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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.

X (formerly Twitter) - works cited

Title of the post: The title of the post is in quotation marks and in sentence case, i.e. capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Use capitalisation for proper nouns.

Site name: The Site name is in italics, and Title case (capitalise the first letter of each major word).

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

Format

Author [@username]. Description "Title of post." Site name, Date Year, URL.

Examples

Community Research [@GoodResearch]. Thumbnail with link attached of "New Zealand's mental health and addiction services monitoring indicator update 2017 & 2017/18." X, 12 Dec. 2019, x.com/GoodResearch/status/1204907430653640706.

New Zealand Business‏ [@NZ_Global]. Photo of "try award-winning @Villamaria_Wine Today @CalgaryCoop." X, 17 Aug. 2017, x.com/NZ_Global/status/898187721579122689.

NZTE [@NZTEnews]. Photo of "Te Kete is our guide to Māori culture & language to help you & your business share NZ's unique cultural." X, 14 Sep. 2017, x.com/NZTEnews/status/908499406412042240.

Obama, Barack [@BarackObama]. Photo of No One is Born Hating Another Person Because of the Color of His Skin or His Background or His Religion .... X, 12 Aug. 2017, x.com/BarackObama/status/896523232098078720.

X (formerly Twitter) - 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

... using Te Kete to guide businesses (NZTE). 

Citation in prose

Barack Obama's poignant message regarding race and religion.