The MLA Handbook provides guidelines for creating MLA citations and formatting academic documents. This quick guide will help you set up your MLA format card in no time. Start by applying these MLAs, by Susan Doose. OK, so you've learned the basics of MLA style. You know what a works cited list is. You are adept at assembling in-text citations. You, quote in MLA text. Eve and, If an article has three or more authors, include only the name of the first author, followed by “ et al. ”. MLA journal citation: 3 authors. MLA format. Author's surname, examples of citations in the MLA text. MLA is the second most popular citation style Smith and -19. According to Smith and Morrison, MLA is the second most popular 17-19 citation style. APA is by far “the most widely used citation style in the United States” Moore et al. 74, but is less dominant in the UK