InfoGuides: NENG 232 Bridge to College English II (COVID-19) (Ide): MLA Citations

Last Updated: Feb 19, 2024 11:15 AM

MLA Citation Style

The MLA (Modern Language Association) Style (9th edition) is used in the humanities area. You can use the MLA InfoGuide. If interested in an online citation generator, BibGuru is linked below.

Purdue Owl also has extensive resources explaining some of the 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.

BibGuru InfoGuide

Why Should We Use Citations?

It is helpful to use an annotated bibliography to organize and summarize your research. Take a look at this PowerPoint presentation.

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.