High School: Literature: Citing

Whether you choose to quote, summarize, or paraphrase sources you use in your research paper, you must cite each one. For rules and examples in MLA 8th ed. style, look here:

• MLA Handbook (9th ed.) - UW-Whitewater, Reference Collection, Call Number LB2369 .M52 2021
• Citing References: MLA Style (8th ed.) - (PDF) (UW-Whitewater libraries)
• How to Cite in MLA Style (8th ed.) - (UW-Whitewater libraries)
• MLA Documentation Guide (8th ed.) - (Writing Center, UW-Madison)
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide (9th ed.) - (Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL))

Sometimes students will use online citation formatters provided free on the Web or within a library database. If you use one of these online formatters, remember that they are not foolproof. You will need to review your citations to make sure they are correct. This Citation Helper Tools guide may have some tools you can use. The library supports both Zotero and EndNote, which are very useful when using many sources.

Holladay, Hillary. “Narrative Space in Ann Petry’s Country Place.”
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, edited by Linda Pavlovski and Scott
Darga, vol. 112, Gale, 2002, pp. 356-62. Literature Criticism Online,
go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=JVPFJB936361473&v=2.1&u=h2o&it=
r&p=GLS&sw=w&asid=ddb4aa8a6683d6872d5e69b99859ca71. Originally
published in Xavier Review, vol. 16, no. 1, 1996, pp. 21-35.

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