Citation Guide MLA

The IBO suggests numbered footnotes as an alternative for in-text citations.

• superscript note numbers that come after the referenced passage, and after the final punctuation mark, if used, and
• corresponding footnotes placed at the bottom of their page of reference containing all reference details from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken; when using a source for a second or subsequent time, a shorter footnote reference is sufficient.

The MLA style recommends minimal use of any type of footnotes and does not specify how to format them.

Example

As Royce¹ noted, technology has not made obsolete the need for good reading skills; far from it—so much digital text is produced today that ability to read is as important, perhaps even more important, than ever.

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¹Royce, J. 1995. Reading matters: Words, words, words... http://read2live.info/read2.htm.
Accessed 30 November 2013.

Bibliographical notes are used to: 

• comment on your sources
• cite more than one source
• reference to further reading

Content notes are used to: 

• add comments not relevant to the text
• further explain the topic
• add interesting additional information
• refer to resources with more detail than in a reference