Please contact your librarian if you have difficulty accessing any part of this website. To report eResource issues, fill out the following form: https://ecok.libwizard.com/f/eResourceReport

Theatre

This guide will help you find resources for your theatre research and assignments.

Using MLA Style

The main book that you need to cite your sources and format your work in the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is the MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America (9th ed.):

Find it behind the Reference Desk.

To get you started, here's the format for citing the most common types of resources in your MLA Style Works Cited Page:

Book

Author's Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Article in a Scholarly Journal found in a Database

Author(s) Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. Name of Database, DOI or URL. Date of access (day abbreviated month year).

Web Page

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). "Title of Web Page." Name of Site, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available), URL. Date of access (day abbreviated month year).

Don't forget that MLA Style uses author-page in-text citations!

Need more help with MLA Style? Check out the following resources:

Purdue OWL MLA Formatting and Style Guide
This comprehensive resource from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides examples for how to cite many different types of sources, from books to movies (Opens a new tab).
Cite it Right MLA
This web page from the University of Texas at San Antonio provides instruction on citing sources in MLA style and also gives you a chance to practice citing (Opens a new tab).
EasyBib
EasyBib formats MLA citations for your book, newspaper, and journal sources! With this free service, you can quickly email, copy & paste, or print your citations (Opens a new tab).
BibMe
BibMe builds your bibliography in MLA. This service is free, but you do have to create an account to create your bibliography. Although BibMe does also create citations in APA and Chicago Styles, these citations are based on outdated versions. We recommend that you only use BibMe for MLA Style at this time (Opens a new tab).
Citation Machine
Citation Machine formats your citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago Style. With this site, you generally have to input all of the publication information, but you don't have to sign up for an account (Opens a new tab).

Need More Help?

These great websites provide a lot of examples and additional resources on multiple citation styles.

	Linscheid Library Citation Styles Guide
	Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)