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.
General Format
In-Text Citation:
(Author Surname)
Author Surname, First Name (Twitter username). "Entire text of tweet." Date of tweet, time. Tweet.
Thompson Rivers University Library (TRULibrary)."Drama, Deaths and Displays at the TRU Library - The TRU Library display case in the foyer at the Main..." 1 Mar 2012, 10:09 a.m. Tweet.