MLA Style: Writing & Citation

Works Cited List:

Author's Last Name, First Name or Username if real name not provided. "Title of Blog Post." Name of Blog, Blog Network/Publisher if given, Day Month Year of blog post, URL of blog post. Access Date.

Example: Naish, Darren. "If Bigfoot Were Real." Tetrapod Zoology, Scientific American Blogs, 27 June 2016, blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/. Accessed 28 June 2016.

In-Text Citation :

(Author's Last Name).

Example: (Naish).

*Note: Blog posts have no page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings so this information is left out of the in-text citation.

Works Cited List:

Host's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Podcast Episode." Title of  Podcast, Episode Number if Given, Web Site Hosting If Different From Podcast Title, Day Month Year of Episode, URL of episode. Accessed Date.

Example: Orton, Tyler, and Patrick Blennerhassett. "Lessons From the Brexit." BIV Podcast, Episode 18, Business Vancouver, 28 June 2016, www.biv.com/article/2016/6/biv-podcast-episode-18-lessons-brexit/. Accessed 2 July 2016.

In-Text Citation:

(Host's Last Name).

Example: (Orton and Blennerhassett).

*Note: Because podcasts do not have page numbers this information is left out of the in-text citation.

Works Cited List:

Last Name, First Name of video creator or Username of Creator. "Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed date.

Example: Sethi, Ramit. "How to Write a Winning Resume, With Ramit Sethi." YouTube, 23 June 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0fjkKCsM1w. Accessed 28 June 2016.

In-Text Citation:

(Last Name of Video Creator).

Example: (Sethi).

*Note: Because videos do not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings, this information is left out of the in-text citation.

Works Cited List:

"Title of Video." Publisher/Production Company, Date. Title of Library Database. 

Example: "Secret Life of Twins." BBC, 2015. Films on Demand.

In-Text Citation:

("Words From Title").

Example: ("Secret").

 *Note: MLA Handbook, 9th ed. advises the use of a permalink, or stable URL (this is a web address that will always be the same) if available, instead of the address in your web browser. 

Works Cited List:

Twitter Handle (First Name Last Name if Known). "The entire tweet word-for-word." Twitter, Day Month Year of Tweet, Time of Tweet, URL.

Example: @ReallyVirtual (Sohaib Athar). "Helicopter hovering above Abbottad at 1AM is a rare event." Twitter, 4 Jan. 2013, 3:58 p.m. twitter.com/reallyvirtual/status/64780730286358528?lang=en.

In-Text Citation:

(Twitter handle).

Example: (@ReallyVirtual).

*Note: Write out the actual Tweet in the citation and keep spelling and grammar the same as in the original, even if there are errors. When quoting the Tweet, in brackets beside grammatical and spelling errors in the original Tweet, write [sic] in square brackets to indicate the errors are not your own. E.g., if the Tweet was "It isn't you're fault the media is violent", write: "It isn't you're [sic] fault the media is violent."

Works Cited List:

Author Last Name, First Name or Account Name. Description of Post. Social Media Outlet, Day Month Year of Post, Time of Post, URL. Accessed Day Month Year post was viewed.

Example: Rick Mercer Report. Spread the Net Challenge Winners 2016. Facebook, 23 Mar. 2016, 9:00 a.m., www.facebook.com/rickmercerreport. Accessed 26 June 2016. 

In-Text Citation:

(Author's Last Name or Account Name).

Example: (Rick Mercer Report).

 *Note: As Facebook posts can be lengthy, describe the post instead of reposting its content. To find the time of a Facebook post, hover your mouse next to the date of the post over the clock icon. It may not be possible to link directly to the specific post itself.

Author

A username can be provided in place of a real name. If both username and real name are provided, put the user name first with the real name following in brackets. 

Creator information may often be found under a section called "About" for some types of social media, however this is not always standard.

Date

The format of all dates is: Date Month (shortened) Year. E.g. 5 Sept. 2012.

If no date is given, leave that information out of the citation.