Academic writing standards require you to credit all sources that you use to write a paper, report, or study. The Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation style provides a guideline for properly crediting your sources by requiring notes in the text of your work that point the reader to an alphabetical list of your sources, called a “Works Cited” list. Properly citing your sources of information allows a reader to locate the original sources of information you used in your writing and will also help you avoid the serious offense of plagiarism. 

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The Basics -- templates

Electronic Sources -- examples

Print & Video Sources -- examples

"Works Cited" Page -- example

"MLA Style, 8th Edition: An Introduction." YouTube, uploaded by MU Libraries, 21 July 2016, youtu.be/lSekgYAdQcU.