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MLA Citation Format

MLA Online Handouts

One of the citation formats Lesley University recommends to students is the Modern Language Association citation format. MLA is most commonly used to cite research done in the humanities, such as literature, language or history. The following pages include sample citations from the MLA handbook:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research

papers. 4th ed. New York: MLA, 1995.

1. Basic MLA Citation Format -.pdf file - Word doc.
   Format references to books, journal or magazine articles, newspaper articles, ERIC documents, Web pages.(.pdf file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
2. MLA Format for Annotated Bibliographies - download .pdf file
   MLA format for annotated bibliographies, with sample entries. (.pdf file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
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What is MLA Format?

MLA Format is one of many guides to writing student papers and citing references appropriately, as described in:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of

Research papers. 4th ed. New York: MLA, 1995.

The book is easily available in bookstores and libraries, and may be ordered online from the Modern Language Association.

If you quote or refer to anyone else's ideas in your paper, whether from print sources, media or the Internet, it is essential to cite them according to an established citation format.

Failure to do so is plagiarism and a violation of copyright law.

Help!
What happened to the MLA web pages?
We have replaced them with .pdf files or Word documents
so they will more accurately show formatting for MLA citations.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

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