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Trenton Homeworks: Social Justice Research Fundamentals

This guide was designed to support the Trenton Homeworks Social Justice Research capstone. For questions or help with resources, please contact Mrs. Clancy or Ms. Sinai

Citing in MLA Style

In the Humanities, most scholars are required to cite their sources in MLA Style.

In MLA, you will need to create two citations for each written source (background article, website, etc.): 

  • A full bibliographic citation (goes at the end of your paper on the Works Cited page). 

  • An in-text citation (a shorter, parenthetical citation that sits at the end of each piece of evidence used in your writing). 

For visual sources (posters, illustrations, photographs), you will need:

  • A full bibliographic citation (goes at the end of your paper on the Works Cited page). 

  • A citation below each image, in the full bibliographic format (the same one that goes at the end of your works cited page). You will use Figure or Fig. before the citation.
     

NOTE: Only cite the information that is available to you. If you cannot identify a piece of the template [e.g. an author or date], leave it out rather than making it up.
 

When should I cite my source?

 

The short video below outlines how to think about citing evidence from a source, including direct quotes, and attributing ideas from the original author.