MLA

The Modern Languages Association (MLA) style is commonly used for citing references in humanities courses, such as English and Literature.

This guide, which is based on the MLA Handbook 9th edition published in 2021, is designed to help you:

• apply the MLA 9th referencing style to different types of resources
• check your work against examples.

MLA style consists of two parts: a brief in-text citation, which points to a more detailed entry in the Works Cited list.