How do I create an in-text citation for a film?
The in-text citation for a film should key to a works-cited-list entry. If you list a film under its title, you must refer to the title in… Read More
Posts related to in-text citations
How do I cite an interview when the interviewee has been attributed in my prose?
In an interview, the person being interviewed is generally considered the author; thus the works-cited-list entry for the interview will be listed under that person’s… Read More
How do I cite a name like Queen Elizabeth I, John of Gaunt, and Catherine of Aragon?
Use the first name. Some categories of personal names lack a last name–for example, some rulers and members of the nobility and many premodern people, whose name… Read More
What should I include in parentheses if the author’s name is provided in a signal phrase and the source has no page numbers or other kind of part number?
As the MLA Handbook notes, “When a source has no page numbers or any other kind of part number, no number should be given in a parenthetical… Read More
What You Can Omit When Quoting Sources
There is an entire category of material that you do not reproduce . . . Read More
How do I cite an author’s name known only by initials?
If a source is written by an author who is known only by initials, you have several options. Treat the Initials as a Unit One… Read More
How do I cite quotations that are on nonconsecutive pages?
Nonconsecutive page numbers are presented in the same order as the quotations to which they refer: As Ann Smith notes, some scholars contend that “the… Read More
If a page number includes letters in addition to a number, should I include the letters?
Yes. In the following example of a quotation from an early English work, the quotation appears on page 37v, so you would include both the… Read More
Are there instances when you might not place a parenthetical citation at the end of a sentence?
MLA style aims to make in-text citations as unobtrusive as possible, so we normally recommend placing them at the end of a sentence, but sometimes… Read More
How do I cite a photograph found on a website in the text and in my works-cited list?
Cite a photograph found on a website the same way you would cite any work of art found online. See our post on citing images… Read More