How do I cite material posted to a social media site like Pinterest?

Below are examples of how to cite a collection and a pin from Pinterest. For explanations, see our post on citing social media. Collection On… Read More

How do I cite material posted on a social media site like Reddit?

Below are examples of how to cite a forum post and a forum comment from Reddit. For explanations, see our post on citing social media. Read More

How do I cite material posted on a social media platform like Facebook?

Below are examples of how to cite material posted on Facebook. For explanations, see our post on citing social media. Post1 On Facebook the World Wildlife Fund announced… Read More

How do I cite a slide presentation uploaded by an instructor to a learning management system?

Cite a slide presentation uploaded by an instructor to a learning management system the same way you would cite any material posted to a website. Read More

If I cite a work that has no page numbers and I give the author’s name at the beginning of my sentence, how does the reader know where the author’s idea ends, since there is no parenthetical citation?

As the MLA Handbook notes, when you borrow an idea from a source, “it is important to signal at the end . . . that you are… Read More

How do I create an in-text citation for a note or marginalia by an editor or translator in a work listed under the author’s name?

If you are citing an editor’s or translator’s note for a work listed under the author’s name, create a works-cited-list entry for the work as a… Read More

In an in-text citation, how do I shorten a title that appears in quotation marks when it starts with a title in quotation marks?

If you need to shorten a title within quotation marks that begins with a title in quotation marks, use the title within the title as… 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

If I am citing a song whose lyrics are derived from a poem, do I need to credit the poem in my citation?

No, but you could indicate in a note that the song was originally a poem. … Read More

How do you alphabetize a works-cited-list entry that begins with a title starting with an article?

As the MLA Handbook notes, titles should be alphabetized in works-cited lists “letter by letter, ignoring any initial A, An, or The or the equivalent in other languages” (115). Read More