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About Citing Sources

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and a specific example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

Parenthetical Citation - entry that appears in the body of your paper.

Works Cited - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the MLA Handbook (7th ed.)

Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the manual.

Email (205)

General Format 
 
In-Text Citation:
(Email Sender's Surname)
 
Works Cited:

Email Sender's Surname, First Name. “Title of Email.” Message to Recipient First Name Surname. Date Email was Sent [Day Month Year]. Format.

 
Example 
 
In-Text Citation:
(Barrett)
 
Works Cited:

Barrett, Linda. “Re: Homer.” Message to the author. 26 Jun. 2010. Email.