LibGuides: CTVA 400: Media and Society: Citing Sources

MLA Style Guides, 9th Edition

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021-04-22

Style Guide, citing in MLA 9th edition
This guide includes citation examples for a variety of sources, information on in-text citations, and a sample reference list.

Basic MLA formatting guidelines

A Works Cited list should be organized alphabetically by author’s last name.
Works Cited list should be double spaced with a hanging indent.
In-Text citations should be placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author’s Last Name page number)
- Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong 25).
- Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, only provide the page #. Example: Furlong found that “direct quote” (25)
Publication date should be formatted day month year with the month abbreviated. It could also be: month year or season year. Examples:
- 26 July 2016
- Dec. 2015
- spring 2016
Abbreviations: If the month is more than 4 letters, abbreviate as follows: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

MLA Style Center provide citation guideline for common titles of online works.

Citing your sources (MLA and Chicago)

OWL Purdue MLA 9
A straightforward guide showing what has changed in the new (9th) edition of MLA. Hosted by Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.
Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9
Chicago Manual of Style (online) Full e-version of the Chicago Manual of Style with links to the style blog. Log in with CSUN credentials to access.
OWL Annotated Bibliography guide
Annotated bibliography
The library's guide to annotated bibliographies, including MLA and APA examples.

Citation Managers

Citation managers are software that keep track of your sources and automatically format your citations in a variety of styles.

EndNote Web - free to CSUN students, staff, and faculty; integrates with MS Word and any browser; can export references directly from many databases
- Help with EndNote Web
Zotero - free to anyone; integrates with MS Word and/or Google Docs; must be installed on your own computer

Citing AI Content

Cite content created by an AI tool as you would authors or creators. Style guides provide guidance on citing AI content as sources. Below are links to guidelines for citing AI content among the most popular styles. It is very important that you review any cited sources contained within AI content to affirm the accuracy of those sources. Use links for additional information.

Examples:

MLA style (9th edition)

“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

APA Style (7th edition)

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

Chicago Manual of Style

Note

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 7, 2023, https://chat.openai.com/chat.

Bibliography (requires public link to prompt):

OpenAI. Text generated by ChatGPT, Version GPT-3.5. Accessed May 24, 2023. https://chat.openai.com/chat