MLA Citation Style, 9th Edition

This guide will assist you in formatting your in-text and Works Cited citations in MLA, 9th Edition, format.

• MLA Style, 9th Edition
• In-text citations
• Works Cited: Books
  • Books - Multiple Authors
  • Books - with editors, translators, etc.
  • Book - Essay, Short Story, Poem, etc
  • Books - later editions
  • E-Books
  • Articles - Multiple Authors
  • Articles - from scholarly journals
  • Articles - from newspapers
  • Articles - from magazines
  • YouTube Video
  • Television Shows
  • Podcasts
  • Movies
  • Images from the Web

  Two Authors

  When a work has two authors, include them in the order they appear on the work, and invert the first author's name but write out the second author's name normally.

  Works Cited Format (2 authors, scholarly journal):

  First Author's Last Name, First Name, and Second Author's First Name Last Name. "Capitalized Title of Article." Capitalized and Italicized Journal Title, vol. #, no. #, year, page numbers. Capitalized, Italicized Name of Database if Applicable, URL OR DOI in URL format.

  Example:

  Chang, Anna C. S., and Willy A. Renandya. “The Effect of Narrow Reading on L2 Learners’ Perceptions.” RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, vol. 51, no. 2, Aug. 2020, pp. 244–258. EBSCOhost, http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.lib.uwf.edu/10.1177/0033688219839446.

  In-Text Citation Examples:

  Author within the text, direct quote:

  Chang and Renandya found that "text interest seems to be the single most important factor determining whether students will read" (255).

  Authors not in the text, direct quote:

  Reading development is directly tied to wide reading, as "text interest seems to be the single most important factor determining whether students will read" (Chang and Renandya 255).