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ENG 1A (Robinson) - Photography Research: MLA Citations

MLA Style

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is one of several different format dictating citation styling/formatting and is most commonly used to for writing within liberal arts and humanities. The primary resource for how to format according to the MLA style is the MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, shown below.

Do I Need to Cite Images?

Any words, ideas or images that you do not create yourself must be properly credited to avoid plagiarism.  

Citing information sources acknowledges the origin of your information and it provides support and credibility to your work by showing evidence of your research.

A citation is a reference to the source of an idea, information or image.  It typically includes enough identifying information, such as the author, title, date,  publication format, etc.

MLA Style

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is one of several different format dictating citation styling/formatting and is most commonly used to for writing within liberal arts and humanities. The primary resource for how to format according to the MLA style is the MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, shown below. 

Books for MLA

Citing Images in MLA Format

NOTE: In Noodletools, choose from the drop-down menu either of the following options:

  • Work of Visual Art -- work in print source
  • Photo or Image (Born Digital) -- from website or database

 

EXAMPLES
Citing an image from a book:
Su Hui. View of Yan’an and the Lu Xun Academy. 1939. Woodcut. Sullivan, Michael. Art and Artists of Twentieth Century China. Berkeley: University of California, 1996. Print.

Rivera, Diego. Pan American Unity. 1940. Fresco. City College of San Francisco.
Citing an image from an article:

Strand, Paul. Cristo. 1933. Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation. “Photo-Gloss: On Paul Strand’s ‘Cristo With Thorns.’ “ Masheck, Joseph. Art in America. March 1987, 105. Print.
Citing an image from a museum website:

Crawling Baby. 1200–900 B.C. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Web. 2 May 2011. 
Citing an image from ARTstor:

Lawrence, Jacob. Sedation. 1950. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. ARTstor. Web. 18 Oct. 2013.

Mexico; Olmec. Eagle Transformation Figure. 10th-6th B.C.E. Metropolitan  Museum of Art, New York City. ARTstor. Web. 18 Oct. 2013.

 

Subject Guide

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More In-Depth Help

This is meant as a general overview.  For more in-depth help, please use the following resources, review the appropriate publication manuals, or contact an LPC librarian.