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If I’ve cited a source in footnote 1, can I cite the source later in my paper by referring to the same footnote?

How should the title of an opera waltz be styled?

What’s the difference between who and whom?

How do I cite interviews of the same interviewee taken from two different interview collections?

How do I cite an essay included as an appendix to a monograph if the essay’s author differs from that of the monograph?

In works-cited-list entries, why is there sometimes a period before the edition number and sometimes a comma?

How should I capitalize the title of a handout?

Is it OK to use characters’ nicknames when discussing a work in MLA style, and if so, how should I style them?

How should authors cite their own work?

Must an author be introduced for the first time in prose rather than in parentheses?

How do I cite one issue of a comic book from a volume containing multiple issues?

Which comes first in a works-cited list? An entry for an encyclopedia article titled “Christie, Agatha” or an entry for a work listed under the name Christie, Agatha?

Which entity should you list as the publisher of a website if both a subsidiary and a parent company are listed as publisher?

Where should authors’ names and affiliations be placed in a book manuscript for an edited collection?

Is the particle al- or el- at the start of an Arabic last name capitalized in a works-cited-list entry?