10大MLA引用文獻格式1: In-text Citations

寫文如果要引文,人文科論文用MLA.

MLA第一步係知道在文中quote人地唸法時要用咩格式.

第二步則係知道如何在文末用正確格式列出Works Cited.

1. MLA只要求在內文交待作者及作品頁數,如

According to Jones, "Students often had difficulty using MLA style" (199).

2. 或者:

She stated, "Students often had difficulty using MLA style," but she did not offer an explanation as to why(Jones 199).

Jones是作者的last name(姓), 199是作品頁數.有兩種方式, 一種是寫根據某某,引述其句子(開引號),再用括號括住頁數;或者,不用寫根據誰,卻在其引文後用括號包含其名字及頁數)

3. 注意,如果引文太長(不建議,因為抄襲嫌疑),便要用hanging indent(即縮入五格)列出引文(不需引號),如:

Jones's study found the following:

Students often had difficulty using MLA style,especially when it was their first time citing sources.This difficulty could be attributed to the fact thatmany students failed to purchase a style manual orto ask their teacher for help. (199)

4. 最好其實係不直接引文,只引其idea,連引號也不需用:

According to Jones, MLA style is a difficult citation formatfor first-time learners (199).

5. 如果係引一本書作者所引用的,就用"qtd."例如: 

Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social service centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman 259).

6. 如果所引的沒有作者：

若來源沒有作者，用文章名的簡稱及頁數。加引號，例如：

We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has "more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . ." ("Impact of Global Warming" 6).

在Works Cited中，如此表示：

"The Impact of Global Warming in North America." 　　Global Warming: Early Signs. 1999. Web. 23 Mar. 2009.

(參考: 浸會大學圖書館及 OWL Purdue MLA Formatting and Style Guide)