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MLA Style

This guide is intended to help you cite sources in MLA style, avoid plagiarism, learn what MLA style is and includes, find examples of MLA style, lead you to campus resources that can help you cite sources in MLA, and more.

In-Text Citations: General Formatting Rules

In-Text Citations: General Formatting Rules

MLA Style requires an in-text citation to indicate the sources that were consulted and used in your work.  The in-text citation must correspond with the entry on the Works Cited page,

MLA in-text citations follow the Author-Page style, meaning the author's last name and the page number(s) of the quotation or paraphrase must appear in the text. Page numbers always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence.

 

General Format

(AuthorLastName page#)

OR

AuthorLastName stated that ... (page#).

See note ¹

 

¹In MLA you do not use p. or pp. in the in-text citations.