LibGuides: Citing Sources Tutorials: Getting Started

Helpful Resources for Citing

The MLA Style Center
The official MLA 8 website. Provides guidelines and sample papers for formatting a research paper and citing source in MLA style.
The Purdue Online Writing Lab MLA Style
Contains resources on creating in-text citations and Works Cited page in MLA style, as well as MLA-formatted sample papers and slide presentations.

MLA Style for Listing Sources
Examples of works cited entries for print and electronic resources in MLA 8 style.

Steps for Citing Sources

Follow these steps to create your works cited citations:

1. Determine the original source of your article. Remember: Titles of articles are in "quotation marks." Titles of sources follow the first set of quotation marks and are typically in italics.

For print sources, use the Determining Original Source Tutorial in the "General Citation Tutorials" box on the left for help determining your original source type.
For any type of source, try using Google Advanced Search from the "Citation Tools" box on the left to search for the title of your source as an exact word/phrase.

2. Select the appropriate box for your source from the options below.

3. Select the appropriate tutorial for your source by choosing a tab and middle-clicking the tutorial to open it.

3. Cite your source using the tutorial as a guide.

For database sources, use the Citation Database Elements tutorial in the "General Citation Tutorials" box on the left for help decoding database citations.
For database sources, refer to the Permalink Tutorial in the "General Citation Tutorials" box on the left for step-by-step directions on locating a permanent URL for your citation.

4. Use the Annotation Generator on the left for help to create annotations for your citations.

5. Export your list of works cited from NoodleTools and insert at the end your paper.