Directory to MLA-style in-text citations

DIRECTORY TO MLA STYLE IN-TEXT CITATIONS

DIRECTORY TO MLA STYLEIN-TEXT CITATIONS

1. Author named in a signal phrase

2. Author named in a parenthetical reference

3. Digital or nonprint source

4. Two or three authors

5. Four or more authors

6. Organization as author

7. Unknown author

8. Author of two or more works cited in the same project

9. Two or more authors with the same last name

10. Indirect source (author quoting someone else)

11. Multivolume work

12. Work in an anthology or collection

13. Government source

14. Entire work

15. Two or more sources in one citation

16. Personal communication or social media source

17. Literary work

18. Sacred text

19. Encyclopedia or dictionary entry

20. Visual