SOURCE WITHOUT OFFICIAL TITLE (interviews, email, etc.) - MLA pp.28-29 Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 11 Sept. 2015. KEY: author title of source (generic description of source, capitalizing only first word and proper nouns) date [To cite an e-mail, list the sender, title of the message taken from the subject line, recipient, and date of the message.] The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by F. N. Robinson, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1957. A BOOK IN A SERIES (Note:MLA8 allows for the option of adding the name of a book series, so check with your professor if they prefer inclusion of the "book series" details at the end of this citation.) Berlatsky, Noah, editor. Working Women. Format Rules Place the list of works cited at the end of the paper. Center the title, "Works Cited", one inch from the top of the page. Double space between the title and the first entry. Double space both within and between entries. Begin each entry flush with the left margin. Indent subsequent lines one-half inch (five spaces). The eighth edition of the MLA handbook introduced what are referred to as "containers," which are the larger wholes in which the source is located. For example, if you want to cite a poem that is listed in a collection of poems, the individual poem is the source, while the larger collection is the container. To solve this problem, this new edition of the MLA Handbook provides a "universal set of guidelines" for citing sources across all format types. These guidelines state that, if given, these major elements should be included in the citation: 1. Author. 2. Title of Source 3. Title of Container 4. Other Contributors 5. Version 6. Number 7. Publisher The 8th edition of MLA uses nine core elements to create a works cited entry. Using the information you have, you can create an entry for a source by following the order of the core elements listed below. If a core element does not apply to your source or is missing then proceed to the next core element. The eighth edition of the MLA Handbook introduces a new model for entries in the works-cited list, one that reflects recent changes in how works are published and consulted. Previously, a writer created an entry by following the MLA's instructions for the source's publication format (book, DVD, web page, etc.). MLA 8: Guiding Principles. The approach to citing sources in the MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, is a fundamental shift from the 7th edition, which primarily impacts bibliographic citations, in which a "universal set of guidelines" is used for all types of sources. In addition, the concept of the "container" (as well as containers within containers MLA Handbook, 8th edition. Created by the Modern Language Association, MLA is most often used by the Humanities. The MLA Handbook can be found in the FAU libraries in Boca Raton and Jupiter. MLA Handbook. 8th ed., Modern Language Association, 2016. REF LB2369 .G53 2016. Also see resources for the MLA Handbook, 9th edition. The MLA Style Center This resource is from the Modern Language Association of America and is the companion guide to the MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition. It provides an excellent quick guide to the core elements of the 8th edition, a review of the concept of "containers," and practice templates for multiple source types. This guide is based on the MLA Handbook, 8th edition (Modern Language Association, 2016).MLA style is most commonly used in English and other human