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ENGL 1711 Ten Eyck: MLA Style & Citations

What is MLA Style?

MLA style is a set of standards for formatting your research paper and organizing your references. MLA style was developed by the Modern Language Association and is widely used in Humanities disciplines like English, Philosophy, Literatures, and Languages. 

For more information:

MLA Basics

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Selected Citations

Some of the approved sources in this guide are from outside library databases or are in formats that can be difficult to cite (like podcasts or videos). Because this can be challenging, those citations have been provided for you, organized by type of source. If your source is not listed here, it is because there is a cite button provided for you in the database.

*Reminder, your Works Cited list should not be broken up by source type like this one is. 

 

Journal Articles:
Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas. “Reputation and the Rise of the ‘rating’ Society.” The Guardian, 26 Oct. 2015. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2015/oct/26/reputation-rating-society-uber-airbnb.
Eidelman, Vera, and Kate Ruane. “The Problem With Censoring Political Speech Online – Including Trump’s.” American Civil Liberties Union, 15 June 2021, https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/the-problem-with-censoring-political-speech-online-including-trumps/.
Lorenz, Taylor. “Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.” The New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html.
Tolentino, Jia. “Athleisure, Barre and Kale: The Tyranny of the Ideal Woman.” The Guardian, 2 Aug. 2019. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/aug/02/athleisure-barre-kale-tyranny-ideal-woman-labour.
Tolentino, Jia. “How TikTok Holds Our Attention.” The New Yorker, Sept. 2019. www.newyorker.com, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/30/how-tiktok-holds-our-attention.
Tolentino, Jia. “The Age of Instagram Face.” The New Yorker, Dec. 2019, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/decade-in-review/the-age-of-instagram-face?fbclid=IwAR0I-l6FeS6oXo_V2I0I6Q-Hy3ZEaRwZhmlCR55hNNNHeZ0nUXVVvBKMWgQ.
Vinayak, Vrinda. “The Human Rights Implications of China’s Social Credit System.” OxHRH Blog, 6 Sept. 2019, https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/the-human-rights-implications-of-chinas-social-credit-system/.

 

Podcasts:
Kesler, Sam Yellowhorse, et al. Playing Pretendian. NPR, 26 Jan. 2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/01/19/1074258028/playing-pretendian.
Kuo, Kaiser. “How China’s Laws and Social Credit System Actually Work, Explained by Jeremy Daum.” Sinica, SupChina Network, 2 Feb. 2022 https://supchina.com/2022/02/03/how-chinas-laws-and-social-credit-system-actually-work-explained-by-jeremy-daum/.
Kuo, Kaiser. “Mythbusting China’s Social Credit System.” Sinica, SupChina Network, 11 Mar. 2018. https://supchina.com/podcast/mythbusting-chinas-social-credit-system/.

 

Videos:
“Bias in Medicine.” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Streaming Video, Season 5 Episode 21, HBO, 19 Aug. 2019, https://youtu.be/TATSAHJKRd8.

“Housing Discrimination.” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Streaming Video, Season 8 Episode 18, HBO, 25 July 2021, https://youtu.be/_-0J49_9lwc.

“Love at First Swipe.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2015, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102937&xtid=114444. Accessed 28 Mar. 2022.
“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (Female Beauty Ideals).” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2001, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102937&xtid=47991. Accessed 28 Mar. 2022.

“Misinformation.” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Streaming Video, Season 8 Episode 26, HBO, 10 Oct. 2021, https://youtu.be/l5jtFqWq5iU.

“Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2019, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102937&xtid=162940. Accessed 28 Mar. 2022.
“That Parallel Universe: Living Big Online.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2012, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102937&xtid=150303. Accessed 28 Mar. 2022.
“This Is Your Brain on a Shopping Spree.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2015, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102937&xtid=95273. Accessed 28 Mar. 2022.

Citation Managers

If you're dealing with a lot of sources and you're afraid of forgetting/misplacing one, you may want to try a citation manager. Citation managers help you collect, organize, cite, and share your references, and can often integrate with writing software like Word or Google Docs. If you think a citation manager might help you, take a look at:

Keep in mind, any works cited list generated by a citation manager will need to be double checked against the MLA style guide. 

(Note from a librarian: I love Zotero and use it in all my research, but it took me a few weeks to be able to use it correctly and effeciently. If you're going to try a citation manager, start early! I'm happy to answer questions if you have them. - Hannah)