Skip to Main Content

ENGL 3026 Syntax, Citation, Analysis: Writing about Literature (Brylowe): Writing and Citing

Decorative Articles Image

 

MLA

The MLA Style is most often used in the Humanities. Below you will find some citation examples and links to online resources. For complete guidelines, consult the MLA Handbook.  

 Photo by Fixedandfrailing. Used under CC BY SA 2.0

MLA Ninth Edition

Manage your Research & Create Automatic Citations


More Writing and Citation Help

CU Boulder Writing Center

The CU-Boulder Writing Center offers writers from all academic disciplines and skill levels the opportunity to work one-on-one with professionally trained writing consultants. We help writers at all stages of the writing process from brainstorming through revision. Writing Center sessions strive to address writers' stated needs while attending to relevant disciplinary, rhetorical, grammatical, and stylistic concerns. Consultants provide feedback and advice that promote writers' abilities to communicate successfully and think critically in response to complex, evolving expectations of readers in academia, the workplace, and society.

  • Save time by learning more effective writing techniques
  • Eliminate writer’s block and procrastination
  • Improve your argumentative impact, organization, and clarity
  • Strengthen your revision and self-editing skills
  • Learn proper citation to avoid unintentional plagiarism

Other Citation Styles and Guidance

As writers and scholars, you will typically build upon the conversation of other writers, thinkers, and scholars. As you do so, you are expected to abide by scholarly ethics, including proper attribution and citation of information that is not your own. This guide provides examples of MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles.