Two Types of Citation

In MLA Style, there are two parts to every citation: an in-text citation and a Works Cited list citation.

In-text citations use only a few details of the source, enough to locate its matching reference citation in the Works Cited list.

Works Cited list citations provide more information about the source, so that the reader can find it if they wish.

We will discuss both of these separately first and then together later. First, we will discuss Works Cited list citations.

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NOVA Online ENG 111 Handbook Copyright © 2023 by Various Authors; Cathy Gaiser, NOVA; Ulrike Kestler; Dr. Karen Palmer; and Dr. Sandi Van Lieu is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.