Guides: WRIT 1150 (Tomlinson): Writing &amp; Culture Seminar: Citing Sources

MLA Citation Handout

Reading MLA Citations handout.

MLA Style Resources

The primary reasons for citing sources in a research paper are to give credit to the authors whose work you have drawn upon and to allow readers to track down your sources, should they wish to do so.

MLA Quick Guide
Introduces the basics of citing sources using the MLA Handbook (eighth edition).
MLA Style Center
Guidelines and FAQs on using MLA style.
MLA Handbook (9th edition)
Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021
Location: Lauinger Reference Desk
Purdue's OWL
Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides guides to MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, as well as advice on research, writing and citation.

Citation Managers

RefWorks This link opens in a new window
RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.

Zotero
Zotero is a free tool designed to help you gather, manage and share information about books, articles, web pages and other digital objects that you are using in your research, and to generate citations and bibliographies. Zotero is a Mozilla browser plugin. You can choose to gather your data on your hard drive (if you are working mainly from one computer), or on a flash drive or a network (if you frequently access your data at multiple workstations).
ZoteroBib
ZoteroBib is a tool from the makers of the Zotero citation manager--it's perfect for short bibliographies in lots of different citation formats