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Popular Questions

When citing a print dictionary in MLA style, do I include a page number?

How do I cite scriptural writings? And when do I use italics in referring to them?

I am citing two editions of the same novel. How do I order the entries in the list of works cited, and how do I distinguish the editions in the in-text citation?

How do I document an interview in MLA style?

When a work by three or more authors is mentioned in the text of a research paper (rather than in a parenthetical citation), should the names of all the authors be included or only the first one, followed by et al.?

Does the MLA still recommend the use of hanging indention? I don’t always see hanging indentions on The MLA Style Center.

When citing a work in a database (e.g., Academic Search Complete) searched on the website EBSCOhost, should the container be the database or the website?

Is a new edition of the MLA Style Manual going to be published?

Are notes compatible with MLA style?

Must quotations always be introduced with wording like “So-and-so writes”?

What kind of number do I put in the parenthetical citation for a poem—a page number, a line number, or another part number?

News articles are sometimes credited to agencies like Reuters and the Associated Press. Should the agencies be cited as the authors of these articles?

Is it wrong to type spaces before and after a dash?

Is it ever appropriate to use see or see also in a parenthetical citation?

The rules for positioning a parenthetical citation next to a final period seem different with run-in quotations and block quotations. What is the logic here?