MLA Handbook, 8th ed., pp. 54-58
In-text citations identify the sources of your information within the text of the paper and direct the reader to the full reference entry in your works cited list at the end of the paper. In-text citations include the author and the page number(s) referenced and are typically in parentheses.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 54.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 116.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 116.
Use the complete title, or a short form of the title if it is long, in place of an author. Book titles are italicized, article titles are put in quotation marks.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., pp. 55-56.
Resource authors are not always named individuals; they may be organizations, companies, or other entities.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 117.
If you are crediting an idea to more than one source, separate citations with a semicolon within your in-text citation.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 58.
When citing media such as films or videos you can include a time code expressed as hours:minutes:seconds.
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 57.
If you are citing information from a source that is quoted or paraphrased from another source, note this in your in-text citation using qtd. in ("quoted in")
Although best practice is to track down the original source of the quotation, in some cases this may not be possible. Only include sources you have actually read in your works cited list; in the above example this would be Xue et al. (Huang's original work was not seen but is being cited indirectly).
MLA Handbook, 8th ed., p. 124