MLA8 is based on the idea of ''containers." This style is more flexible and useful for art. What is it and where did you find it? Your item might be a digital image of a famous painting that could be in "the container" of an art gallery website OR in "the container" of a database. It is the same picture but you find it in different places. Your job is to identify and cite the location of the one that you are using.
Warhol, Andy. "A photo released 30 April 1998 by Sotheby's New York." Britannica ImageQuest, 25 May 2016, quest.eb.com/search/115_2756786/1/115_2756786/cite. Accessed 1 Feb 2017.
NOTE: When the creator is the same, add an extra word to show the difference in your in-text citations. For example, (Warhol, "A photo") (Warhol, Orange Marilyn)
Warhol, Andy. Orange Marilyn. 1964. Kamholz, Roger. "Andy Warhol and 'Orange Marilyn.'" Sotheby's, 5 Nov 2013, sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/all-blogs/21-days-of-andy-warhol/2013/11/andy-warhol-and-orange-marilyn.html. Accessed 1 Feb. 2017.
NOTE: When the creator is the same in two references, add an extra word to show the difference in your in-text citations. For example, (Warhol, "A photo") (Warhol, Orange Marilyn)
Create a Work Cited for one of the sources below. Be prepared to explain why you have cited it that way (what is item and what is the container) Also, what would you use for your in-text citation (what goes in the parentheses)?
1. Digital image of Salvador Dali 1939 in Wikipedia
2. Any Salvador image that you like in Britannic ImageQuest database of rights-cleared images
3. A 1965 interview of Salvador Dali posted on Youtube
4. You are in the MOMA in New York on February 24, 2017. You see the Persistence of Memory. Cite it.
5. You have discovered a good article in the Advanced Placement Database called "Symbolic Salvador: Exploring Symbolism in the Works of Dali."
Art object or artifact in a museum (seen in person)
Bearden, Romare. The Train. 1975, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Creator's last name, First name. Name of object [give it a name if it doesn't have one]. Date created, Location.
Photograph on a museum website
Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Juvisy, France. 1938, Museum of Modern Art, www.moma.org/. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.
Digital image in a database
Warhol, Andy. "A photo released 30 April 1998 by Sotheby's New York." Britannica ImageQuest, 25 May 2016, quest.eb.com/search/115_2756786/1/115_2756786/cite. Accessed 1 Feb 2017.
Digital image on a website
Sheldon, Natasha. Photo of The Muleteer. “Human Remains in Pompeii: The Body Casts,” by Sheldon, 23 Mar. 2014. Decoded=Past, decodedpast.com/human-remains-pompeii-body-casts/7532.
Warhol, Andy. Orange Marilyn. 1964. Kamholz, Roger. "Andy Warhol and 'Orange Marilyn.'" Sotheby's, 5 Nov 2013, sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/all-blogs/21-days-of-andy-warhol/2013/11/andy-warhol-and-orange-marilyn.html. Accessed 1 Feb. 2017.
The IB requires the URL and the date of access to be included
Blog
Hollmichel, Stefanie. “The Reading Brain: Differences between Digital and Print.” So Many Books, 25 April. 2013, somanybooksblog.com/2013/04/25/the-reading-brain-differences-between-digital-and-print/. Accessed 23 Jan. 2017.
Blog comment
Jeane. Comment on “The Reading Brain: Differences between Digital and Print.” So Many Books, 25 Apr. 2013, 10:30 p.m., somanybooksblog.com/2013/04/25/the-reading-brain-differences-between-digital-and-print/#comment-83030. Accessed 23 Jan. 2017.
Comic book issue in a series
Soule, Charles, et al. She-Hulk. No. 1, Marvel Comics, 2014.
Comic book stand alone issue
Clowes, Daniel. David Boring. Eightball, no. 19, Fantagraphics, 1998. [Italicize both issue and series titles]
Definition in an online dictionary
“Surrealist, Adj. 1 and N.” English Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford UP, 2015, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/surrealist.
Email
Boyle, Anthony T. “Re: Graffiti Artists.” Received by Daniel J. Cahill, 21 June 2012. [use subject of email as the title]
Interview
Picasso, Pablo. Interview. By Chris Taylor. 22 Oct. 2017.
Song or piece of music on an album
Beyoncé. “Pretty Hurts.” Beyoncé, Parkwood Entertainment, 2013, www.beyonce.com/album/beyonce/?media_view=songs.
Tweet
@persiankiwi. “We have report of large street battles in east & west of Tehran now-#Iranelection.” Twitter, 23 June 2009, 11:15 a.m., twitter.com/persiankiwi/status/2298106072. Accessed 23 Jan. 2017. [ Note: reproduce the full text of the tweet in place of a title]
Video on a website or on Youtube
“Curiosity Rover Report (August 2015): Three Years on Mars!” NASA’s Journey to Mars: Videos, edited by Sarah Loff, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 30 July 2015,www.nasa.gov/topics/journeytomars/videos/index.html.."
“Ukulele Weeps by Jake Shimabukuro.” YouTube, uploaded by cromulantman, 22 Apr. 2006, youtu.be/puSkP3uym5k. Accessed 20 Jan. 2017.
SOURCE:
Some examples are from the MLA Handbook Eighth Edition and MLA Style Center
NOTE:
MLA8 uses hanging indent margins wherever possible (word documents). If not possible (online presentation), then using block margins is find.
For more information, consult OWL Purdue: MLA or the MLA Style Center website.
