How do I format MLA references?

Answer

The basic format for an MLA Works Cited page is.

Basic Format

Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, day Month year, website.

Shea, Sarah E., et al. “Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: A Neurodevelop-mental Perspective on A.A. Milne.” CMAJ, vol. 163, no. 12, 12 Dec. 2000, www.cmaj.ca/content/163/12/1557.

Use hanging indentation.

For three or more authors, list only the first, and then “et al.”

If your source is part of a larger work (e.g., an article in a journal, a chapter in a book, an episode in a TV series), then you’ll also include the larger work’s title. Italicize the title of the larger work.

Where available, state the day, month, and year of publication, in that order. Month names longer than four letters will be abbreviated (Jan., Feb., Mar., etc.). If no date is available, you can omit this element from your citation.

For print works, use page numbers (preceded by a “p.”) or ranges of page numbers (preceded by a “pp.”).

For other online works, use page numbers (if applicable) and the URL or DOI, and omit the period at the end of the citation.

If a DOI is available, it is preferred over a URL or permalink. DOIs should include the http:// and https://

Full URLs are recommended but optional especially for long URLs that are three or more lines long.