Hackney Library: Career Exploration: MLA Style Resources

Online Citation Builders

The following online sites help you build a citation in a variety of formats, including MLA.

(Note: Accuracy of citations created using the following online citation building tools may vary; always compare these tool-created citations with the print manuals for both the MLA and APA styles.)

Citation Machine
This citation building tool allows you to choose among several formats of resources, both print and nonprint, then type in the appropriate information, and create a citation formatted in APA, MLA and Chicago styles.
Citation Generator
A web-based application that helps with creating MLA, APA, and Chicago citations. Remember to double check the output for correctness!

Official MLA Style Help from the Modern Language Association--9th Edition

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: 808.027 M72m9 (General Reserves at the circulation desk)
ISBN: 9781603295611
Publication Date: 2021-05-17
Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements--facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date--that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. With this focus on source evaluation as the cornerstone of citation, MLA style promotes the skills of information and digital literacy so crucial today. The many new and updated chapters make this edition the comprehensive, go-to resource for writers of research papers, and anyone citing sources, from business writers, technical writers, and freelance writers and editors to student writers and the teachers and librarians working with them. Intended for a variety of classroom contexts--middle school, high school, and college courses in composition, communication, literature, language arts, film, media studies, digital humanities, and related fields--the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook offers *New chapters on grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, numbers, italics, abbreviations, and principles of inclusive language *Guidelines on setting up research papers in MLA format with updated advice on headings, lists, and title pages for group project *Revised, comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for creating a list of works cited in MLA format that are easier to learn and use than ever before *A new appendix with hundreds of example works-cited-list entries by publication format, including websites, YouTube videos, interviews, and more *Detailed examples of how to find publication information for a variety of sources *Newly revised explanations of in-text citations, including comprehensive advice on how to cite multiple authors of a single work *Detailed guidance on footnotes and endnotes *Instructions on quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, and avoiding plagiarism *A sample essay in MLA format *Annotated bibliography examples *Numbered sections throughout for quick navigation *Advanced tips for professional writers and scholars

MLA Style Center
From the Modern Language Association of America, this site has an FAQ section, provides sample papers in MLA style, offers guidelines on formatting research papers in MLA style, and more.
Works Cited: A Quick Guide
This practice template (tutorial) from the official "MLA Style Center" walks you through how to create MLA citations for several types of information sources, with examples include. Click the blue "Get started" button on the bottom right to begin the tutorial.

Online MLA Style Guide Help

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): MLA 2016 Formatting and Style Guide
Click on specific examples for in-text and reference list citations from the left sidebar. Or scroll down on the left to see the MLA General Format link, which explains formatting guidelines for the paper itself (e.g., 12 pt. font, double-spaced text, margins of 1 inch, etc.). Also, in the main body of text on the right, there are links to OWL's MLA Vidcast Series and Purdue OWL YouTube Channel.

Help with Formatting Word 2016 Documents To Accommodate Different Page Numbering Formats

Creating Word 2016 Documents Containing Sections with Different Page Numbers & Formats
This guide, adapted from Word 2016's own Help tool, shows you how to divide your Word 2016 document into different "sections," which allows you to treat headers and page numbers differently for each section (such as Roman numerals i, ii, and iii in one section and Arabic numerals 4, 5, and 6 in another).