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MLA 9th Edition Examples

Guide with examples for creating citations with the 9th edition of MLA

Images

Images are labelled Figure (usually abbreviated to Fig.), given a number and a brief, descriptive caption. If the caption provides the following information about the source of the image, you do not need to include an entry for the image in the works cited list. In some cases you will be missing some or all of this information, simply fill in as many elements as you are able to.

Image from a printed source

Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Artwork. Date Artwork Created, Name of Institution or Private Collection Housing Artwork, City Where it is Housed. Title of Print Resource, Author or Editor Name, Publisher, year, page or plate

Digital image from the internet or online database

Artist’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Artwork. Date Artwork Created, Name of Institution or Private Collection Housing Artwork, City Where it is Housed. Name of Website, URL or DOI. Date of Access (Optional).

Fig. 1. Chair formed from freehand sketches;
Front Design. Sketch Chair. 2005, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. www.vam.ac.uk/collections/ furniture. Accessed March 16, 2017.