Citation Guide

To cite an edition prepared for publication by someone other than the author:

To cite a volume where the editor or compiler’s name appears on the title page and you are citing the entire book. Here the editor's name takes the position of the author:

If referring primarily to the translator’s comments:

The "Original Publication Date" is optional, but can be very helpful to give the resource more context.

This is a special instance where the "Title of Source" is a chapter of the book with its own translator. You want to put the translator as the"Other Contributor" after the title to indicate that they only translated that one part of the book. The editor would be indicated as an "Other Contributor" in its normal location after "Title of Container":

Note that you are citing the resource that you actually used for your research. The "Original Publication Information for the article is all optional and only needs to be included if you think that it will help the reader to know that it was previously published in a different form.

Note that the artist of the photograph is the name in the "Author" element. Also, the "Original Publication Date" is the date that the photograph was originally taken, which in this instance would be vital information for the reader, since the "Publication Date" is only for the book that the image was reprinted in.

If you want to cite a work of art that you personally viewed, again the "Author" is the creator of the artwork. In this case "Location" is the place where the work was viewed.

The optional element "Unexpected Type of Work" can be a helpful descriptor of the resource. Transcripts or radio broadcasts might be some other instances where you would want to include this element.

MLA allows you to cite an event or lecture viewed in person that is not printed. Notice that the "Publisher" is the name of the performance and "Location" describes where it was held.