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English: MLA Guide

Welcome to the English Research Guide

Welcome to the MLA guide.

Here, you'll find quick references to help you master MLA citation.

You can find guides for other citation styles on our Citation Quick Guides page.

MLA Style and Formatting from Purdue OWL

MLA Formatting and Style

Introduction to MLA

General Format

Formatting and Style Guide

Formatting Quotations

Abbreviations

Sample MLA Paper

In-Text Citations

Endnotes and Footnotes

Citations Guides:

The following list contains the most common sources you will encounter while compiling references for your Works Cited page. Though robust, this list is not exhaustive, so be sure to look around the OWL guide for more information.

Sample Works Cited Page

Books

Periodicals

Electronic Sources (Web Publications)

Other Common Sources

Videos from Purdue OWL

For the audio-visual learners, here's a playlist that goes over MLA citation style.

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