ENGL 1103 (Sullivan)
Director of Digital Pedagogy and Scholarship
Citation Analysis
Do you know what information your citation contains?
Here is an MLA citation for an article that was found in the JStor database:
Boyd, William. “Making Meat: Science, Technology, and American Poultry Production.” Technology and Culture, vol. 42, no. 4, 2001, pp. 631–64. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25147798. Accessed 31 Jan. 2024.
Click on the tutorial below to check your citation knowledge.
Cite Your Sources
MLA Citation Style
It is important to cite your sources to avoid plagiarism and to demonstrate how your ideas build on the ideas of others without replicating them. There are many different types of citation styles. Some citation styles are specific to different fields of study. For this project, your professor has asked you to use MLA citation style. MLA is an acronym for Modern Language Association. This group sets formatting guidelines for academic writing in the humanities areas. You will find resources below, both print and digital that will help with formatting and using MLA citation style in your paper.
MLA Handbook by Call Number: REF LB2369 .M52 2021ISBN: 9781603293518Publication Date: 2021-04-22"The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries, illustrations, and an index"-- Provided by publisher
- Cite it right: the SourceAid guide to citation, research, and avoiding plagiarism
A guide to citing bibliographic data according to MLA, APA, and Chicago style guidelines also discusses how to conduct research while avoiding plagiarism. - Purdue Owl MLA guideThe overview should help you better understand how to cite sources using MLA 9th edition, including how to format the Works Cited page and in-text citations.
- UNC Citation BuilderThis citation builder from UNC will let you input information and generate a citation for you in the format of your choice.
- ProQuest Research Companion This link opens in a new windowProQuest Research Companion was built to help students do more effective research and to support educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Aligned both to ACRL Information Literacy and Common Core English Language Arts standards, Research Companion provides a framework and foundation for information literacy instruction. More than 100 short videos are organized into ten learning modules