How do I cite dialogue spoken by a character in a video game?

To cite dialogue spoken by a character in a video game, transcribe the words you hear or copy the quote from the text box displaying… Read More

Can I just include a URL for a website in my prose instead of creating a work-cited-list entry?

You should always create works-cited-list entries for works that you quote from, paraphrase, or substantively discuss. Thus you may need to create an entry for… Read More

Can I create a works-cited-list entry for an essay, poem, or story in a collection by one author?

If you are citing more than one essay, poem, or story by the same author and using a single collection of that author’s works—edited or… Read More

How do I cite two versions of a poem from the same anthology?

As explained in a previous post, to distinguish between works with the same author and title, you need to include additional information in your parenthetical… Read More

How do I distinguish between different dictionary entries for the same term in my in-text citation?

To distinguish between different dictionary entries for the same term, follow the principle in our previous post on distinguishing between works with the same title:… Read More

How should Icelandic names be cited?

Many Icelandic names consist of a first name and a matronymic or patronymic, not a family name: Björk Guðmundsdóttir (that is, Björk, Guðmundur’s daughter)  Gunnar… Read More

How do I cite a biographical note?

To cite a biographical note, mention it in your prose and then include the work in your works-cited list: According to a biographical note in… Read More

How do I cite a self-published anthology with no editors?

List the name of the first contributor followed by et al. in the “Author” slot. Then provide the title of the anthology and the date of… Read More

How do you cite Qur’an chapters and verses?

There is no need to provide a works-cited-list entry for the Qur’an, whether you cite it from memory or from a printed source, since the… Read More

If I have to place my appendix after the works-cited list, where should the works I cite in the appendix be listed?

It is not standard to place an appendix after a works-cited list, but if you need to do so, and the appendix cites many sources,… Read More