- one author
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name. (Please note that there should be no comma between Chinese family name and given name. See P 63, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.)
- two authors
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, and Second_Name_in_Normal_Order.
- three or more authors
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, et al.
- editor
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, editor.
- two or more editors
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, and Second_Name_in_Normal_Order, editors.
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, et al., editors.
- translators (your focus is on the translation)
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, and Second_Name_in_Normal_Order, translators.
- film and television (your focus is on the performance of an actor or the ideas of the screenwriter)
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, performer.
Last_Name, Rest_of_the_Name, creator.
- pseudonyms
Leave online usernames as they are. e.g.
@persiankiwi
- without an author's name
Skip the author element and begin the entry with the work's title.
- corporate author. e.g.
United Nations
For more details, please refer to P 21, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
2 Title of source.
The Title of the Source.
- an essay, a story, or a poem in a collection
"Essay Name."
- television series, web site
Italic Name
- an episode of a television, a posting or an article at a Web site, a song or other piece of music on an album
"Item Name"
- untitled source
Provide a generic description of it, neither italicized nor enclosed in quotation marks.
- a short untitled message, such as a tweet
"Reproducing the full text without changes."
- email message
"E-mail Subject.
For more details, please refer to P 25, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
3 Title of container,
- a book that is a collection, periodical, television series, Web site, an issue of a comic book
For more details, please refer to P 30, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
4 Other contributors,
Adapted by Name_in_Normal_Order,
Directed by Name_in_Normal_Order,
Edited by Name_in_Normal_Order,
Illustrated by Name_in_Normal_Order,
Narrated by Name_in_Normal_Order,
Performance by Name_in_Normal_Order,
translated by Name_in_Normal_Order,
general editor, Name_in_Normal_Order
For more details, please refer to P 37, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
5 Version,
Authorized King James Version,
Expanded ed.,
Updated ed.,
7th ed.,
unabridged version,
director's cut
version 1.3.1
For more details, please refer to P 38, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
6 Number,
- one volume of a numbered multi-volume set
vol. 2,
Vol. 5,
vol. 128, no. 1,
no. 98,
- seasons of a television series, episodes
season 4, episode 10
For more details, please refer to P 39, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
7 Publisher,
- publisher of a book, blog network
For more details, please refer to P 40, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
8 Publication date,
28 Dec. 2014,
Jan.-Feb. 2015,
1999,
- comments posted on Web pages
25 Apr. 2013, 10:30 p.m.,
- document a Web project as a whole
1996-2014
For more details, please refer to P 42, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.
9 Location.
- page number
pp. 74-94.
- URL
seis.bfsu.edu.cn
- DOIs
doi:10.1353/pmc.2000.0021.
- disc number
disc 3.
- place
Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- British Library, London, Harley MS 7334.
Royal York Hotel, Toronto
For more details, please refer to P 46, MLA Handbook, 8th ed.