How do I cite an ancient work of art?
How you cite an ancient work of art depends on where you viewed it. If you viewed it at a museum, follow our guidelines for… Read More
How you cite an ancient work of art depends on where you viewed it. If you viewed it at a museum, follow our guidelines for… Read More
Nonconsecutive page numbers are presented in the same order as the quotations to which they refer: As Ann Smith notes, some scholars contend that “the… Read More
You are not obligated to tell your reader the original sources of the quotations. Nor should you include any note numbers or parenthetical documentation from… Read More
Indicate the sources of your data in a note beneath the table or figure. If that is too cumbersome, give the sources in an endnote… Read More
If you discuss two authors who have the same last name, provide both the first and last names at first mention. Thereafter, provide both the… Read More
The MLA recommends making your citations useful to your reader. A time stamp could help your reader locate the scene in a movie, video, or… Read More
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
Separate the items with a comma: You Must Change Your Life is “a portrait of two artists fumbling through the desultory streets of Paris, finding… Read More
When the prologue—or author’s preface—to a play is in prose, provide a page number for a quotation from or reference to the work if it… Read More
To cite a biographical note, mention it in your prose and then include the work in your works-cited list: According to a biographical note in… Read More