FYI : Citing Specific Works in an Anthology

FYI : Citing Specific Works in an Anthology

Questions to ask yourself:

1. Was the portion of the anthology that you are citing written specifically for the anthology, or was this piece written independently?
2. How many individuals compiled/edited the anthology?
3. Are you citing the anthology as a whole, or are you choosing to focus on a single chapter/section/essay?

Use this format found on the Purdue Owl:

Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.

Example: 
 
Verwoet, Jan. "Control I'm Here: A Call For the Free Use of the Means of Producing Communication, in Curating and in General." Curating and the Educational Turn. Ed. Paul O'Neill and Mick Wilson. London: Open Editions, 2010. 23-31. Print.

ALSO, note that new to MLA Handbook for Writers and Research Papers (2009) "italics [are] now used everywhere in place of underlining—for titles, for words, etc."

Russell, Tony, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli, Russell Keck, Joshua M. Paiz, and Purdue OWL Staff. "Welcome to the Purdue OWL." Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/>.