Quick Hints for a List of MLA Citations
Two essential ways to use citations in your paper are shown below.
Information from an article from the Opposing Viewpoints database on the topic of universal basic income needs to be cited
1) in the text
AND
2) on the Works Cited page.
An in-text citation in your paper with a quote or a paraphrase
"The Chicago City Council is poised to vote this week on what would be one of the nation's largest basic income programs, giving 5,000 low-income households $500 per month." (Guarino)
A complete citation for the same article will be included on the Works Cited page at the end of your paper.
Guarino, Mark. "Chicago poised to create one of the nation's largest 'guaranteed basic income' programs." Washingtonpost.com, 25 Oct. 2021, Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A680194390/OVIC?u=uiuc_oak&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=0b1b47bb.
Here's a link to the article if you want to see more.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A680194390/OVIC?u=uiuc_oak&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=0b1b47bb
For more details, see the MLA Handbook, 8th ed., pp. 127-28.
"MLA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)." The OWL at Purdue. 2024,
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_faqs.html
When you are finishing your research paper, it's important to gather up all of your sources and make a list of complete citations for each source.
The list of citations has a specific title in MLA style.
Citation lists use the following rules:
Rebecca Crown. (2020, April 30). Hanging Indent [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ZGNU5C0Z8qg?si=rX1-P0RzslJ7M7sQ
You should
An example of an MLA citation for using AI to paraphrase information for an essay.
“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.
”How do I cite generative AI in MLA style?” MLA Style Center, Modern Language Association. 17 Mar. 2023, https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/
Click the link below for more details and examples of in-text and Works Cited citations.