Can I name an interviewee as the author of a collection of interviews?

MLA style names the interviewee as the author of individual interviews (see MLA Handbook, appendix 2). When your source is a collection of interviews… Read More

Where do I place the period when the Title of Source element ends with a single and a double closing quotation mark?

A period is always used after the Title of Source element in a works-cited-list entry, as described in section 5.120 of the MLA Handbook (217). Read More

Parallel Headings in Research Papers

Discusses techniques for making headings in research papers parallel Read More

What’s new in the second edition of the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy?

The second edition of one of the MLA’s best-selling classroom guides helps students understand why digital literacy is a crucial skill for their education,… Read More

How do I cite YouTube videos?

This post explains how to cite YouTube videos in MLA style. Read More

How do I cite legal materials from jurisdictions outside the United States?

This post explains how to cite legal materials from jurisdictions outside the United States Read More

How should I style the title of a marketing or fundraising campaign?

The title of a marketing or fundraising campaign should be styled without italics or quotation marks and should be capitalized like the title of a… Read More

How do I cite a movie poster?

How you cite a movie poster—or any type of poster—will depend on how you viewed it. No matter how you viewed the poster, unless your… Read More

How do I cite a commentator?

Commentary published in its own volume can be cited as a work in itself. In the multivolume translation of Dante’s Divine… Read More

If an author’s name in my source is in all capital or lowercase letters, how should I style it in my paper?

In prose and works-cited-list entries, the first and last names of authors should begin with a capital letter. All other letters should be lowercase. Let’s… Read More