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How does the Manual MLA, the new Spanish adaptation of the MLA Handbook, recommend styling the titles of works?

How do I cite a recipe or cookbook?

How do I create a works-cited-list entry for a reprinted book?

How should I style the names of Chinese dynasties in MLA style?

If I am citing an online version of a sacred text and each chapter is on a separate web page, must each web page be listed in the works-cited list?

Should I italicize titles not written in the Latin alphabet?

When is a comma used before et al. in MLA style?

How do you cite Qur’an chapters and verses?

Should my student provide both English and Chinese versions of a works-cited-list entry when citing a work in Chinese?

How many containers can a works-cited-list entry have?

When translating from a language that does not use roman characters, like Chinese, do I include the original characters or a transliteration? And how do I alphabetize titles of nonroman works?

How do I distinguish works by an author that have the same title?

Do I italicize Cyrillic book titles in the list of works cited?