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Victorian England: MLA Format Help

MLA 8th Edition Examples

How do I cite...

Book: Author. Title goes in italics. Publisher, Year. 

Fredrickson, George M. White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History. Oxford UP, 1982.


Website/Webpage: Site/article author. "Title of article goes in quotes." Creator/sponsor/name of site. Date of publication, full URL. Access date.

Deresiewicz, William. “The Death of the Artist- and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur.” The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2014, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-death-of-the-artist-and-the-birth-of-the-creative-entrepreneur/383497/. Accessed 28 November 2016.


Image (includes paintings, photographs, and sculptures): Artist/photographer name. Title of work in italics, Date of creation. Institution and city where work is housed. Name of website in italics, full URL. Date of access. 

Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html. Accessed May 2006.


Video: Creator's name (only include if different from uploader name.) "Title of video in quotes." Source of video, uploader name if known, upload date, full URL. 

McGonigal, Jane. “Gaming and Productivity.” YouTube, uploaded by Big Think, 3 July 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdzy9bWW3E.


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