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MLA Style: Basics

This guide is intended to help you cite sources in MLA style, avoid plagiarism, learn what MLA style is and includes, find examples of MLA style, lead you to campus resources that can help you cite sources in MLA, and more.

Websites


Entire Website

Corporate / Organization Author

General Format

Website. Publisher (omit if same as website name), Date published (if present), URL.

Author. Website, Publisher (omit if same as website name), Date published (if present), URL.

For Example

United Nations. www.un.org/en.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov/.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(United Nations)

(U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

Citation in Prose

The United Nations is a.....

The CDC, which is part of the Department of Health & Human Services, recommends that...

Author Known

General Format

Author. Website, Publisher (omit if same as website name), Date published (if present), URL.

For Example

Drummond, Ree. The Pioneer Woman, Hearst Digital Media, www.thepioneerwoman.com/.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(Drummond)

Citation in Prose

Ree Drummond, known for her website and show The Pioneer Woman.....

Webpage of Website

Webpage with Author

General Format

Author (if present). “Webpage Title.” Website, Publisher (omit if same as website name), Date published (if present), URL.

For Example

Lamar, Kristi, and Anjali Shaikh. "Cultivating diversity, equity, and inclusion: How CIOs recruit and retain experienced women in tech." Deloitte Insights, 5 Mar. 2021,www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/value-of-diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-and-inclusion-in-tech/recruit-and-retain-experienced-women-in-technology.html.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. "Emotional Well-Being | Population Health." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 Feb. 2021, www.cdc.gov/populationhealth/well-being/index.htm.

You could also cite the CDC Publication as:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Emotional Well-Being | Population Health." 2 Feb. 2021, www.cdc.gov/populationhealth/well-being/index.htm.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(Lamar and Shaikh)

(U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

Citation in Prose

Lamar and Shaikh state that...

The CDC's Emotional Well-Being site is a resource for mental health...

Webpage when Author is Publisher

General Format

“Webpage Title.” Website, Publisher (omit if same as website name), Date published (if present), URL.

For Example

"Protect Human Rights." United Nations, www.un.org/en/our-work/protect-human-rights.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

("Protect Human Rights")

Citation in Prose

The United Nations has a lot of resources concerning human rights on their "Protect Human Rights" page...

Blog

Blog

General Format

Author. Blog. Publisher (omit if same as blog name), Date, URL.

For Example

Atwood, Jeff. Coding Horror. blog.codinghorror.com/.

D'Costa, Krystal. Anthropology in Practice. Scientific American, blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/.

Web Accessibility Blog. Equidox, equidox.co/equidox-accessibility-blog/.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(Atwood)

(D'Costa)

Citation in Prose

Jeff Atwood, a software developer who co-founded Stack Overflow, writes about coding and human factors in his blog Coding Horror.

Equidox, a company that creates software that makes PDF documents accessible, has the Web Accessibility Blog that....

Blog Post

General Format

Author (if present). “Post Title.” Blog, Publisher (omit if same as blog name), Date, URL.

For Example

Atwood, Jeff. "There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security." Coding Horror, 21 Sept. 2018, blog.codinghorror.com/there-is-no-longer-any-such-thing-as-computer-security/.

D'Costa, Krystal. "Who are the Indigenous People That Columbus Met?" Anthropology in Practice, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2018, blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/who-are-the-indigenous-people-that-columbus-met/.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(Atwood)

(D'Costa)

Citation in Prose

Atwood, a software developer, argues that cybersecurity doesn't exist anymore...

D'Costa argues that...

Podcast

Podcast Series

General Format

Author. Podcast Title. Publisher, URL.

For Example

Gardner, Jaison, and Kaila Story. Strange Fruit. Louisville Public Media, wfpl.org/category/podcasts/strange-fruit/.

Hannah-Jones, Nikole. 1619. The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(Gardner and Story)

(Hannah-Jones)

Citation in Prose

Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story host the podcast Strange Fruit...

Host and creator Nikole Hannah-Jones podcast 1619...

Podcast Episode

General Format

Author. "Episode Title." Podcast Title, Publisher, Date, URL.

For Example

Gardner, Jaison. "Strange Fruit: The Importance of Telling LGBTQ+ Stories." Strange Fruit, Louisville Public Media, 3 Dec. 2019, wfpl.org/strange-fruit-the-importance-of-telling-lgbtq-stories/.

Morris, Wesley. "Episode 3: The Birth of American Music." 1619, The New York Times, 6 Sept. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/podcasts/1619-black-american-music-appropriation.html.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical Citation

(Gardner)

(Morris)

Citation in Prose

Jaison Gardner hosts the episode of Strange Fruit that discusses...

Wesley Morris, in "Episode 3: The Birth of American Music" shows how popular American music was heavily influenced by African Americans...