MLA.Familiarize Yourself the the Basic Parts of a Citation

Here is a citation for a source. Identify each part of the citation:

Lundman, Susan. “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.” eHow, Accessed 6 July 2015.

• article/webpage

• Accessed 6 July 2015.

• web site

• www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.

• author

• eHow

• date accessed

• “How to Make Vegetarian Chili.”

• web address

• Lundman, Susan.

This is the citation for a website. Identify each part of the citation.

“Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview.” WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview. Accessed 8, September 2023.

• article title/webpage

• Accessed 8, September 2023.

• date accessed

• www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview.

• web address

• 25 Sept. 2014

• date of publication

• “Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview.”

• web site

• WebMD

This is a citation for a book. List each part of the citation.

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987.

• publisher

• Are you starting to understand????

• Maybe a little! :)

• Chaos: Making a New Science.

• book title

• 1987.

• year of publication

• Gleick, James.

• author

• Penguin

This is a citation for a book with three or more authors. Identify each part of the citation.
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.

• authors (et al. means "and others")

• 2004.

• title of book

• Are you understanding a little more? :)

• maybe :)

• Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al.

• publisher

• Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition

• year of publication

• Utah State UP,

This is a citation for a magazine article. Identify each part of the citation.

Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time, 20 Nov. 2000, pp. 70-71.

• page number

• Time,

• author

• 20 Nov. 2000,

• date of publication

• Poniewozik, James.

• title of article

• pp. 70-71.

• name of magazine

• "TV Makes a Too-Close Call."

This is a citation for a newspaper. Identify each part of the citation.

Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post, 24 May 2007, p. LZ01.

• date of publication

• Washington Post

• page number

• p. LZ01.

• author

• Brubaker, Bill.

• name of newspaper

• 24 May 2007,

• name of article

• "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients."

This is a citation of an article that was found in a database. Identify the different parts of the citation.

Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. “Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates.” Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006, pp. 90-94. Wiley Online Library, https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.20155. Accessed 26 May 2009.

• page number and database

• Accessed 26 May 2009.

• author and title of article

• Environmental Toxicology, vol. 21, no. 1, 3 Feb. 2006,

• web address

• Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo. “Toxicity of Nitrite to Three Species of Freshwater Invertebrates.”

• date published

• pp. 90-94. Wiley Online Library,

• periodical volume an issue #, pub date

• https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.20155