Check out these helpful links to assist with MLA 8 style, formatting & citations
Consult this quick reference guide for gathering citations from the BRCC Library's digital resources.
Mann, Thomas. Death in Venice. Buccaneer Books, 1983.
Durrell, Lawrence. Justine. Open Road Media, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/blueridgeccebooks/detail.action?docID=1803449.
Borges, Jorge L. "The Babylon Lottery." Ficciones, edited by Anthony Kerrigan, Grove Weidenfeld, 1963, pp. 65-72.
Overbye, Dennis. "Darkness Visible, Finally: Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole."ProQuest, Apr. 10, 2019, https://login.proxy019.nclive.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/blogs,-podcasts,-websites/darkness-visible-finally-astronomers-capture/docview/2206069796/se-2?accountid=9634.
Yoon, Hye-Gyoung, Jeongwoo Park, and Insun Lee. "Significance of Black Hole Visualization and its Implication for Science Education Focusing on the Event Horizon Telescope Project." Universe, vol. 6, no. 5, 2020, pp. 70. ProQuest, https://login.proxy019.nclive.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/significance-black-hole-visualization-implication/docview/2407714937/se-2?accountid=9634, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/universe6050070.
OR you can use the DOI instead of the database URL above:
Yoon, Hye-Gyoung, Jeongwoo Park, and Insun Lee. "Significance of Black Hole Visualization and its Implication for Science Education Focusing on the Event Horizon Telescope Project." Universe, vol. 6, no. 5, 2020, pp. 70. ProQuest, doi: 10.3390/universe6050070.
Cepelewicz, Jordana. “Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons.” Quanta Magazine, Simons Foundation, 14 Jan. 2020, www.quantamagazine.org/neural-dendrites-reveal-their-computational-power-20200114/.
"Orion Hot Fire Test Blazing a Safe Trail for NASA Missions to the Moon." Orion Image Gallery, edited by Aimee Crane, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aug. 22, 2019, https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/orion-hot-fire-test-blazing-a-safe-trail-for-nasa-missions-to-the-moon-0.
@IncredibleCulk. "Hey guys, wanna feel old? I'm 40. You're welcome." Twitter, 26 Aug. 2020, 5:13 p.m., twitter.com/incredibleculk/status/1298730289737293824.
Folger Shakespeare Library. "The Folger's conservators found these two early modern tarot cards reinforcing the binding of a 1673 book in our collection." Facebook, 6 Feb. 2020, www.facebook.com/folgershakespearelibrary/posts/10159429610584459.
Desmond, William D. "The Philosophy of Cynicism." YouTube, uploaded by TED-Ed, 19 Dec. 2019, youtu.be/Utzym1I_BiY.
A resource may not contain all of the core elements below, but it will contain some combination of them that should be included in your citation.
Element | What to look for | Notes |
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1. Author | Who created the source? |
Invert the first author's name, then include additional authors in the traditional order. If there are three or more authors, include the first author's name followed by "et al." |
2. Title of source | The title of the specific source you're citing | A whole resource like a book, or just a source within it like an article title, poem, or essay in a collection. |
3. Title of "container" | The title of a larger source containing the source you are citing. | Title of a newspaper, magazine, website, etc. that includes the specific source you're citing. |
4. Other contributors | Other noteworthy contributors | Editors, translators, directors, adapters, performers |
5. Version | If there's more than one version, include that information next. | Abbreviate edition as "ed." and revision as "rev." |
6. Number | A source's place in a sequence | Volume and issue numbers for journals, season and episode numbers for TV shows. Abbreviate volume as "vol." and issue number as "no." |
7. Publisher | Organization that produced or sponsored the source | List the publisher for books, films, TV shows, and sites that have sponsors different from their title and author. |
8. Publication Date | When the source was made available to the public | Publication date, release date, broadcast date, performance date, etc. |
9. Location | Where to find the source | Page numbers (abbreviated "p." or "pp."), a URL (permalink if possible), a DOI for online sources (like journal articles), or a location for a public performance. |