MLA 9th Edition

The Author element lists the primary creator of the work you are citing. The general format for the Author element:

Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial.

Example:

 Potter, Harry, J.

*The general format for a source with two authors: Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. 

 Potter, Harry J., and Ronald Weasley.

*The general format for a source with three or more authors: Last Name, First Name Initial., et al.  

 Potter, Harry J., et. al

The Author element can be:

The Title of Source element lists the title of the work you are citing. The general format for the Title of source element:

A container is a work that contains another work (for example, a journal is the container of an article). The general format for the Title of container element:

Title: Subtitle,

Example:

 The Secrets of a Fire King, containing "Spring, Mountain, Sea."

or

Academic Search Complete, containing AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, containing "It's in Our Blood."

 The Title of container element can be:

A contributor are people, groups, or organizations that contribute to a work without being the primary author. The general format for the Other contributors element:

contributed by First Name Last Name,

Example:

edited by John W. Chalmers, et al.,

or

Created by I. Marlene King,

 The Other contributors element can be:

The general format for the Version element:

xxth Canadian ed., (ed.=edition)

Example:

2nd ed.,

or

version 1.2.1,

 If the source includes a note indicating that it is a version or edition of the work, include it in your entry. The Version element can be:

If the source you are citing is part of a sequence, such as a numbered volume or issue, then we will also include this number. The general format for the Number element:

vol. xx, no. xx, (vol.=volume; no.=number)

Example:

vol. 11, no. 2,

or

season 4, episode 9,

 The Number element can be:

The publisher is responsible for making the source available. The general format for the Publisher element:

Producer of Source, (city of publication is omitted unless it is pre-1900)

Example:

Oxford UP, (UP=University Press)

or

Quat'sous Films / Wild Bunch, 

 The Publisher element can be:

The publication date lets the reader know when the version of the source you are citing was published. The general format for the Publication date element:

xx Mon. YEAR, xx:xx a.m./p.m.,

Example:

19 May 2016, 1:55 p.m.,

or

May-Jun. 2016, 

 The Publication date element can be:



The location of a source depends on its format. The general format for the Location element:

pp. xxx-xxx. or www.xxxx. or doi:xx.xxxx. or place.

Example:

pp. 29-30.

or

youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8. (URL/web address without http://) 

or

Chateau Lacombe Hotel, Edmonton. (live presentation or a physical object seen in person)

 The Location element can be: