If your instructor posts a document that contains stories with comments on a course management system like Blackboard, follow the MLA format template to cite it. For more on citing documents posted online, see our post on how to cite a document posted on a website. The entry for a story or for the comments will have two containers.
Instructor's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Handouts/Notes." Name of Course, Date handout was received, University/College, URL. Access date.Mar 17, 2022
Digital Files (PDFs, MP3s, JPEGs) End the entry with the name of the digital format (e.g., PDF, JPEG file, Microsoft Word file, MP3). If the work does not follow traditional parameters for citation, give the author's name, the name of the work, the date of creation, and the location. Beethoven, Ludwig van.
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Magazine/Newspaper Name, Day Month Year, pp. Pages, URL, PDF file or PDF download.Jan 14, 2021
Reference format Author, A. A. (Year). Title [Format of the document]. Platform e.g. Blackboard.Nov 24, 2021
Instead, you'll have to determine what kind of source the PDF is (e.g., a book, a journal article) and cite it in the appropriate format....Citing a journal article.FormatLast name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), Page range. or e-locator. DOI or URLIn-text citation(McCabe & Castel, 2008)1 more row•Dec 17, 2020
Citing a lecture in MLA Style The in-text citation just lists the speaker's last name. Speaker last name, First name. “Lecture Title.” Course or Event Name, Day Month Year, Institution, Location. Lecture.Mar 19, 2021
When a work has no identified author, cite in text the first few words of the article title using double quotation marks, “headline-style" capitalization, and the year.Feb 15, 2022
When citing a discussion post in your reference list, include the author of the post, the date, the name of the discussion thread, and the course URL. Your in-text citation would follow the normal citation order: (Smattering, 2014).Oct 5, 2020
When citing an oral presentation, like a class lecture, give:the speaker's name.the title of the presentation in quotation marks, if known.the name of the sponsoring organization.the date.the venue.the location. The city may be omitted if part of the venue name (e.g. Vancouver Convention Centre) (p. 50).
The basic form for a book citation is: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.