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MLA Citation Guide (MLA 9th Edition): Case Studies

Note: The following citation examples are Seneca Libraries' recommendations.

Case Studies

Case Study from a Library Database
Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Case Study." Case Study Number (if given), Publisher, Year of Publication. Database Name. Case Study.


Example

Havard, Cody T. "Basketball at the Most Magical Place on Earth: A Case Study of the NBA’s Season Conclusion at Walt Disney World amid the COVID-19 Pandemic." SAGE, 2021. SAGE Business Cases. Case Study.  

In-Text Citation

(Author's Last Name Page Number if available)


Example

(Havard 7)

Case Study from a Website
Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Case Study. Case Study Number (if given), Sponsoring Organization, Date of publication or last modified date, URL. Case Study.


Example

Shotts, Ken, and Sheila Melvin. Intellectual Property in a Time of Pandemic: The COVID-19 VaccinesCase No. ETH33, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2021, www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/intellectual-property-time-pandemic-covid-19-vaccines. Case Study.  

In-Text Citation

(Author's Last Name Page Number if available)


Example

(Shotts and Melvin)

Case Study from a Book or eBook
Works Cited List Citation

Last Name of Author, First Name. "Title of Chapter/Case Study." Title of Book, edited by First Name Last Name of Editor if given, Publisher, Year of Publication, pp. Page Numbers. Database Name or URL (if citing eBook). Case Study.


Example

Rivera, Reynaldo G. "Green Cause-Related Marketing for Social Innovation: Helping People to Reimagine Plastic Recycling and Sustainability." Cause-related Marketing: Case Studies from a Global Perspective, Springer, 2021, pp. 19-30. eBook Central. Case Study.

In-Text Citation

(Author's Last Name Page Number if given)


Example

(Rivera 23)

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