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MLA Citation Style 9th Edition

This guide will help you cite sources in MLA Citation Style 9th Edition.

 

   

Lecture PowerPoint on Blackboard

Citation Recipe

  1. Author.  
  2. Title of source.      "Metaphysics."
  3. Title of container,     Philosophy 201B,
  4. Other contributors,    taught by Guillermo Barron,
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers,    
  8. Publication date,     
  9. Location. 

Container 2 (in this case the database that the video was retrieved from):

  1. Title of container,    Blackboard,
  2. Other contributors,    
  3. Version,
  4. Number,
  5. Publishers,     Red Deer College,
  6. Publication date,   17 Mar. 2005.
  7. Location.     rdc-bb.blackboard.com/ultra/courses/_32376_1/cl/outline.

Example

In-Text Citation

(Barron)

Works Cited

"Metaphysics." Philosophy 201B, taught by Guillermo Barron. Blackboard, Red Deer College, 23 Mar. 2005, rdc-bb.blackboard.com/ultra/courses/_32376_1/cl/outline.

Tips

See Building a Works Cited Entry for more information on how to format each part of the citation.

If an element is not present (e.g., other contributors), leave it out.

See the MLA Handbook for more examples.