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MLA Citation Guide (MLA 8th edition)

This guide is to help you in correctly creating in-text citations and a Works Cited page using the latest edition of the MLA Citation Guide

Citations examples on this page:

  • Instructor's Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
  • Instructor's Notes or Handout Provided In Class

Formatting

Hanging Indents:

All citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent in a Reference List.

A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.

Hyperlinks:

Both blue underlined (live) hyperlinks and black without underlining are both acceptable.

All hyperlinks must include https://

Do not put a period after DOIs or hyperlinks.