MLA requires you to abbreviate the months in your publication date. Abbreviate them like this (add the period!
January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.
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Components Author/Editor Last Name, Full First Name (If available), editor (if applicable). "Page or Article Title." Title of Website, Publisher Name, Date of Publication (if available). URL. |
Example: McKeever, Amy. "Why Velociraptors are Among the Most Misunderstood Dinosaurs." National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 18 Nov. 2020. https://www.nationalgeographic.com /science/article/velociraptor. |
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Note: If there is no date, put an Accessed date at the end of your citation. Ex: Accessed 01 Aug. 2022 Note: If there is not an author, begin your citation with the title |
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| Website - Government Source | |
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Components Government entity or Author Last Name, Full First Name. "Entry Title." Date of Publication. URL. |
Example Center for Disease Control. "About Malaria." 17 Sept. 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/ malaria/about/. |
| Data Source (Charts, Maps, Tables, or Graph) in an Article | |
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Components Author Last Name, Full First Name (If available). Title of Chart, In Original Document (if applicable) or Publisher Name, Date of Publication, URL. |
Example Union of Concerned Scientists. Figure 1:The Clean Power Plan Diversifies Our Nation’s Electricity Mix, In “The Clean Power Plan Opportunity: Securing Economic and Clean Energy Benefits for All of the States.” Mar. 2016, pp. 1-9, JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/ resrep17286. |
| Note: If you are citing a chart or graph that is within another publication, cite the components of that original publication as well | |
| Blog Post | |
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Components Author Last name, Full First Name. "Title of post." Blog/Website. Date of Publication. URL. |
Example Dise, Lisa. "Finding Voice in Digital 7Stories." Narrate Annotate, 17 July 2016. https://narrateannotate.wordpress .com. |
| YouTube or other Streaming Video | |
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Components "Title of Video" Site Name, uploaded by Creator or Screenname, Date of Publication, URL. |
Example “Astronauts in Space." YouTube, uploaded by Steve McQueen, 20 Dec. 2022, youtu.be/a-59IEz-MNxc. |
| Note: To cite a quote from a YouTube or other video, provide a time stamp in your in-text citation | |
| Podcast Episode | |
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Components "Podcast Episode Title." Podcast Title. Hosted by Full First and Last Name. podcast ep. Name of Publisher/ Radio Station Episode Air Date. Name of App app. |
Example "Yiyun Li Reads 'On the Street Where You Live." The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from the New Yorker. Hosted by Deborah Treisman, podcast ed., The New Yorker / WNYC, 3 Jan. 2017. iTunes app. |
| Music Album | |
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Components Last Name, First Initial/Group/Artist. Album Title, Record Label, Album Release Date. Format of album. |
Example Beatles. Rubber Soul, Parlophone, 1965. Vinyl. |
| Single Song | |
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Components Last name, First Initial/Group/Artist. |
Example Ice Nine Kills. "A Grave Mistake" The Silver Scream. Fearless Records. 05 Oct. 2018. Spotify. |
| Film/Video | |
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Components Title of Video. Directed by Full First Name Last Name, Production Company, Date of Publication. |
Example Beauty and the Beast. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Pictures, 1991. |
| Note: At the end of your citation add the name of the app in italics followed by app if streaming the movie. ex: Disney+ app. | |
| TV Show Episode | |
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Components “Title of episode.” Directed by Full First Name Last Name (if available). Title of Show, created by Full First Name Last Name, season number, episode number, Production Company, Date of Publication. Name of App app. |
Example “The Female of the Species." Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye. The Boys, created by Eric Kripke, season 1, episode 4, Amazon Studios et al., 26 July 2019. Amazon Prime Video app. |
| Note: If you don't watch the episode through an app, put your cable company in the app spot at the end of your citation. ex: DirecTV | |
| Video Game | |
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Components Title. Directed by Full First Name Last Name, Version (if available), Publisher, Date. Gaming System |
Example Alan Wake II. Directed by Sam Lake and Kyle Rowley. Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games, 2023. Sony Playstation 5 Game. |