MLA 9th Edition Citations Guide

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.

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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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/.

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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.

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. 

Components

"Language to Language" Translation prompt. Title of the Translation Tool or Software, Version of the Translation tool (found in terms of service), Publisher is the company that made the tool, Date the content was generated, URL. 

Example

"Spanish to English" Translation prompt. Google Translate, 5 January 2022 Country Version: Untied States, Google LLC, 6 Oct. 2023,   https://translate.google.com

Note:  Students and researchers using translation services should cite the translation tool to provide a reason for why your exact words may exist on the internet. You are required to add the full transcript or screenshot of the Translation Interaction to show you are using your own words, not plagiarizing (See the CODE).

In text citations: (Google Translate, 2023)

Components

"Title is what is generated from your prompt" prompt. Title of the AI Tool, Version of the AI tool, Publisher is the company that made the tool, Date the content was generated, URL. 

Example

"Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald" prompt. ChatGPT, P13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

WARNING: Please check with your instructor before using this source!

Some will not allow it and treat it like an unreliable website or a conversation with a friend; neither of which should be cited in an academic paper. However, some may allow it for background information, just like you might use Wikipedia, to facilitate research.

Note:  Students and researchers should only use ChatGPT to facilitate research, NEVER to write the full text of their paper or manuscript as that violates academic honestly policies (See the CODE).

Note:  You are required to add the full transcript of the ChatGPT as appendices. 

In text citations: (OpenAI, 2023)

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. 

Components

Author or Creator name (if provided), "Title of Video" Name of News Source, Date of Publication, URL.

Example

“Palestinians Arrested for 'terrorism' over WhatsApp Status." Al Jazeera, 9 Nov. 2023, www.aljazeera.com/program/
newsfeed/2023/11/9/palestinians-arrested-for-terrorism-over-whatsapp-status.

Note: To cite a quote from a video, provide a time stamp in your in-text citation

Note: If there is no publication date, put an accessed date at the end of your citation. Ex: Accessed 9 Nov. 2023

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. 

Components

Last Name, First Initial/Group/Artist. Album Title, Record Label, Album Release Date. Format of album.

Example

Beatles. Rubber Soul, Parlophone, 1965. Vinyl.

Components

Last name, First Initial/Group/Artist.
"Song title." Album Title. Record Label,  Album Release Date. URL/ Name of app/ or Format of Album.

Example

Ice Nine Kills. "A Grave Mistake" The Silver Scream. Fearless Records. 05 Oct 2018. Spotify.

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.

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.