How do I cite information from a scanned document on a genealogy site?

Follow the MLA format template. Say, for example, you wish to cite a marriage index on Ancestry as your source for the date of a… Read More

How do I cite an author whose last name is represented by an initial?

How you cite an author whose last name is represented by an initial depends on what kind of name it is. Authors whose last names… Read More

Should health care be spelled as two words?

The MLA primarily follows Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary for spelling, so we spell health care as two words when it is used as a noun, and we hyphen it… Read More

In reference to centuries, when should I use a hyphen with early and late?

MLA style generally hyphenates elements of a compound adjective and does not use a hyphen for a noun phrase. a poet of the early nineteenth… Read More

How do I cite a forthcoming article, and how do I cite it when it is later published?

Create a works-cited-list entry for the version of the article that you are citing, providing the information that is available. When an article’s been accepted… Read More

How do I cite a deed or other real estate record in MLA style?

To cite a real estate record, follow the MLA format template. The author is the entity that produced the document, the title is a description… Read More

Why does the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook include abbreviations before volume, issue, and page numbers?

The eighth edition of the MLA Handbook aims to make the style accessible to all instead of creating an insider’s code. Thus, it eliminates some of… Read More

How should I style the name of an artwork with an ascribed title?

Many works of art, especially older ones, were not given formal titles by their creators or were given one that is no longer known and… Read More

How do I cite a political cartoon?

As with any image, how you cite a political cartoon depends on where you found it. Say, for example, you found it republished on a… Read More

When might I need three containers to document a source?

We have not yet encountered any source needing three containers in a works-cited-list entry. Read more about the three most commonly structured types of entries.  … Read More