Visual (table, chart, graphic) (MLA)

Works cited entries

MLA-214

“Brazilian Waxing and Waning: The Economy.” The Economist, 1 Dec. 2015, www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/12/economic-backgrounder. Graph.

“Number of Measles Cases by Year since 2010.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 Jan. 2016, www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html. Table.

Explain

  • Cite a visual as you would a short work within a longer work (for example, Short work from a website or Article in a magazine).
  • Add publication information.
  • If the visual has a number in the source, give that number after the date.
  • Add a descriptive label at the end if the type of visual is not clear from the title.

NOTE: When a URL must be divided at the end of a line, break it before a period or a hyphen or after any other mark of punctuation. Do not insert a hyphen at the end of the line.

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