How do I cite a chapter in a book written by a single author?
Create a works-cited-list entry only for the book. If you want your readers to know the chapter titles, you can provide them in your text: . . .Published 29 November 2017
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Do the credentials or titles of authors I cite need to be given?
As the MLA Handbook notes (1.2), a title like Dr. or Sir should not be included before a name mentioned . . .Published 23 October 2017
In your sample student paper on Jane Austen, why do you include the short title in the following in-text citation: (Austen, Mansfield Park 5)?
Two titles are listed under Austen's name in the list of works cited, the novel Mansfield Park and a letter Austen wrote: Austen, Jane. . . .Published 22 September 2017
Do I need to create a separate works-cited-list entry for a story in a collection of stories by one author?
If a book collects works by one author, creating separate works-cited-list entries for each story, poem, or essay that you cite from the book is . . .Published 19 May 2017
How do I distinguish works by an author that have the same title?
The eighth edition of the MLA Handbook recommends brevity and clarity in an in-text citation (116)—brevity so that a reference won’ . . .Published 7 December 2016