Citing Sources:

MLA
"Works Cited" Page In-Text Citations

The Modern Language Association (MLA) publishes a style manual used primarily by scholars in literature and the humanities. The most recent edition is MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th Edition, by Joseph Gibaldi, Modern Language Association of America, 1998.

For more complete information on MLA documentation, please consult this manual. Copies are available at the Writing Center, in the Rensselaer Library, and for purchase in the Rensselaer Bookstore.

In the MLA style, sources are acknowledged in two locations in your document:

 

Information derived from materials prepared by
Marilyn Morgan
Beth Britt
Jim Oldham
Lisa Palmer
Maureen Murphy