MLA Citations

Refer to these citation style guides prepared by librarians. Research databases, eBook collections and word processing applications may also provide citation help.

How to copy & paste an MLA citation

• Highlight the citation
• Right-click to Copy the citation
• Open a Word document
• Right-click on the Word document and choose Paste Option: Merge Formatting to paste the citation into the document

How to create the hanging indent

• Highlight the citation
• Right-click on the citation
• Click on Paragraph
• Set all Indentation and Spacing to 0"
• Set Special: Hanging
• Set Line Spacing: Double

• Citations: A (Very) Brief Introduction Credit NCSU Libraries

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3rd Video Tutorial: Google Docs