Months

For accessed dates, add the day, month and year.

e.g. Accessed 21 Sep. 2022.

• Make sure you check that MyBib has added all the essential information, like the author.

• Make sure the website name matches the name as it appears on the website. e.g. YouTube, not www.youtube.com

Common Problems with MyBib

• Incorrect Title

• Incorrect Author

• Incorrect Website Name

Introduction

A reference for an article from PressReader should look like this:

The basic structure is:

Creating a reference using MyBib

Academic articles are published in journals and are usually accessed through a database like JSTOR. To cite an academic journal article you need some key information like the volume and page numbers of the journal, the name of the journal and the database it is hosted in.

You can manually add the citation to MyBib or you can use the database's built-in citation generator and paste this into MyBib.

DOIs

Note that some Academic databases will provide you with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) instead of a permalink or a URL. When a DOI is provided use this in preference to a URL, as URLs may change over time.

When you include a DOI, unlike with URLs, you should include the protocol http:// or https://.

Citing from JSTOR

Use the built-in citation generator and paste your citation into MyBib.

Capitalisation Rules for Titles in MLA

Capitalise the first word, the last word, and all main words.

Do not capitalize the following unless they are at the beginning of the title: a, an, the, and, but, for, nor, or, so, in, of, to).

e.g.

• Guardians of the Galaxy

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before

• The Fault in Our Stars

• The Amazing Spider-Man

• One of Us Is Lying

• The Origins of the Second World War

• At Night, I Become a Monster

• I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You

Capitalise these things in a Title

Capitalise these parts of speech:

• nouns

• pronouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

• subordinating conjunctions (e.g., after, although, as, as if, as soon as, because, before, if, that, unless, until, when, where, while)

Do not Capitalise these

Do not capitalise these parts of speech:

• prepositions (e.g., against, as, between, in, of, to, according to)

• coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet)

• the "to" in infinitives

• articles (a, an, the)

Works Cited in MLA

The Works Cited list in MLA format is a comprehensive list of every source that was cited in the text of your paper. Located at the end of your document, it provides full bibliographic information for each source, allowing readers to locate each item independently. This list should be alphabetically ordered by the author's last name and include specific details such as authors, titles, publication dates, and more, according to the MLA guidelines.

• Misconception about the title:

  • MLA format calls it "Works Cited."

  • APA format refers to it as "References."

  • Chicago style labels it "Bibliography" or "Reference List," depending on citation method (notes and bibliography vs. author-date).