Examples and explanations for MLA style formatting and citation
MLA Citation Style
What is MLA?
MLA stands for Modern Language Association
A style of documenting the sources you paraphrase, quote, and use in your research paper or project.
Used in writing courses and the humanties, especially language and literature.
Determines the exact format of your citations by specifying publication information to include and the order of this information as well as capitalization and punctuation.
Sources used appear at the end of the paper in an alphabetical list called the Works Cited page.