MLA Citation Generator — 9th Edition
MLA 9th edition citations and Works Cited entries. Books, articles, websites, videos, podcasts — basically whatever your English professor throws at you. Fill in the details and get a formatted citation back.
MLA Citations Made Simple
MLA uses something called a 'container system' and it works the same for any source. The building blocks: Author. Title. Container title. Contributors. Version. Number. Publisher. Date. Location. Not every source needs all of them — just skip what doesn't apply. This MLA citation generator shows you the right fields based on what you're citing.
Works Cited vs Bibliography
Quick clarification people always get wrong: MLA says 'Works Cited,' not bibliography. They're different. Works Cited = only sources you actually referenced in the paper. Bibliography = everything you read, even stuff you didn't cite. Most English classes want a Works Cited page. This generator formats yours with hanging indentation and alphabetical ordering.
Frequently Asked Questions
MLA is the citation style for humanities — English, literature, philosophy, history, languages. Instead of a bibliography, you make a Works Cited page. In-text, it's just the author's last name and page number in parentheses. Simpler than APA in a lot of ways.
Last name, First name. 'Page Title.' Website Name, publisher (only if different from the site name), date, URL. No author? Start with the title. The MLA citation generator formats all this for you.
Not a huge change honestly. The biggest difference: 'et al.' now kicks in at three or more authors (was two in 8th). URLs became optional if the source is easy to find without one. The container system? Still the same.