ENG 102 - Magazines and Female Short Story Writers

Cite Your Sources in MLA Format

Here are a few examples to help you cite your sources in MLA format:

How to Cite an Entire Book or Ebook (Print or Electronic)

Format: Author(s). Title of Book in Italics. Edition, Publisher, Year. Database Name in Italics. (if electronic), URL. 

*Note: if using a print book, skip the database name.

How to Cite Part of a Book or Ebook (Print or Electronic)

Format: Author(s). "Title of Part." Title of Book, edited by Editor, edition, vol. #, Publisher, Year, page number(s). Database Name (if electronic), URL.

How to Cite a Journal Article from a Database

Format: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Date of Publication, page number(s). Database Name (if electronic), URL.

How to Cite a Website

Format: Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Website in Italics, Website Publisher (if different than title), Date of publication, URL.

*Note:  Exclude publisher if title of website and publisher are the same.
*Note: If website does not have a date, add an access date at the end after the URL: Accessed 7 May 2016.
*Note: Do not include the http:// or https:// in the URL.

Additional MLA Examples

Citing Entire Textbook in D2L (OER)

Use this format If your entire textbook is available for free in D2L. If there is a link in D2L that goes to an outside website or if you use an access code to pay for access to your textbook, then you'd use a different format.

This format differs from the PDF in D2L citation because textbooks often have publication information such as editors, editions, and publishers to include. Most often these are textbooks written or compiled by your instructor specifically for the course (OER textbooks).

Format: Author(s). Title of Textbook in Italics. Edited by Editor, edition, Publisher, Year. Learning Management System Name in Italics(if electronic), URL.

*Note: If using a print version of the textbook, skip the Learning Management System (D2L Brightspace) and URL

*Note: If your instructor wrote the textbook, they are the author. If your instructor only compiled information from other sources and/or edited it, then they are the editor (and you'll probably not have a author).

*Note: Capitalize the first letter of the word that comes after the title of the book, skipping any information you don't have.

Print Example 1: Lit Wit: ENG 102 OER Textbook. Edited by Patricia Jordan, 2nd ed., Spartanburg Community College, 2022.

Print Example 2: Professional Communication: English 165. Edited by Ember Smith, Spartanburg Community College. Accessed Fall 2024.

Print Example 3: Biology 101 Lab Manual: Customized Manual. Spartanburg Community College, 2023.

Online Example: Composition Basics. Edited by Patricia Jordan, 3rd ed., Spartanburg Community College, 2023. D2L Brightspace, d2l.sccsc.edu/d2l/le/content/909183/viewContent/8746820/View.

*Note: You can usually omit the http:// unless needed to hyperlink.

*Note: For URLs longer than 3 lines, you can shorten the URL. Always retain the host (main website) of the URL.

Citing Part of Any Textbook

To cite a chapter or section of any of the about formats, add the title of that chapter/section and page numbers to your citation as you would citing part of any other book. This includes citing short stories, poems, plays, etc. within a larger book. See Citing Part of a Book for more information and examples.

Format: Author(s) of Part. "Title of Part." Title of Textbook in Italics, edited by Editor, edition, Publisher, Year, page number(s). Learning Management System Name in Italics(if electronic), URL.

*Note: If using a print version of the textbook, skip the Learning Management System (D2L Brightspace) and URL

*Note: If your instructor wrote the textbook, they are the author. If your instructor only compiled information from other sources and/or edited it, then they are the editor.

*Note: Capitalize the first letter of the word that comes after the title of the book, skipping any information you don't have.

*Note: Titles of plays are italicized rather than put in quotation marks.

Print Example: Chopin, Kate. "The Story of an Hour." Lit Wit: ENG 102 OER Textbook, edited by Patricia Jordan, 2nd ed., Spartanburg Community College, 2022, pp. 85-86.

Online Example: "Chapter Thirteen: The Research Process." Composition Basics, edited by Patricia Jordan, 3rd ed., Spartanburg Community College, 2023, pp. 85-86. D2L Brightspace, d2l.sccsc.edu/d2l/le/content/909183/viewContent/8746820/View. 

*Note: You can usually omit the http:// unless needed to hyperlink.

*Note: For URLs longer than 3 lines, you can shorten the URL. Always retain the host (main website) of the URL.

In-Text Citations

This in-text citation information will get you started, but see our full In-text Citation Guide for more information and additional examples.