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MLA Citation Style 9th Edition

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

 

   

Entry in an Encyclopedia

In this case, the citation is for an entry in an online reference source without an individual author. The reference work was found within Credo Reference.

Citation Recipe

  1. Author.    
  2. Title of source.      "Brain."
  3. Title of container,    Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology,
  4. Other contributors,    edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 
  5. Version,          3rd ed., 
  6. Number,
  7. Publishers,   Gale,
  8. Publication date,   2016,
  9. Location.  

Container 2 (in this case the database containing the reference work):

  1. Title of container,     Credo Reference,
  2. Other contributors,    
  3. Version,
  4. Number,
  5. Publishers, 
  6. Publication date,  
  7. Location.     search-credoreference-com.ezproxy.ardc.talonline.ca/content/entry/galegp/brain/0.

Example

In-Text Citation

("Brain" par. 1)

Works Cited

"Brain." Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 3rd ed., Gale, 2016. Credo Reference, search-credoreference-com.ezproxy.ardc.talonline.ca/content/entry/galegp/brain/0.

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.