MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taen must appear in the text! and a complete reference should appear on "our #ors $ited page. The author's name ma" appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase! but the page number(s) should alwa"s appear in the parentheses! not in the text of "our sentence. %or example& Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263) Romantic poetry is characteri!ed by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263) 'oth citations in the examples abo(e! ()*+) and (#ordsworth )*+)! tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page )*+ of a wor b" an author named #ordsworth. ,f readers want more information about this source! the" can turn to the #ors $ited page! where! under the name of #ordsworth! the" would find the following information& Wordsworth" William Lyrical Ballads #ondon$ %&ford '(" )*6+ (rint Author-page citation for classic and literary works with multiple editions -age numbers are alwa"s required! but additional citation information can help literar" scholars! who ma" ha(e a different edition of a classic wor lie Marx and .ngels's The Communist Manifesto. ,n such cases! gi(e the page number of "our edition (maing sure the edition is listed in "our #ors $ited page! of course) followed b" a semicolon! and then the appropriate abbre(iations for (olume ((ol.)! boo (b.)! part (pt.)! chapter (ch.)! section (sec.)! or paragraph (par.). %or example& ,ar& and -ngels described human history as marked by class struggles (+*. ch )) Citing non-print or sources from the Internet #ith more and more scholarl" wor being posted on the ,nternet! "ou ma" ha(e to cite research "ou ha(e completed in (irtual en(ironments. #hile man" sources on the ,nternet should not be used for scholarl" wor some #eb sources are perfectl" acceptable for research. #hen creating in-text citations for electronic! film! or ,nternet sources! remember that "our citation must reference the source in "our #ors $ited. /ometimes writers are confused with how to craft parenthetical citations for electronic sources because of the absence of page numbers! but often! these sorts of entries do not require an" sort of parenthetical citation at all. %or electronic and ,nternet sources! follow the following guidelines& ,nclude in the text the first item that appears in the #or $ited entr" that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name! article name! website name! film name). 0ou do not need to gi(e paragraph numbers or page numbers based on "our #eb browser1s print pre(iew function. 2nless "ou must list the #eb site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entr"! do not include 23Ls in-text. 4nl" pro(ide partial 23Ls such as when the name of the site includes! for example! a domain name! lie CNN.com orForbes.com as opposed to writing out http&55www.cnn.com or http&55www.forbes.com.
Miscellaneous non-print sources
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