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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |