NENG 221 Analytical Reading & Writing (Kenney): MLA Citations

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MLA Citation Style

The  MLA (Modern Language Association) Style (9th edition) is used in the humanities area.  d. A recommended online citation builder is BibGuru , a free citation generation tool linked below.

Purdue Owl also has extensive resources explaining some of the new rules. Some professors may ask you to submit your papers to Turnitin, a plagiarism checking database.

You must have both the in-text citations and the Works Cited page which is a list of all sources you used for your paper. 

Why Should We Use Citations?

Why Do We Need to Cite Sources for Papers or Presentations?

  • We need to acknowledge another person's work and ideas and give him credit.
  • You have more credibility because your paper shows you reviewed, evaluated, and selected sources during the research process
  • You avoid plagiarism.
  • Your sources are easier to find. Readers can find the sources you used.

How Do You Incorporate Sources Within Your Paper or Presentation?

  • Quoting-Copy a short passage word for word, set off by quotation marks.
  • Summarizing--Restate the main ideas in your own words which is shorter than the origiinal
  • Paraphrasing--Take an idea and put it in your own words.

Avoid Plagiarism: Part 1

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