How do I cite a license or a contract?

If you are citing a contract as a historical document, follow the MLA guidelines for citing digital or physical archives. Read More

Can I name an interviewee as the author of a collection of interviews?

MLA style names the interviewee as the author of individual interviews (see MLA Handbook, appendix 2). When your source is a collection of interviews of… Read More

Where do I place the period when the Title of Source element ends with a single and a double closing quotation mark?

A period is always used after the Title of Source element in a works-cited-list entry, as described in section 5.120 of the MLA Handbook (217). Read More

How do I cite legal materials from jurisdictions outside the United States?

This post explains how to cite legal materials from jurisdictions outside the United States Read More

How do I cite a movie poster?

How you cite a movie poster—or any type of poster—will depend on how you viewed it. No matter how you viewed the poster, unless your… Read More

How do I cite a commentator?

Commentary published in its own volume can be cited as a work in itself. In the multivolume translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy cited below, each… Read More

If an author’s name in my source is in all capital or lowercase letters, how should I style it in my paper?

In prose and works-cited-list entries, the first and last names of authors should begin with a capital letter. All other letters should be lowercase. Let’s… Read More

How do I cite a syllabus?

If you know who composed the syllabus, list that person as the author. In the example below, the author is the instructor of the course. Read More

How do I cite a virtual poetry reading?

Alphabetize a work by a solo performer under the performer’s name. Include the event title or a descriptive label, name the sponsoring organization in the… Read More

When citing a work in a database (e.g., Academic Search Complete) searched on the website EBSCOhost, should the container be the database or the website?

EBSCOhost is a research platform that contains, among other research tools and features, multiple databases. At EBSCOhost, visitors can search at once for articles in… Read More