Citation Guide (MLA 8th Edition) - ARCHIVE: Optional Elements

Optional elements may be included if they are relevant to the source and/or your use of the source. Some optional elements are placed at the end of the Works Cited entry, while others are placed near a relevant core element. Please consult pages 50-53 of the MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition. 

Optional elements include:

• Date of Original Publication
• City of Publication
• New York
• Total Number of Volumes:
  • 8 vols.
• Series Name and Number:
  • Not italicized or in quotations.
  • Example: A Song of Ice and Fire 3.
• Unexpected Type of Work:
  • Transcript.
  • Address.
• Information about a Prior Publication:
  • Originally published in Harper's Magazine, Jan. 2007, pp. 2-10.
• Including the Number and Session of Congress for bills, reports, or resolutions from the United States Congress:
  • 107th Congress, 2nd Session, House Report 203.
• Date of Access:
  • Use same month abbreviations as Publication Date.
  • Accessed 28 June 2016.