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ENG 095: Pre-College Reading and Writing - Jordan

This guide collects resources for Tricia Jordan's ENG 095 course.

Citation Guide

Always remember to cite your sources! You can use the "cite" button on individual resources to get started with your works cited page, but you'll also need to include in-text citations for any information you include in your paper that came from a source. For more information on how to cite in MLA format, go to the link below.

Parts of an MLA Citation:

1 Author. 2 Title of source. 3 Title of container, 4 Contributor, 5 Version, 6 Number, 7 Publisher, 8 Publication date, 9 Location. Items 3-9 are in the container section.

This graphic is from the MLA Style Center, which also has some examples and a practice template that you can use to format your citations.

What is a Container?

  • A container is a larger whole that a source is part of. This could be the collection that a short story is part of, the website that a page is on, or the database where you found an article. A source can be part of multiple containers. 

What is a Contributor?

  • A contributor is an individual who worked on the source but is not the main author, such as an editor or translator. 

You may also want to try out RefWorks, a citation management program that makes it easier to save, organize, and cite resources while doing research and writing your paper.