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MLA Style Guide for Citations (9th edition): Publication date

The publication date provides information about when a source was published and accessible.

A few guidelines

  • List dates as fully as possible. If a date is given in addition to the year, include the full date.
  • Dates are listed in Day Month Year format. For example: 14 Oct. 2016
  • Months with more than four letters are abbreviated as follows: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
  • Periodicals differ in their publication schedules. They can be published weekly, monthly, yearly, or by seasons. Your citation will reflect that.

Example citations

Ford, Richard. Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History. Simon & Schuster, 2021.

RegisteredNurseRN. "Heart Layers Anatomy Nursing: Pericardium, Epicardium, Endocardium." YouTube, 27 May 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJzmA4kDxE.

D’Emidio-Caston, Marianne. “Addressing Social, Emotional Development, and Resilience at the Heart of Teacher Education.” Teacher Education Quarterly, vol. 46, no. 4, Fall 2019, pp. 116-149. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26841579.

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