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How do I use MLA to cite sources?

These are the elements to include:
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.

Example:
Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.

For additional formats, see MLA Handbook Plus (requires NetID/password).

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