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How do I cite a conversation in a chat tool?

What is the difference between source lists titled “Works Cited,” “Bibliography,” and “References”?

How do I cite a critical essay published in the same volume as a literary text–for example, an essay in a Norton Critical Edition?

How do I cite an abstract?

How do I cite the works-cited quick guide from The MLA Style Center ?

How do I cite a handbook or adventure module for a tabletop role-playing game such as Dungeons and Dragons?

Is it acceptable to list both a DOI and a URL in the same works-cited-list entry if one leads to a chapter and the other to the book as a whole?

How do I style genus and species names, such as Homo sapiens, in MLA style?

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?

Should commas be used around by and an author’s name after a title?

How do I indicate that the editor of a work is also its translator in my works-cited-list entry?

How do you cite a famous saying?

Should individual tale titles in The Canterbury Tales be set in quotation marks?

How do I cite comics or a graphic novel if I want to credit several collaborators as equal creators of the work?

If Publishing is part of a publisher’s name on the title page of my source, should I include that word as part of the publisher’s name in my works-cited-list entry?