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RU Citing? Solutions & Strategies for Avoiding Plagiarism

Comprehensive collection of information and resources about plagiarism

MLA

MLA style has parenthetical references for in-text citations and a works-cited list.

For in-text citations you cite (paraphrases, direct quotations or summary) the format is the author's name and page number in parentheses, with punctuation going outside of the parentheses.

Ex: Taylor argued that "Great Britain and France did nothing to help the Poles, and little to help themselves" (Taylor 278).

For more examples check out the Purdue Writing Guide.

For the Works Cited page, examples are shown below. A works-cited list is in alphabetical order.

Books

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Publisher location and company, Publication Date.

Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Knopf, 1976. Print.

Articles

Author(s) Last Name, Author(s) First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages.

Custer, William S. "Medicare Advantage as a Model for Affordable Care Act Marketplaces." Journal of Financial Service Professionals, vol. 71, no. 1, 2017, pp. 40-42.

To cite a page on a website

Author name (if available), "Page name," Publisher, Date of creation (if available), URL, Date accessed.

"Rutgers Admissions | What Programs of Study Does Rutgers Offer?" Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2009, http://admissions.rutgers.edu/academics/majors.aspx, Accessed 17 Feb. 2017.