How to use MLA citations
In-text
If you have used someone’s ideas that are NOT yours, you always need to cite it. It can be a
direct quotation (copy and pasting the exact words another author uses) or indirect
(paraphrasing - putting the idea into your own words).
In brackets after the direct/indirect reference put the author’s last name and page number. If
there is no page number simply put the author’s last name. If there is no author or page
number put the title of the webpage in quotations.
When using a quotation more than four lines long you must separate the quotation from the
body paragraph, indent it and make it a font size smaller. Always remember to provide the
citation immediately after. Continue the rest of your body paragraph separately without
indenting. See the example below for further clarification.
For example:
Direct reference: For example “traditional family patterns and values, is regarded as essential
to the provision of health promotion and preventive care” (Scheppers).
Indirect reference: Misunderstandings in the interpreter-interviewer procedure may give rise to
important misconceptions about the patient's medical status (Bowen).
Quote more than four lines:
…With new cultures and religions comes a new challenge to medical programs, further more
creating the barrier between healthcare and a patient.
A predominate social barrier in dealing with those from the Asian culture is their reluctance to
disclose personal information to anyone outside of their family. Due to this, they may not be
honest and forth coming in giving physicians or other medical staff personal or critical
information needed for their treatment. (“Direct Essays”)
Also, when dealing with patients from the Asian cultures, specifically women…
Works Cited and Consulted
This should always be the final page of your essay or assignment. Remember it is everything
that you used in your essay as well as all the sources you looked at (without using). It should be
ordered in alphabetical order and every line except for the first should be indented
approximately five spaces.
The first word of your citation should directly correspond with the wording you used in your intext citation, thus making it easy for the reader to find where you got that information.
To format your works cited go to www.bibme.org to guide you through the citation process.
For example:
Bowen, Tahany M. "Ethnicity And Seeking Treatment For Depression: A Canadian National
Study." Canadian Ethnic Studies 41/42.3-1 (2010): 233-245. Literary Reference Center. Web.
17 Dec. 2012.
"Direct Essays." Welcome to AMSA. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Jan. 2013.
<http://www.amsa.org/programs/barriers/>
Gorospe, Martha G. "Overcoming Obstacles And Improving Outcomes." Bilingual Review
24.1/2 (1999): 95. Literary Reference Center. Web. 7 Jan. 2013.
Sheppers, Mathew. "APHA Scientific Session and Event Session." Public Health and Human
Rights. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Jan. 2013. <https://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprog>