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Whether you provide a direct quotation or merely included ideas from something you read, If you use someone else's ideas in your paper you must document the sources. Citing sources gives credit to the authors for their ideas and allows other people to find and explore the sources you've consulted and quoted.
Handbooks
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers LB 2369 .G53 2003
This handbook will provide all of the information needed to format and write a research paper using MLA style including citing sources.
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing PN147 .G444 1998
This guide is geared more toward a advanced writers with sections covering theses and dissertations and following a work from manuscript to publication. This text also includes guideline for MLA citiation style and formatting.
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Web Resources
The following websites provide information and examples of in-text and citation pages using MLA format.
Modern Language Association FAQ http://www.mla.org/style_faq
This site provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style. This site will not provide examples of citations.
MLA Citation Formats
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/
writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm
This site, produced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, provides examples of in-text citations and bibliography entries.
Online!http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Presents guidelines from the Modern Language Association (MLA) with examples for citing and documenting World Wide Web sites, e-mail messages,
Web discussion forum postings, listserv and newsgroup messages, real-time communications (MOOs, MUDs, IRCs), telnet sites, FTP sites, gopher sites, and
linkage data are provided.
Citing Electronic Documentation
http://www.rhetoric.umn.edu/Student/Graduate/
~mstewart/citations/mla/index.htm
Compiled by the University of Minnesota Rhetoric Department, this site provides in-text and bibliographic citation information for mutliple electronic formats, from web pages to email to e-journals.
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