Citation Guide (MLA 9th Edition) UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Other contributors is the fourth core element.

If someone other than the primary author (or editor) contributed to the source in a way that is relevant to your paper, you can identify that person by including this element.

• This element begins with a description of the other contributor. Some common descriptors include:
  • adapted by
  • directed by
  • edited by
  • illustrated by
  • introduction by
  • narrated by
  • performance by
  • translated by
• The descriptor is capitalized or not depending on the punctuation directly preceding it.
  • If preceded by a comma, do not capitalize (applies to most journal articles and websites)
  • If preceded by a period, do capitalize the first word (applies mostly to books)
• If you use information from an introduction, preface, foreword or afterword, begin the citation with the author of that piece.
• This element ends with a comma.

For ease of identification, contributors are in bold and red text below.

Personal author(s) with editor(s):

Tynan, Kenneth. "The Kansas Farm Murders." The Critical Response to Truman Capote, edited by Joseph J. Waldmeir and John C. Waldmeir, Greenwood Press, 1999, pp. 129-34.​

Personal author(s) with translator(s):

Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. Translated by Stanley Corngold, 2013 ed., Modern Library, 1915.

Multiple relevant contributors:

"Something Nice Back Home." Lost, directed by Stephen Williams, performance by Matthew Fox, season 4, episode 10, Bad Robot, 2008.