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ENGL 302: Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies (Purnis, Winter 2025): Citing Your Sources

William Shakespeare, 1849. Engraver: Samuel Cousins (1801-1887). Artist: After (?) John Taylor (d. 1651). Mezzotint and engraving; third state.

This image is available as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access collection.

MLA Style

For assignments in this course you have been asked to use the MLA style of citation. Helpful information on using this citation style is available in the following locations:

  • MLA has an excellent e-resource that we subscribe to at the U of R. This contains virtually the same information as the print handbook, but can be accessed remotely using your uregina username and password.
  • The print MLA Handbook (9th edition) can be found in the Reference sections of all campus libraries 

Here are a few helpful links to key areas of the Handbook: 

  • Guidance on In-text citations generally (6.1-6.2), and for verse works (6.22, subheading "Verse Works")
  • Appendix 2 contains Works Cited entry examples including books, journal articles (beginning under the subheading "Journal Article Online (in a Database), with a DOI"), dictionaries (see subheading "Dictionary Entry"), and more. 

I've also attached a slide with my best recommendation of how to cite a library e-book from a database in MLA style, since the e-book recommendations provided in the Handbook don't refer to online e-books in databases.