Research Guides @ Fordham: Music : MLA Style

MLA Citations

MLA Handbook, 9th Edition by Joseph Gibaldi
Call Number: (LC, RH, & W) Ref PE1478 .M57
New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2021.
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Citing Music and Audiovisual Media in MLA

Check the Index in the back of the MLA Handbook to locate the section which displays your particular type of media or music.

The Index gives you the number of the page which shows you how to cite your music and audio-visual resources.

Some Index terms to use are as follows:

musical compositions

musical examples

musical scores

audiocassettes

audio recordings

videocassettes

video recordings

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