Research Guides: French Language & Literature: Citing Your Sources

Citing Your Sources

Consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, below, for the most complete information on how to cite your sources. The following web pages may also provide helpful information and examples:

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UMD Libraries' Guide to Citation Tools
Purdue OWL: Citation Style Guides
The Purdue OWL website provides guides on how to cite sources in MLA, APA, and the Chicago Manual of Style formats.
Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Contains examples of how to cite the most frequent types of sources.
Purdue OWL: Annotated Bibliographies
A guide from the Purdue OWL website that explains how and why to prepare an annotated bibliography.
Research and Documentation Online
Publisher site for citation guides by Diana Hacker. The MLA page includes information on in-text and notes format and sample papers.
Writer's Handbook
Page from the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

MLA Handbooks

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Modern Language Association
Call Number: Various Library Branches LB2369 .G53 2009
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing by Modern Language Association
Call Number: Various Library Branches PN147 .G444 2008