Containers (5, 5.31)
Containers are works that contain other works. In academic writing we often work with a resource that is found within something else. That "something else" is the container. We often work with an article IN a journal IN a database or a chapter IN an eBook IN a series IN a database.
MLA asks you to cite the work and all the containers. The purpose is so that the read can find the same work.
Container (the larger work) |
Contained (the resource consulted) |
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journal, magazine, newspaper | article |
anthropology | essay, poem, or short story |
album | track or song |
dictionary or encyclopedia | entry |
book | chapter, prologue, foreword, or introduction |
TV series, podcast, or radio program |
episode |
database |
eBook, journal, magazine, or newspaper |
museum |
piece of art |
play |
scene |