You Quote It, You Note It: Avoiding Plagiarism in ENGL 101 is a workshop that addresses how to avoid plagiarism and cite sources using the MLA format. Please visit the registration page, linked below, to sign up for this workshop! (Dates will be updated as workshops are added to the schedule.)
Workshop Activities:
Additional Resources:
There are six common types of plagiarism:
MLA (Modern Language Association) citation style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources in literature and the humanities.
See the MC Library guide on MLA Citations or one of the other resources below for more information.
Always check with your course instructor to verify which style you should use when writing a paper.
Note: Resources for both MLA 9th edition (2021) and MLA 8th edition (2016) are linked below.
MLA Handbook 9th Edition by 
MLA Handbook 8th Edition by MC Writing, Reading, & Language Centers
Tutors at the WRL Centers can provide feedback on your writing, including questions on properly citing your sources.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Includes tutorials, sample papers, and sample bibliographies for all major citation styles.
MC Academic Integrity Resources
The final step in the research cycle is to cite your sources. This step shows your reader that you've done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information.
Citing sources provides credibility to your ideas and places them in an academic context. It is also an important part of academic integrity. Giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas avoids plagiarism.
Some additional formatting is needed when quoting from a poem. The links below provide examples for citing poetry, using the MLA format:
