URL)

Abdo, Diya, and Maria Bobroff. “Cross-Disciplinary Teaching of Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter.” ADFL Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, 2018, pp. 171-83, https://doi.org/10.1632/adfl.45.1.171.

Two Authors (single page- use p. #; multiple pages- use pp. #)

Magra, Iliana, and Andrea Zaratemay. “Hikers’ Love of a Rarity in the Andes Takes a Toll.” The New York Times, 3 May 2018, p. A7.

Two Authors (with + nonconsecutive pagination)

Migone, Andrea, and Michael Howlett. "Policy Shops, Hired Guns, and Gatekeepers: The Organization and Distribution of Policy Analysts in Ontario." Canadian Public Administration, vol. 65, no. 4, Dec. 2022, pp. 690+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A735499158/AONE?u=lincclin_bwcc&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=3bc7fd3d. 

Three or More Authors (with e# page number)

Frutos, Aaron M., et al. "Modeling the Effects of Atmospheric Pressure on Suicide Rates in the USA Using Geographically Weighted Regression." PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 12, 5 Dec. 2018, p. e0206992. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A564417708/OVIC?u=lincclin_bwcc&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=e3609843. Accessed 25 July 2023.

No Author ("title" goes first)

"The Mozart Effect Myth: Listening to Music Does Not Help Against Epilepsy." NewsRx Science, 26 Mar. 2023, p. 539. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A741959005/AONE?u=lincclin_bwcc&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=b085d220. 

Written by the Organization (on a webpage)

Mayo Clinic. “Belly Fat in Women: Taking-and Keeping-It Off.” Healthy Lifestyle Women’s Health. 28 June 2023, www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/womens-health/in-depth/belly-fat/art-20045809.


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Websites

Entries in the Works Cited list are created using the MLA template of core elements. For websites, there are 5 core elements:

  1. author
  2. webpage title
  3. website name
  4. date
  5. URL


Webpage - with Author and Date (remove http://) 

Denchak, Melissa. "Ocean Pollution: The Dirty Facts." Natural Resources Defense Council, 7 June 2022, www.nrdc.org/stories/ocean-pollution-dirty-facts.

Webpage - No Author, No Date (instead include an accessed date) 

"What is Climate Change?" United Nations, www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change. Accessed 24 Aug. 2023.

Webpage - Organization 

Folgerpedia. Folger Shakespeare Library, 17 July 18, folgerpedia.folger.edu/Main_Page. 

Webpage - Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

"Registered Nurse." Occupational Outlook HandbookBureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, United States, 8 Sep. 2022, www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm. 


This page is adapted with permission from "MLA Style Guide: How Do I Cite" by Broward College Libraries.

eBooks

Entries in the Works Cited list are created using the MLA template of core elements. For books, there are 4 core elements. For eBooks, there are 5 core elements:

  1. author
  2. title
  3. publisher
  4. year
  5. URL (for eBooks)


Book 

Davis, Angela Y. Blues Legends and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. Pantheon, 1998. 

Book by an Unknown Author, Translated Book 

Beowulf. Translated by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy, edited by Sarah Anderson, Pearson, 2004.

Book with Editor(s)

Baron, Sabrina Alcorn, et al., editors. Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies after Elizabeth LEisenstein. University of Massachusetts Press/Library of Congress, Center for the Book, 2007.

Book with Edition

Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Edited by Deidre Shauna Lynch, Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed., W.W. Norton, 2009.

Book Chapter 

Seyhan, Azade. "Novel Moves." Tales of Crossed Destinies: The Modern Turkish Novel in a Comparative Context, Modern Language Association of America, 2008, pp. 1-22. 

Book - Story/ Poem/ Play 

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Masque of the Red Death." The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by James A. Harrison, vol. 4. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1902, pp. 250-58. 

eBooks

Miller, Daniel, et al. How the World Changed Social Media. UCL Press, 2016, JSTORhttps://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1g69z35

American Lives: A Reader, edited by Alicia Christensen and Tobias Wolff, University of Nebraska Press, 2010. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/broward-ebooks/detail.action?docID=496570.


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Videos

Video - YouTube

"Air Canada: We're in the Business of You." YouTube, uploaded by Air Canada, 8 Apr. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE9AFpsg7H8. 

Movie (Netflix, Hulu, Xfinity) 

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Universal Studios, 1982. Netflix.

Television Episode

"The Child." The Mandalorian. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, Written by Jon Favreau, season 1, episode 2, Disney, 2019.

Video - TED Talk 

Allende, Isabel. "Tales of Passion." TED, Mar. 2007, www.ted.com/talk/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion?language=en. 


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Social Media

Facebook 

World Wildlife Fund. "Five Things to Know on Shark Awareness Day." Facebook, 14 July 2020, www.facebook.com/worldwildlifefund/videos/745925785979440/.

Podcast 

"Yiyun Li Reads 'On the Street Where You Live.'" The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker, hosted by Deborah Treisman, podcast ed., The New Yorker/WNYC, 3 Jan. 2017, iTunes app.

X/Twitter 

Ng, Celeste [@pronounced_ing]. Photo of a letter from Shirley Jackson. Twitter, 22 Jan. 2018,  twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/955528799357231104. 


This page is adapted with permission from "MLA Style Guide: How Do I Cite" by Broward College Libraries.

Images

Image from a database

Anti-racism Demonstration. 1989. Artstor, library.artstor.org/public/SS35279_35279_35491196.

Image from a Google search

Sheldon, Natasha. Photograph of The Muleteer. “Human Remains in Pompeii: The Body Casts,” by Sheldon, 23 Mar. 2014. Decoded Past, decodedpast.com/human-remains-pompeii-body-casts/7532.


This page is adapted with permission from "MLA Style Guide: How Do I Cite" by Broward College Libraries.

Class Materials

Slides - D2L 

"Slides 040720." Introduction to Digital Media Theory, taught by Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Canvas, Michigan State U, 7 Apr. 2020, d2l.msu.edu/d2l/le/content/909183/viewContent/8746820/View. 

Slides - Website 

Benton, Thomas Hart. Instruments of Power from America Today. 1930-31. The Met, 2012, Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/from-the-director/2012/benton/slideshow. Slide 1. 

Course Content (professor's name is the author)

Smith, Mary. "How to Write Literary Critiques." English Composition, 21 Aug. 2023, Broward College, www.broward.edu/D2L/ENC1101, Accessed 1 Sep. 2023, Class handout. 


This page is adapted with permission from "MLA Style Guide: How Do I Cite" by Broward College Libraries.

Artificial Intelligence

Entries in the Works Cited list are created using the MLA template of core elements. For generative AI, there are 5 core elements:

  1. title
  2. version
  3. publisher
  4. date
  5. location

ChatGPT

“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.