MLA 7 Citation Generator
To cite in the 7{th} edition of the Modern Language Association’s (MLA 7) citation style, it is helpful to know basic information about your source, including the author’s name(s), title of the source and/or article, date published, and page number(s) (if applicable).
This guide will show you in-text citations and full reference examples in MLA 7 style for the following source types:
Website
Book
Journal article
Online newspaper article
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Formatting citations in MLA 7 style
The MLA 7 citation style has two parts:
In-text citations
Works cited list
In-text citations
When you cite information from a source in your work, you need to include an in-text citation. Include a page number when possible. Here are a few in-text citation templates:
Author Last Name
(Author Last Name)
(Author Last Name Page#)
Author Last Name (Page#)
Citation examples:
Bernardino noted that. . .
. . . (Bernardino).
(Torres 47)
Torres (47)
Every in-text citation should correspond to a source in the works cited list.
Works cited list
Place a list of all your sources at the end of your paper and title it “Works Cited.” Works cited entries are usually listed alphabetically by the author’s last name (the first word shown in the works cited list entry). The page should be double-spaced. For each works cited list entry, any lines after the first should be indented (hanging indent).
Example:
Works Cited
Overbye, Dennis. “The Webb Telescope is Just Getting Started.” The New York Times 27 Dec. 2022. Web. 1 Jan. 2023.
Rieppel, Lukas. “Bringing Dinosaurs Back to Life: Exhibiting Prehistory at the American Museum of Natural History.” Isis, 103.3 (2012): 460–90. Web. 27 Dec. 2022.
Schempp, Donna. “When Caregiving Ends.” Family Caregiver Alliance. Family Caregiver Alliance, 17 Nov. 2022. Web. 26 Dec. 2022.
Surname, First Name Middle Initial. “Title of Webpage.” Name of the Website. Publisher Name, Day Month Year Published. Web. Day Month Year accessed.
Citing a basic website page in MLA 7 style
Include as much information as you can and omit information that doesn’t exist. The webpage title is in title case, as is the publisher.
Parenthetical in-text citation template and example:
(Author’s Surname)
(Schempp)
Works cited list entry template and example:
Surname, First Name Middle Initial. “Title of Webpage.” Name of the Website. Publisher Name, Day Month Year Published. Web. Day Month Year accessed.
Schempp, Donna. “When Caregiving Ends.” Family Caregiver Alliance. Family Caregiver Alliance, 17 Nov. 2022. Web. 26 Dec. 2022.
Citing a print book in MLA 7 style
Parenthetical in-text citation template and example:
(Author’s Surname)
(Weatherford)
Works cited list entry template and example:
Surname, First Name Middle Initial. Title of the Book. Publication City: Publisher Name, Year Published. Print.
Weatherford, Jack. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Broadway Books, 2004. Print.
Citing an online journal article in MLA 7 style
Parenthetical in-text citation template and example:
(Author’s Surname)
(Rieppel)
Works cited list entry template and example:
Surname, First Name Middle Initial. “Article Title.” Journal Name Volume#.No# (Year Published): Page#-#. Name of Database if applicable. Web. Day Month Year accessed.
Rieppel, Lukas. “Bringing Dinosaurs Back to Life: Exhibiting Prehistory at the American Museum of Natural History.” Isis 103.3 (2012): 460–90. JSTOR. Web. 27 Dec. 2022.
Citing an online newspaper article in MLA 7 style
Parenthetical in-text citation template and example:
(Artist Surname)
(Overbye)
Works cited list entry template and example:
Surname, First Name Middle Initial. “Article Title.” Newspaper Name Day Month Year. Web. Day Month Year accessed.
Overbye, Dennis. “The Webb Telescope is Just Getting Started.” The New York Times 27 Dec. 2022. Web. 1 Jan. 2023.
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