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TOPIC: How to Use MLA Citation Style 9th ed

E-Mail

Author's last name, first name. "Subject Line." Email to the person to whom it was sent. Date sent. 

Jones, Rachel. "Re: Views on Post-Recession Economy." Email to Robert Ross. 18 Sept. 2013.

Zamora, Estelle. Email to Penny Kinkaid. 3 May 2018.

Zamora, Estelle. Email to the author. 3 May 2018.

Other platforms

Obama, Michelle. Photo with students in Vietnam. Snapchat, www.snapchat.com/add/michelleobama. Accessed 14 July 2020.

Hamilton Videos [@hamilton.vods]. Video of King George in HamiltonInstagram, 5 July 2020, www.instagram.com/p/
CCPEUJLDz0l/.

MacLeod, Michael. Cover of Space Cat and the Kittens, by Ruthven Todd. Pinterest, 2020, www.pinterest.com/pin/565412928193207246/.

Podcasts

Gladwell, Malcolm, narrator. “The Lady Vanishes.” Revisionist History, season 1, episode 1, Slate Group, 2016, revisionisthistory.com/seasons?selected=season-1.

Chang, Ailsa, host. “Why Scientists Can’t Explain All the Appeal of an Eclipse.” Morning Edition, NPR, 11 Aug. 2017. NPR, www.npr.org/2017/
08/11/542753070/scientists-can-t-explain-all-the-appeal-of-an-eclipse.

Gladwell, Malcolm, narrator. “The Lady Vanishes.” Revisionist HistoryiTunes app, 16 June 2016.

Other Web examples

Tweet (Twitter Post)

Username. "Text of the Tweet." Twitter, Date, Time, URL.

@persianwiki. "We have report of large street battles in east & west of Tehran now - #Iranelection." Twitter, 23 June 2009, 11:15 a.m., twitter.com/persianwiki/status/2298106072.

Facebook status update/Facebook page

Author Last name, First name, or Username. "Title of Status Update or Facebook Page." FacebookDate of Publication, URL.

Pinker, Steven. "Timeline." Facebook, 2 Sept. 2011, www.facebook.com/stevenpinkerpage/.

Gaiman, Neil. "Please Celebrate Leap Year in the Traditional Manner." Facebook, 29 Feb. 2012, www.facebook.com/neilgaiman/posts/10150574185041016.

Discussion board post

Author Last name, First name, or Username. "Subject Line of Discussion Post." Web Site Title, Date of Publication, URL.

DePino, Logan. "My Board Game Rules." BoardGame Geek, June 6, 2016,  boardgamegeek.com/thread/1586834/my-board-games-rules.

Blogs, Discussion Groups, & Listservs

 

 Rhymer, Sharon. “A Cup of Tea for Me.” Posted by Frank Thomas. Poetry Blog, edited by Lynn Smith, 20 Sept. 2018, poetryblogs.com.