Author's Last Name, First Name
. “Title of Entry.” Title of Encyclopedia or Dictionary, Publication or Update Date, Name of Website. URL. Accessed Date.
How do you cite a dictionary in-text MLA?
Author's Last Name
, First Name. “Title of Entry.” Title of Encyclopedia or Dictionary, Publication or Update Date, Name of Website. URL. Accessed Date.
How do you cite the Webster dictionary in-text MLA?
- headword of the entry cited (in quotes)
- title of the source (in italics)
- date the dictionary or thesaurus was published, posted, or revised (Use the copyright date noted at the bottom of this and every page of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.)
- full URL of the site (up to and including the file name)
How do you cite a dictionary in-text?
If you are creating an in-text citation for a dictionary entry, you would
follow APA's standard in-text citation guidelines
of including the first part of the reference and the year. For example, your in-text citations might look like this: (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1999) or (Onomatopoeia, n.d.).
How do you cite Oxford Dictionary in-text MLA?
In-Text citation:
“Text of quotation”
(“Shoot, n1”). * The date of access is optional; however, it is commonly used. When using optional elements, refer to your assignment or course guidelines or preferences expressed by your professor. “Title of Source.”
How do you cite a dictionary?
To cite a dictionary definition in APA style,
start with the word you're citing, followed by the publication year, the dictionary name, and the publisher or URL
. If there is no publication date, replace it with “n.d.” (“no date”).
How do you cite a dictionary Purdue OWL MLA?
For entries in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works,
cite the entry name as you would any other work in a collection but do not include the publisher information
. Also, if the reference book is organized alphabetically, as most are, do not list the volume or the page number of the article or item.
How do you cite Oxford dictionary in-text?
A reference for a dictionary would be:
Organization Name
. (date). Title of dictionary [in italics], Retrieved date, from [URL] [for online dictionaries] or place of publishing followed by a period and URL if retrieved from a URL.
Do you have to cite the dictionary?
You do not always need to cite and reference a dictionary definition
. … As subject dictionaries and encyclopedias are usually written by a specific author/s or organisation, and contextual definitions are provided, you will need to cite and reference them in the usual way.
How do you cite a Google dictionary MLA?
“Title of Entry.” Title of Dictionary, Publisher, Date published, URL.
Accessed
Day Month Year. * Date Note: The date of publication may not be available. If there is no date of publication, put (n.d.) in place of the date.
How do you cite the Cambridge dictionary in MLA?
“Title of Entry.” Title of Dictionary, edition (if applicable), Publisher, date published, page number or URL.
How do you cite a dictionary Oxford dictionary?
A reference for a dictionary would be:
Organization Name
. (date). Title of dictionary [in italics], Retrieved date, from [URL] [for online dictionaries] or place of publishing followed by a period and URL if retrieved from a URL.
How do I cite the Cambridge dictionary?
- Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
- Year.
- Title of encyclopedia or dictionary entry.
- Title of encyclopedia or dictionary (in italics).
- Publisher.
- Place of publication.
What do MLA citations look like?
In-text citations include the last name of the author followed by a page number enclosed in parentheses. “Here's a direct quote” (Smith 8). If the author's name is not given, then
use the first word or words of the title
. Follow the same formatting that was used in the Works Cited list, such as quotation marks.
How do you Bluebook cite a dictionary?
- Title of entry (italicized or underlined)
- Title of dictionary (italicized or underlined)
- Edition.
- Year.
