MLA Citation Generator

MLA Citation Examples

How to Cite a Newspaper Article in MLA

Format:

In Print

Author Full Last Name, Author First Name and Middle Initial if available. "Full Title of Article." Title of Newspaper in italic [City] Date Month Year Published: Pages. Print

Online

Author Full Last Name, Author First Name and Middle Initial if available. "Article Title." Title of Newspaper in italic Date Month Year Published: Page(s). Title of Website. Web. Date Month Year Accessed.

Examples:

In Print

Baig, Edward C. "Google Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 2: Google unveils its iPhone rival." USA Today 4 Oct. 2017: A4. Print

Online

Baig, Edward C. "Google Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 2: Google unveils its iPhone rival." USA Today 4 Oct. 2017: USA Today Web. 5 Oct. 2017.

How to Cite a Website in MLA

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or Initial. "Title of Article or Section of Website." Name of Website, Organization Name, date published or updated, website URL, Date website accessed (required if no date publish or updated date is found)

Example:

Petroff, Alanna. "Aston Martin is making an ultra-exclusive $4 million submarine." CNN, Cable News Network, 29 Sept. 2017, http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/29/luxury/aston-martin-submarine-triton/.

How to Cite a Book in MLA

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name, Middle Name or Initial. Book Title: Book Subtitle. Edition, Publisher, Year Published

Example:

Shakespeare, William, and Cyrus Hoy. Hamlet. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. Print.

How to Add an MLA In-text Citation (Parenthetical)

Format:

Text you are citing, followed by authors last name and page number where cited text can be found, in parenthesis. If it is an online article, you can just include the authors name. If no author is provided, you can use the name of the article or website title.

Example:

The "luxury submarine" will be built in collaboration with Triton Submarines, a company that produces multi-million dollar submersibles for wealthy clients (Petroff).

How to Cite a Youtube Video in MLA

Format:

Creator if video or film, title of video or film, website video was located, director or performers names, version, publisher, published date, name of database, URL location

If no creator or performer/director is listed, you can use following format: "title of move"., Youtube, uploaded by name of user, date uploaded, url to video

Example:

"Inside the Cruise Ship During Storm - Compliation." Youtube, uploaded by Ferink Reynan, 23 Jan 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FYGUuSp1XE