SLS 1101 (Library)

Plagriarism: The act of taking someone's work/ideas and passing it off as your own. 

MLA stands for Modern Language Association. It is both an organization and a style guide widely used in the humanities, especially in fields like English, literature, philosophy, and cultural studies. 

When people say “MLA,” they usually mean the MLA style of writing and citation, which provides rules for: 

• Formatting papers (margins, font size, spacing, headings, etc.) 

• In-text citations (how to credit sources inside the body of your paper) 

• Works Cited page (a full list of all sources used, formatted in a specific way) 

What is a Resource?

A resource is any material, text, or media that provides information to support your work, research, or ideas.

In school, resources are the things you use to:

• Learn about a topic

• Find evidence to support your argument

• Give credit to other people’s ideas

Examples of Resources

• Books (ex: a textbook, novel, or nonfiction book)

• Websites (ex: news sites, blogs, official organizations)

• Journal articles (ex: research studies from academic journals)

• Newspaper or magazine articles

• Videos or podcasts

• Images, charts, or data sets

Forming A Citation

• Identify the type of source:​

  • Is it a book? A journal article? A webpage?​

• ​Find a sample citation for this type of source Check the MLA textbook/Website, MLA library Guide, or the PerdueOWL MLA guide: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/ mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/ mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
• “Mirror” the example

Citation Elements

1. Author.​

2. Title of Source.​

3. Title of Container, ​

4. Other Contributors, ​

5. Version, ​

6. Number, ​

7. Publisher, ​

8. Publication date, ​

9. Location. 

Example: ​

• Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.