How do I cite an essay from one volume of a multivolume work when the volume is identified by a date range?
You can cite an essay from one volume of a multivolume work when the volume is identified by a date range in any one of… Read More
How do I cite an essay from a multivolume work when each volume has a different title?
Multivolume works can seem complex and difficult to cite because they present the writer with an abundance of bibliographic information—some essential, some optional—that can be… Read More
Citing Artifacts in a Digital Archive
Get tips for citing work in a digital archive . . . Read More
A Guide to Citing Materials from Physical Archives and Collections
Here's a handy guide to citing materials in physical archives . . . Read More
When italic characters are unavailable, how should I style a title or a word used as a word?
In handwritten and typewritten material—where italics are impossible to render—titles of works normally italicized, words used as words, and letters used as letters are underlined:… Read More
Is it OK if my works-cited-list entry runs from one page to another?
Yes. Read More
Can I silently change the initial capital letter in a quotation to fit the quotation syntactically into my sentence?
No. As the MLA Handbook advises, “Unless indicated in square brackets or parentheses, changes must not be made in the spelling, capitalization, or interior punctuation of… Read More
How do you cite an encyclical letter?
Encyclical usually refers to a letter sent by the pope to the bishops of the Catholic Church. The term originates from the wide circulation such… Read More
How do I style a percentage at the start of a sentence?
Since you should never begin a sentence with a numeral, you should first try to reword the sentence. If you find it unwieldy to reorder… Read More
How do I cite an illustration on an unnumbered page if there is no figure number?
In some cases, the unnumbered page is counted as a page but not numbered as such. If the unnumbered page is between 117 and 119,… Read More