If a source has no author, begin the MLA Works Cited entry with the source's title. Use an abbreviated version of the title in the citation in the MLA text. If a source doesn't have page numbers, you can use an alternative. Fortunately, the th edition mainly expands the rules listed in the th edition. There are no significant changes in the works cited in the text. Citations wew These guidelines state that, if provided, these main elements should be included in the citation: 1. Author. 2. Title of the source. 3. Title of the container, 4. Other contributors, 5. Version, 6. The edition has simplified the rule for citing multiple authors. Three or more authors treat everyone the same way, using the words et al. This is not an abbreviation See below: List of works cited: Author's Last Name, First Name, et al. Book title: subtitle. Publisher, Year. To cite a podcast episode accessed online in MLA style, list the episode's host as the author, followed by the episode title, podcast name, season, and episode numbers if available, the publisher, date and URL. If you need to highlight a specific e in an in-text quote, use a timestamp. Host's last name, first name, host.Indirect quote. An indirect one is when you take a source cited and/or inserted into another source. MLA calls these “indirect sources.” As a general rule, you should try to avoid using indirect sources. If there is an e in a source of another book or article that you want to use, find the original source of that e and cite it. To create an in-text citation for a journal found in print: Enter the author's last name and the page number of the and in parentheses after the and or the borrowed information. Example: “Time spent with family or friends is more important now than ever” To create an in-text citation for a magazine found on a website: An exception: if a corporate author is also the publisher of the work , lists that entity as the publisher and skips the “Author” slot: Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America. National Fund for the Arts. Cite these works in your text by title or by corporate author, or by the first element of the works cited. When referring to a source that has four or more authors, use "et al." to shorten the list of cited authors. For in-text citations, use “et al.” in italics after the first author's surname. The meaning of “et al.” is "and others". See this guide on when to use et al. Harvard style for more details. The MLA style requires an in-text citation to indicate the sources that were consulted and used in your work. The in-text citation must match the entry on the Works Cited page, citations in the MLA text follow the Author-Page style, i.e. the author's surname and the page numbers of the action or paraphrase must appear. source that has four or more authors, use “et al.” to shorten the list of cited authors. For in-text citations, use “et al.” in italics after the first author's surname. The meaning of “et al.” is "and others". See this guide on when to use et al. Harvard style for more details. Include a full in-text citation with the author's name and page number, if applicable. For example: mother-infant attachment has become one of the main themes of developmental research following the publication of John Bowlby's studies Paraphrasing from Multiple Pages. If the paraphrased informational idea comes from multiple pages, include them. Quoting a chapter from a book. Use this format if the book chapters are written by different authors or if the book is a collection of stand-alone works such as short stories, essays, poems, or operas