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MLA Style

Your guide to citations and works cited in MLA Style, 9th Edition

Emails, Text Messages & Personal Communications

Indicate the kind of communication (text message, email) in your citation. Personal communication includes any unpublished conversations with person.

Work Cited

Personal Communications

Lastname, First name Initials of Person Communicated With. Personal communication with author. Day Month Year. 

Pirzada, Taran. Personal communication with author. 11 Nov. 2021.


Email

Lastname, First name Initials of Person Communicated With. Email to the author. Day Month Year. 

Pirzada, Taran. Email to the author. 11 Nov. 2021.


In-text Citation

(Pirzada)

 

Your Own Class Notes

Work Cited

Speaker's lastname, Firstname Initials. Lecture. Title of Lecture. Date, Location of Lecture.

Jones, Jennifer R. Lecture. Taking a Patient's Health History, 16 Oct. 2016, Centennial College.

In-text Citation

(Instructor lastname).

(Jones).

Lecture Slides Posted on eCentennial

Work Cited

"Title of Lecture Slides." Title of Course, taught by Instructor’s Firstname initials lastname, eCentennial, Centennial College, date of presentation, URL.

"Taking a Patient's Health History: Interview Skills for Nurses." Assessment of the Healthy Individual, taught by Jennifer R. Jones. eCentennial, Centennial College, 16 Oct. 2010, e.centennialcollege.ca/healthhistory.

In-text Citation

(Instructor's lastname slide #).

(Jones slide 6).

Handout Posted to eCentennial

Work Cited

"Title of Lecture." Title of Course, taught by Instructor's Firstname Initials Lastname, eCentennial. Centennial College, Date, URL.

"Taking a Patient's Health History."  Assessment of the Healthy Individual, taught by Jennifer R. Jones. eCentennial, Centennial College, 16 Oct. 2016, e.centennialcollege.ca/patient.

In-text Citation

(Instructor lastname).

(Jones).

Handout Distributed in Class

Work Cited

Class handout for include Title of Handout or Description of handout if there is no title. Taught by Instructor. Publication Date, College.

Class handout for Taking a Patient's Health History. Taught by Jennifer R. Jones, 16 Oct. 2016, Centennial College.

In-text Citation

(Instructor lastname).

(Jones).

Article from a Custom Course Pack

Work Cited

Author's's lastname, Firstname Initials. "Title of Lecture." Course pack for Course code : Title of Course, compiled by instructor Firstname Initials Lastname, Semester, School.

Jones, Jennifer R. "Taking a Patient's Health History." Course pack for NSE-13A: Assessment of the Healthy Individual, compiled by Jennifer R. Jones, fall 2020, Centennial College.

In-text Citation

(Instructor lastname).

(Jones).

eReserves Reading

Work Cited

Follow the examples of how to cite your source (book, article, video, etc.) and end the citation with the source (eCentennial) and the URL for the item. Below is an example of how to cite a newspaper article in eReserves.

Author's lastname, First name Initials. "Title of Article." Title of Publication, Date, eCentennial URL.

Dewey, Caitlin. "The (One) Simple Thing Fueling Your Social Media Addiction." The Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2014, e.centennialcollege.ca/dewey.

In-text Citation

(Instructor lastname).

(Dewey).

Open License Statement

MLA Style by Centennial College Libraries is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license unless otherwise stated.

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