This document provides guidance on citing sources using MLA citation style. It explains that sources should be cited anytime a quote, paraphrase or statistic is used from material that is not common knowledge. It outlines what types of sources require citations, such as newspaper articles, books, journals, encyclopedias and websites. The document also describes how to format in-text citations that include the author's name and page number, as well as how to structure the works cited list with author name, title, publication date and publisher information for different source types like books and websites.

1. Referencing
MLA Citation Style

2. Avoid plagiarism!

3. When to cite?
• quote material
• paraphrase
• statistics
• not common knowledge

4. What to cite?
• newspaper articles
• books
• journals
• encyclopedias
• websites

5. In Text Citations and Works
Cited List

6. In Text Citations
In the body of the essay include include the
author’s name and the page number where the
information was found.

7. Works Cited List
• Author’s name
• Title
• Date of publication
• Publisher information
• Medium type
For websites there is no need to
include the URL information unless the
reader cannot locate the source
without it.

8. Works Cited List-Sample

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