If you paraphrase information from a source and cite that source appropriately, you do not need to cite subsequent references to that information. For example,… Read More
A works-cited-list entry for an unpublished student paper should include the author, title of the paper (in quotation marks), and date. The name of the… Read More
Yes. The MLA Handbook notes that writers should aim to “provide their audiences with useful information about their sources” (3). If you have created a permalink for a web… Read More
Use a single line space to separate stanzas of poetry, as in this excerpt from Felicia Hemans’s “The Image in Lava”: Thou thing of years… Read More
The Homeric hymns refer to poems that were once attributed, mistakenly, to the ancient Greek poet Homer. They are Homeric only in the sense that… Read More
Cite library realia—that is, objects related to classroom teaching—the same way you would cite materials in a physical archive. Read more on citing materials from… Read More
The choice of era designations is up to the writer. In our publications, we prefer to use BCE (before the common era) and CE (common era),… Read More
How you cite a GIF depends on where it appears. If the GIF is part of a larger work, cite the work and refer to… Read More
The International Standards Organization recommends writing dates with numerals in year-month-day format (e.g., 2018-10-24) because it is useful when people need to convey information across… Read More
No, but if it’s important for your reader to know, you can write “Oral interview” as a description in the “Title of source” slot in the… Read More