MLA: Gathering Information for your Citation

Gathering Information for a citation

Every book and article that the library provides access to will also feature an item record page that describes the content of that book or article.  Because of this, you can expect to find all of the information you need to complete your citation either embedded into the item itself or else provided on an item record page.  

Let's look at two examples below:

External resources

Follow these links to learn more:

• Purdue Online Writing Lab
  Purdue  offers an excellent and heavily notated sample paper.
• Columbia College MLA Guide
  An extensive and detailed list of often obscure citation examples are available here.
• Modern Language Association
  MLA's Works Cited: A Quick Guide answers many common questions.
• ECU University Writing Center
  A Guide to MLA 8th Edition

Sample papers:

• Purdue Online Writing Lab
  Purdue offers an excellent and heavily notated sample paper.
• Columbia College
  Note the helpful End of Paper Checklist included here.
• Sample Papers at MLA
  MLA provides five award winning sample papers formatted in MLA 8.