Note: For your Works Cited list, all citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Author
A username can be provided in place of a real name. If both username and real name are provided, put the user name first with the real name following in brackets.
Creator information may often be found under a section called "About" for some types of social media, however this is not always standard.
Date
The format of all dates is: Date Month (shortened) Year. E.g. 5 Sept. 2012.
If no date is given, leave that information out of the citation.
Time stamps in audio and video recordings
As there are no page numbers in audio and video recordings, include a timestamp instead. Time stamps are given in the following format:
(Author's Last Name hours:min:seconds-hours:min:seconds)
If you are citing something that is less than an hour long, you can start minutes.
Examples:
(Smith 01:15-02:20)
(Jones 01:20:15-01:22:22)
In your works cited list, abbreviate months as follows:
January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.
Spell out months fully in the body of your paper.
Author's Last Name, First Name or Username if real name not provided. "Title of Blog Post." Name of Blog, Blog Network/Publisher if given, Day Month Year of blog post, URL of blog post. Accessed Day Month Year blog was visited.
| Works Cited List Example |
Naish, Darren. "If Bigfoot Were Real." Tetrapod Zoology, Scientific American Blogs, 27 June 2016, blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/. Accessed 28 June 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name) (Naish) Note: Blog posts have no page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings so this information is left out of the in-text citation. |
Author Last Name, First Name or Account Name. Description of Post. Facebook, Day Month Year of Post, Time of Post, URL. Accessed Day Month Year post was viewed.
| Works Cited List Example |
Rick Mercer Report. Spread the Net Challenge Winners 2016. Facebook, 23 Mar. 2016, 9:00 a.m., www.facebook.com/rickmercerreport. Accessed 26 June 2016. Note: As Facebook posts can be lengthy, describe the post instead of reposting its content. To find the time of a Facebook post, hover your mouse next to the date of the post over the clock icon. It may not be possible to link directly to the specific post itself. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Author's Last Name or Account Name) (Rick Mercer Report)
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Host's Last Name, First Name, host. "Title of Podcast Episode." Title of Overall Podcast, season number if given, episode number if given, Web Site Hosting If Different From Podcast Title, Day Month Year of Episode, URL of episode. Accessed Day Month Year podcast was downloaded/played.
| Works Cited List Example |
Orton, Tyler, and Patrick Blennerhassett, hosts. "Lessons From the Brexit." BIV Podcast, episode 18, Business Vancouver, 28 June 2016, www.biv.com/article/2016/6/biv-podcast-episode-18-lessons-brexit/. Accessed 2 July 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Host's Last Name Start Time of Revelant Section-End Time of Section) (Orton and Blennerhassett 01:15-02:22) |
For more examples, see the MLA Style Center.
"Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, uploaded by First Name Last Name of video creator or Username of Creator, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.
Note: Date of access is now optional in MLA 8th edition. If no publication date is included, we recommend including the date you last accessed the site (MLA Handbook, p. 53).
| Works Cited List Example |
"How to Write a Winning Resume, With Ramit Sethi." YouTube, uploaded by Ramit Sethi, 23 June 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0fjkKCsM1w. Accessed 28 June 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
("Words from Title" Start Time of Revelant Section-End Time of Section) ("How to Write" 03:30-04:16) Note: Cite the relevant hour, minute and seconds as displayed in your media player. |
For more information on citing videos found online, check out the MLA website.
"Title of Video." Publisher/Production Company, Date. Title of Library Database.
| Works Cited List Example |
"Secret Life of Twins." BBC, 2015. Films on Demand. Note: Typically films are cited without an author. |
| Example |
("Words From Title") ("Secret") Note: Because videos do not have page numbers this information is left out of the in-text citation. |
Last Name, First Name of video creator or Username of Creator. "Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.
| Works Cited List Example |
Sethi, Ramit. "How to Write a Winning Resume, With Ramit Sethi." YouTube, 23 June 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0fjkKCsM1w. Accessed 28 June 2016. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Last Name of Video Creator) (Sethi) Note: Because videos do not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings, this information is left out of the in-text citation. |
Twitter Handle (First Name Last Name if Known). "The entire tweet word-for-word." Twitter, Day Month Year of Tweet, Time of Tweet, URL.
| Works Cited List Example |
@ReallyVirtual (Sohaib Athar). "Helicopter hovering above Abbottad at 1AM is a rare event." Twitter, 4 Jan. 2013, 3:58 p.m., twitter.com/reallyvirtual/status/64780730286358528?lang=en. Note: Write out the actual Tweet in the citation and keep spelling and grammar the same as in the original, even if there are errors.When quoting the Tweet, beside grammatical and spelling errors in the original Tweet, write [sic] in square brackets to indicate the errors are not your own. E.g., if the Tweet was "It isn't you're fault the media is violent", write: "It isn't you're [sic] fault the media is violent." |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Twitter handle) (@ReallyVirtual)
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"Title of Entry." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Day Month Year entry was last modified, Time entry was last modified, URL of entry. Accessed Day Month Year Wikipedia entry was last viewed.
Note: The date and time the article was last modified appears at the bottom of each Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia may not be considered an acceptable source for a college or university assignment. Be sure to evaluate the content carefully and check your assignment.
| Works Cited List Example |
"Body Image." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 June 2016, 7:41 pm, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_image. Accessed 28 June 2016. |
| Citation Example |
("Title of Entry") ("Body Image") Note: If a dictionary or encyclopedia entry has no author, the in-text citation should include the title of the entry. The title of the entry should be in quotation marks, with each word starting with a capital letter. |
"Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, uploaded by, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.
| Works Cited List Example |
"My Child is a Monkey." YouTube, uploaded by Barcroft TV, 14 Oct. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTY9pWETrhA&t=571s. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
("Title of Video") ("My Child is a Monkey") Note: Because videos do not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings, this information is left out of the in-text citation.
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Lastname, Firstname [or single username]. (handle). "First several words of Instagram post (if any)..." Instagram, Day month year posted, URL.
| Works Cited List Example |
libechillbro. "Root beer floats are in honor of National Library Week…" Instagram, 18 Apr 2016, instagram.com/p/5pjGjvjTH6/. |
| Citation Example |
("Title of Entry") ("Body Image") |