Use the following template or our MLA Citation Generator to cite a dissertation. For help with other source types, like books, PDFs, or websites, check out our other guides. To have your reference list or bibliography automatically made for you, try our free citation generator.

Reference list

Place this part in your bibliography or reference list at the end of your assignment.

Template:

Author Surname, Author Forename. Title. Year Published. Institution Name, Dissertation level.

Example:

Mitter, Sreemati. A History of Money in Palestine: From the 1900s to the Present. 2014. Harvard U, PhD dissertation.

In-text citation

Place this part right after the quote or reference to the source in your assignment.

Template:

(Author Surname)

Example:

"The new Hamas-led Palestinian government was thus faced, within a few weeks of having taken office, with an extraordinary economic crisis," (Mitter).

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