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General Overview

This page covers some basic examples of MLA citations for audiovisual materials.  

To the right, is a list of commonly cited items.  Click on the links to view what the item looks like, how to evaluate it, and how to find the citation information.  Below that is a list of the core elements needed create a citation in MLA.

Below is the formatting 'recipe' demonstrating how to put the elements in the proper format.  Last, are examples of audiovisual material citations in MLA format.

Citations in your "Works Cited" should be double spaced with a hanging indentation.

Formatting Recipe

Author, First A., & Second Author. "Title of Work." Title of Container One Italicized, other contributors, version, number, Publisher, publication date, location. Title of Container Two Italicized, other contributors, version, number, Publisher, publication date, location.

Examples for Audiovisual Materials

Movie from Database -

White Like Me, written by Tim Wise, Scott Morris, and Jeremy Earp, Media Education Foundation, 2013. Kanopy, kanopy.com/en/laspositascollege/video/93031

Audio from CD -

Carey, Mariah. "Hero." America: A Tribute to Heroes, Universal, 2011, disc 2.

Image from Database - 

Böcklin, Arnold. "Island of the Dead." 1880, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ARTStor.