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MLA Style: Number

Number

What is the Number?

The source that you are using may be a part of a numbered sequence. Numbered sequences may include:

  • A volume in a multi-volume set
    • Wellek, Rene. A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950. Volume 5, Yale UP, 1986
  •  A journal issue
    • EXAMPLE:  Aviram, Hadar. "The Correctional Hunger Games" Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science vol. 664 no.1 Mar 2016 pp 260-279  DOI: 10.1177/0002716215599938
  • Comic books
    • EXAMPLE:  Clowes, Daniel. David Boring. Eightball, no 19, Fantagraphics, 1998 
  • The seasons and episodes of a television series
    • "Hush." Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, performance by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Season 4, episode 10, Mutant Enemy, 1999

Other Information

If your source uses another numbering system, include the number in your entry, preceded by a tertm that identifies the kind of division the number refers to.