Question

Read the excerpt from a research essay published in a printed book.

Binge-watching television shows several times a week has a negative impact on people’s social lives. According to a study conducted by Dr. Cynthia Toles, adults who binge-watched more than one show a week were more prone to insomnia and a less-healthy diet. Further, "the process of watching several episodes of one show consecutively can cause changes to one’s sleep patterns” (Toles).

To follow MLA citation rules properly, what does the author of this essay need to do?

add a citation after each sentence in the essay
include a page number after the author’s name
remove the reference to the name of the doctor
place an end quotation mark after the end parenthesis

Answer 1

Include a page number after the author’s name. In MLA, citations for a printed source must give the page number (e.g., (Toles 42)); if the author is named in the text, give only the page number in parentheses.