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English 200A: Hip Hop Literature

Modern Language Association (MLA) Style, 9th edition

Cite Visual Media

Photographs you took:

Follow this guidance from the MLA Style Center to cite photographs you took yourself:

To cite a photograph in a personal collection, follow the MLA format template. List the author of the photograph, if known. Then provide a description of the photograph in place of a title. List the date the photograph was taken, if known. In the optional-element slot at the end of the entry, indicate that the photograph is in a personal collection:

    Fanatic, Jane. Photograph of Jane Austen’s House Museum. 2 Sept. 2017. Author’s personal collection.

 

Other visual media:

The guides linked below provide numerous examples of how to cite images, videos, and other visual media.

Create QR Codes

To save room on your poster, you can create a QR code that links readers to your works cited list, rather than including the whole list of citations on the poster itself. Here's one way to create that QR code:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Go to the page you want to share
  3. Click on the three dots icon in the upper right corner to open the Chrome menu, then click "Cast, save, and share"
  4. Under the "Share" heading, click "Create QR code"
  5. Copy or download the QR code that is generated to add it to your poster