Citation Generators and MLA Style

This post shows three examples of how to correct automatically generated citations in MLA style. Read More

How do I cite audio commentary for a movie or TV show?

When citing audio commentary, treat the person or persons who provided the commentary as contributors to the work. Include the label “Audio commentary by” along… Read More

On Witches and Whiches: A Guide to Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses

Celebrate the spookiest day of the year with this post on restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses Read More

A Century of Queer Korean Fiction: An Interview with Samuel Perry

Read an interview with the editor and translator of A Century of Queer Korean Fiction. Read More

How do I cite a state law?

If you are citing several sections of a state’s set of laws, you could create a citation for the set of state laws in its… Read More

Toward Educational Justice: An Interview with the Editors of Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons

Read our interview with the editors of Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons. Read More

Using an Endnote to Provide Bibliographic Information

Read our guidance on when to place complex or extensive information in an endnote. Read More

Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto’s Sphinx: A Neo-Gothic Novel from Brazil: An Interview with M. Elizabeth Ginway

An interview with M. Elizabeth Ginway about Sphinx: A Neo-Gothic Novel from Brazil. Read More

Where should the original author’s name appear when citing indirect sources?

When citing indirect sources, the name of the author of the original quotation can appear in the prose, in the in-text citation, or in an… Read More

How do I represent an author’s name that is partly illegible in the source?

If an author’s name is partly illegible in the source, and you do not know the name, then in your works-cited-list entry you may type… Read More