MLA 9 Citation & Style

In-Text Citations

 In-text Citations are short references that point to the Works Cited page, a complete list of sources you found and used for your research project. The first time you reference a source, the In-Text Citation begins with whatever is listed first on the Works Cited page.

3 ways to create an In-Text MLA 9 citation using the Author's Name

EXAMPLE CITATION

Pierce,  Patricia. “Shakespeare and the Forgotten Heroes.” History Today, vol. 56, no. 7, July 2006, pp.3-4.  

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The way you write a sentence determines how you will create your In-Text citation.

EXAMPLES IN-TEXT CITATIONS

1. Build the citation into the sentence
   • Patricia Pierce sheds new light on Shakespeare's first editors.
2. Add the citation at the end of the sentence in parenthesis
   • John Heminges and Henry Condell compiled and published First Folio, thirty-six of Shakespeare's seven years after the author died. (Pierce)
3. Add the page number at the end of a quote or paraphrased section
   • According to Patricia Pierce, there is little evidence to support the claim that the younger of the two, Henry Condell, may have played some of the female parts in Shakespeare's plays (3).
   • There is little evidence to support the claim that the younger of the two, Henry Condell, may have played some of the female parts in Shakespeare's plays (Pierce 3).

3 ways to Create an In-Text MLA 9 Citation when there is No Author

In the Works Cited entry below there is no author so the title of the article is the citation you use to cite in-text

EXAMPLE CITATION

"First Folio." The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, edited by Helicon, 2018. Credo

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Again, he way you write a sentence determines how you will create your In-Text citation.

EXAMPLES IN-TEXT CITATIONS

1. Build the citation into the sentence
   • According to "First Folio," the first edition of Shakespeare's plays was published in 1623.
2. Add the citation at the end of the sentence in parenthesis
   • The only of Shakespeare's play not to be published in play not published in ("First Folio").
3. Add the page number at the end of a quote or paraphrased section
   • The second reprinting in 1632 is known as the Second Folio, the third in 1664 as the Third Folio, and the fourth in 1685 as the Fourth Folio ("First Folio" 1).