Multivolume works can seem complex and difficult to cite because they present the writer with an abundance of bibliographic information—some essential, some optional—that can be… Read More
If you include a quotation in the title of your paper, you should discuss the quotation in the body of your essay. Do not place… Read More
As section 3.2.1 of the MLA Handbook explains, when you need to shorten a title for a parenthetical citation, “give the first noun and any preceding… Read More
Remember that the goals of parenthetical citation are clarity and concision. Thus, if a title begins with a number–for example: 1066: A New History of… Read More
A thread is a series of separately written but related tweets that are given a single URL. If you’re discussing the thread as a whole… Read More
When a trilogy is published in one volume with a title of its own, the course of action is clear: italicize the title of the… Read More
In our editing, we often note that writers misuse titles in three key ways . . . Read More
Cite an unpublished translation by following the MLA format template. List the author of the work, the title of the translation in quotation marks (since… Read More
In a works-cited-list, when you list several letters by the same author to different recipients, alphabetize the letters according to the names of the recipients. Read More
Extremely long titles and conventional titles usually condensed may be shortened in your prose and in your works-cited list. Extremely Long Titles Some works,… Read More