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Designed for the Humanities, especially languages and literature
Foregrounds authors and their works while mentioning dates (research in these disciplines tends to be less time-sensitive)
Important evidence in this field is often the words that particular authors wrote, so the author and title are primary
Especially useful for interdisciplinary work, in which time-sensitive material is as important as material that is not time-sensitive
Foregrounds author and the work, but also includes date of publication and publication itself
Footnotes bring this information to the reader’s attention within text
Bibliography provides a summary of all the works cited in the document
The core elements in MLA citations are:
Author
Title of source
Title of container
Other contributors
Version
Number
Publisher
Publication Date
Location
Book
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Purple Hibiscus. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Journal Article
Heidi I. Hartmann. “The Family as the Locus of Gender, Class, and Political Struggle: The Example of Housework.” Signs, no. 3, 1981, p. 366.
Newspaper Article
MacKinnon, Catharine A. “Opinion | #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not.” The New York Times, 9 Feb. 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opinion/metoo-law-legal-system.html.
This question came up in class. Refer to Purdue Owl's In-text Citations: The Basics page, which includes these examples:
Citing two articles by the same author:
Citing two books by the same author:
Additionally, if the author's name is not mentioned in the sentence, format your citation with the author's name followed by a comma, followed by a shortened title of the work, followed, when appropriate, by page numbers:
There are two versions of Chicago Style: "notes and bibliography" and "author-date" style. The "Notes" style uses footnotes and sometimes a bibliography, and is typically used in the humanities. "Author-Date" uses in-text paranthetical citations plus a Reference List, and is more typically used in the social sciences.
Visit the Chicago Manual of Style's citation quick guide to learn more about the differences between the notes an bibliography and the author-date styles.
Visit the CMS guide's "author-date" style page for examples of reference entries and in-text citations for a variety of types of sources
Visit the CMS guide's notes & bibliography page for examples of notes, shortened notes, and bibliographic entries
Book
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Purple Hibiscus. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Journal Article
Heidi I. Hartmann. “The Family as the Locus of Gender, Class, and Political Struggle: The Example of Housework.” Signs, no. 3 (1981): 366.
Newspaper Article
MacKinnon, Catharine A. “Opinion | #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not.” The New York Times, February 9, 2018, sec. Opinion. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opinion/metoo-law-legal system.html.
Book
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. 2012. Purple Hibiscus. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Journal Article
Heidi I. Hartmann. 1981. “The Family as the Locus of Gender, Class, and Political Struggle: The Example of Housework.” Signs, no. 3: 366.
Newspaper Article
MacKinnon, Catharine A. 2018. “Opinion | #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not.” The New York Times, February 9, 2018, sec. Opinion. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/opinion/metoo-law-legal system.html.
This question came up in class. Refer to this guide, which includes example:
Fogel, Robert William. 2004a. The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100: Europe, America, and the Third World. New York: Cambridge University Press.
———. 2004b. “Technophysio Evolution and the Measurement of Economic Growth.” Journal of Evolutionary Economics 14, no. 2 (June): 217–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-004-0188-x.
(Fogel 2004b, 218)
(Fogel 2004a, 45–46)