• Standard abbreviations may be used in your citations.
• A list of acceptable, commonly used abbreviations can be found in MLA Handbook, 8th ed., pp. 96-97.
• Some of the more often used examples are listed here:
| Chapter | ch. |
| Department | dept. |
|
Editor, Edition, Edited by |
ed. |
|
et alii, et aliae (and others) - from Latin |
et al. |
| Number | no. |
| Press | P |
| Page(s) | p. (pp.) |
| Paragraph | par. |
| Quoted in | qtd. in |
| Revised | rev. |
| Section | sec. |
| Translation | trans. |
| University Press | UP |
| Volume(s) | vol. (vols.) |