SPN 470 Hispanic Presence in the U.S.: Cite your source!

Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used in the humanities, especially in scholarly writing on literature.  MLA style uses brief parenthetical citations in the text that refer to an alphabetical list of works cited appearing at the end of the work.  

Disciplines that use MLA Style include:

• English 
• Art
• Philosophy

The MLA Handbook is the style and citation "bible" for students in English and a number of other disciplines, primarily in the Humanities.

Best Bet! The MLA Style Center: Using MLA Format
Free basic info and examples to help get you started using MLA Style

Formatting a Research Paper from the Modern Language Association 
A free chapter from MLA's new online Handbook Plus.

Sample Papers in MLA Style from the Modern Language Association
The following essays were selected for the 2023 edition of Writing with MLA Style. They provide models for organizing and working with sources, and also demonstrate MLA documentation style and paper formatting. - MLA site viewed 10/3/2023

The OWL: MLA Formatting and Style from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
A comprehensive overview of MLA style with tons of examples!