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MLA Citation Style 9th Edition

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

 

   

Film from a Library Database

Citation Recipe

  1. Author.    
  2. Title of source.      Bob Geldof and Yeats.
  3. Title of container,   
  4. Other contributors,     
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers,    Network Ireland Television,
  8. Publication date,     2016,
  9. Location.    

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

  1. Title of container,    Films on Demand,
  2. Other contributors,    
  3. Version,
  4. Number,
  5. Publishers, 
  6. Publication date,  
  7. Location.     ezproxy.ardc.talonline.ca/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103278&xtid=138856.

Example

In-Text Citation

(Bob Geldof and Yeats 00:24:07-20)

Works Cited

Bob Geldof and Yeats. Network Ireland Television, 2016. Films on Demandezproxy.ardc.talonline.ca/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103278&xtid=138856.

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.

For more information about citing with time stamps, see section 6.28 of the MLA Handbook.

Video or DVD

Citation Recipe

  1. Author.    
  2. Title of source.      Hugo.
  3. Title of container,    
  4. Other contributors,     Directed by Martin Scorsese,
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers,    Paramount,
  8. Publication date,     2011,
  9. Location.    

Example

In-Text Citation

(Hugo 01:01:30-35)

Works Cited

Hugo. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Paramount, 2011.

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.

For more information about citing with time stamps, see section 6.28 of the MLA Handbook.

YouTube Video

Citation Recipe

  1. Author.  
  2. Title of source.      "Browser the Library Cat in the Library."
  3. Title of container,     YouTube,
  4. Other contributors,    uploaded by chari326,
  5. Version,
  6. Number,    
  7. Publishers, 
  8. Publication date,     30 Oct. 2007,
  9. Location.     www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mI7HKD6CQ.

Example

In-Text Citation

("Browser" 00:01:30-40)

Works Cited

"Browser the Library Cat in the Library." YouTube, uploaded by chari326, 30 Oct. 2007, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mI7HKD6CQ.

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.

For more information about citing other types of contributors, see section 5.41 of the MLA Handbook.

For more information about citing with time stamps, see section 6.28 of the MLA Handbook.