Skip to content
CitationEasy

Modern Language Association Notes Citation Generator

Create accurate Modern Language Association Notes citations for books, articles, and websites in one click.

Language

We'll automatically detect the type and fetch metadata. Paste one identifier per line to cite a whole list at once.

Modern Language Association Notes citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Modern Language Association Notes — a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text:

Journal article
Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication, vol. 12, no. 3, 2021, pp. 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
Book
Okafor, Amara. The Craft of Research Writing. 2nd ed., University Press, 2019.
Website
Larsen, Sofie. “How Peer Review Works.” Open Science Digest, 14 May 2023, https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article)
Rivera and Chen.

About Modern Language Association Notes

Citation style for Modern Language Association Notes. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Modern Language Association Notes: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Modern Language Association Notes style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: generic base, humanities and literature.

How to use this Modern Language Association Notes generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Modern Language Association Notes" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Modern Language Association Notes

What is Modern Language Association Notes?
Citation style for Modern Language Association Notes. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Modern Language Association Notes?
When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Modern Language Association Notes style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Modern Language Association Notes?
Modern Language Association Notes is a note-based style: citations appear in footnotes or endnotes rather than parentheses in the text. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: Rivera and Chen.
What does a Modern Language Association Notes reference list entry look like?
A journal article formatted in Modern Language Association Notes looks like this: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication, vol. 12, no. 3, 2021, pp. 145–62, https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
How can I generate a Modern Language Association Notes citation?
Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Modern Language Association Notes as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

CitationEasy supports many citation styles from around the world. Our generator uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles from the official CSL repository.