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How to cite every common source in MLA 9th edition, from web pages and journal articles to poems, plays, films, and course materials.
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How to Cite a Website in MLA
Cite a webpage, blog post, Wikipedia article, or entire site in MLA 9th edition. Official Style Center examples (Deresiewicz, Burns, Pendragon), URL and last-updated rules, and the webpage-versus-digitized-book test.
How to Cite a Journal Article in MLA
Cite a print, database, DOI, or HTML journal article in MLA 9th edition. Official Handbook 5.84–5.93 rules, Goldman, Baron, Adams, and Berman examples, and the article-number test.
How to Cite a Book in MLA 9
Cite a print book, ebook, edition, translation, or online book in MLA 9th edition. Official Style Center examples, core-element templates, publisher rules, and in-text locators.
How to Cite a Work in an Anthology in MLA 9
Cite an essay, story, poem, excerpt, or headnote from an anthology in MLA 9. Official Style Center examples for Norton cross-references, one-author collections, reprints, and chapter DOIs.
How to Cite a Newspaper Article in MLA
Cite a print, website, or database newspaper story in MLA 9th edition. Official Style Center examples (Victor, Pfanner, Soloski), Handbook 5.84 DOI-permalink-URL order, and the newspaper-versus-journal test.
How to Cite Social Media Posts in MLA 9
Cite X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Reddit in MLA 9. Official Handbook §5.16 handle test, Style Center platform examples, X as the container, and recoverability.
How to Cite a YouTube Video in MLA
Cite a YouTube video, uploaded film, interview, or TV episode in MLA 9. Official Style Center examples, uploaded-by rules, timestamps, playlist URLs, and title punctuation.
How to Cite a Podcast in MLA
Cite a podcast episode in MLA 9 with the official Style Center Gladwell and Chang examples, app versus website containers, handbook §6.28 timestamps, and transcript rules.
How to Cite an Interview in MLA (9th Edition)
Cite published, broadcast, e-mail, and personal interviews in MLA 9. Recoverability test, official Style Center wording, Works Cited templates, and real examples.
How to Cite a Film or TV Show in MLA
Cite a movie, TV episode, remake, or streaming-app copy in MLA 9th edition. Official Style Center examples, timestamps, dialogue format, and Works Cited templates.
How to Cite a Poem or Short Story in MLA
Cite a poem or short story in MLA 9: the copy you read, line numbers versus pages, numbered sonnets, two versions in one anthology, and how to quote verse from the MLA Style Center.
How to Cite a Play in MLA
Cite a play in MLA 9: the published script, an unpublished typescript, a play in an anthology, a live night, and a recording, using official Style Center examples rather than invented line numbers.
How to Cite a Painting, Photograph, or Artwork in MLA
Cite a painting, photograph, sculpture, or museum image in MLA 9. Official Style Center examples for in-person versus online year punctuation, figure captions, exhibitions, untitled works, and reproductions.
How to Cite a Government Document in MLA
Cite congressional reports, the U.S. Code, executive orders, constitutions, and UN documents in MLA 9. Official Style Center quotations, the version-you-consulted rule, and Works Cited templates.
How to Cite Course Materials and Syllabi in MLA
Cite a syllabus, live lecture, LMS slide, course pack, or class handout in MLA 9th edition. Official Style Center examples, including the 2026 notes-versus-presentation rule.