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MLA 9th

MLA (Modern Language Association) 9th edition is an author-page number referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a works cited at the end of your document.

Blog post - works cited

Title of the blog post: The title of the blog post is in quotation marks and in title case (capitalise the first letter of each major word).

Site Name: The Site Name is in italics, and title case.

For more information on works cited format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.

Format

Author. "Title of blog post." Name of Site, Date Year, URL.

Examples

Bolstad, Rachel. What Motivates Game-Using Teachers? Episode 6. NZCER, 22 Aug. 2017, nzcer.org.nz/blogs/what-motivates-game-using-teachers-episode-6.

Island Mum. "What We're Reading: An Introduction to the Criminal Law." No Mum is an Island, 15 July 2012, nomumisanisland.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/what-were-reading-introduction-to.html.

Kepnes, Matt. "What’s the Matter With Lonely Planet?" Nomadic Matt, 3 Aug. 2017, nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/lonely-planet/.

Blog post - in-text citations

Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and page number/s in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... education is a key factor (Wall 25).

Citation in prose: When you use the author’s name as part of a sentence (generally at the beginning of a sentence), include the page number in brackets at the end of the sentence, e.g. Thomas Jones discussed the appropriateness of using wet towelling ... (2).

No pagination: Add the author's name as part of the sentence to show it has been paraphrased.

Parenthetical Citation

... the guidebooks focused on affordable travel options and off-the-beaten-track locations (Kepnes).

Citation in prose

Island Mum critiques a children's book, The Elephant and The Bad Baby, from an interesting perspective of criminal law.