Citing Sources, With Link to Chicago, DO NOT USE: MLA Style

PCC Resources

Beginner's Guide to MLA (PDF)
Quick Reference Guide to MLA (PDF)
Gale Literary Criticism Series citation guide (PDF)
Examples of MLA Parenthetical Documentation (web)

Other Online Guides

MLA Guide from OWL at Purdue University
MLA Guide from Diana Hacker

Sample Papers

Sample MLA paper from OWL (PDF)
Sample MLA paper from Diana Hacker (PDF)

This section provides information about writing a paper in MLA style, and includes the following sections:

Writing your paper

• Formatting your paper in MLA style
• Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing
• In-text and parenthetical citations

Creating a Works Cited Page

• Formatting a Works Cited page
• Citing books and e-books
• Citing magazines, newspapers, or journal articles (print or online)
• Citing websites, online videos, blog posts, and tweets
• Other common formats

More resources

• MLA FAQs
• Sample papers in MLA format
• MLA Video Tutorials