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Citation Examples

Explanation and examples about how to cite various types of pages in our site in MLA and Chicago Style. 

Modern Language Association (MLA)

1. Entire METS website (use Citing an Entire Web Site template):

The Middle English Texts Series. The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester, 2024, <insert landing page DOI, URL, or permalink here>. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), 17th edition 

1. Entire METS website (use “a website” template):

The Middle English Texts Series (website). The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester. 2024. https://doi.org/…/. 

General Content Page

MLA Works Cited (Bibliography Entry Format)

1. General content pages (use Citing a Page on a Web Site template):
   1. “About METS.” The Middle English Texts Series, The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at  the University of Rochester, 2024, <insert landing page DOI, URL, or permalink  here>. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024.  
   2. “Mission.” The Middle English Texts Series, The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the  University of Rochester, 2024, <insert landing page DOI, URL, or permalink  here>. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 
   3. “Digital Editions: TEI Tags and Terminology.” The Middle English Texts Series, The  Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester, 2024, <insert  landing page DOI, URL, or permalink here>. 
   4. “About the Editions.” The Middle English Texts Series, The Rossell Hope Robbins  Library at the University of Rochester, 2024, <insert landing page DOI, URL, or  permalink here>. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

“METS in Use.” The Middle English Texts Series, The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at  the University of Rochester, 2024, <insert landing page DOI, URL, or permalink  here>. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

CMOS Bibliography

1. General content pages (use “a web page or other section of a website” template):
   1. “About METS.” The Middle English Texts Series. The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at  the University of Rochester. 2024. https://doi.org/…/. 
   2. “Mission.” The Middle English Texts Series. The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the  University of Rochester. 2024. https://doi.org/…/. 
   3. “Digital Editions: TEI Tags and Terminology.” The Middle English Texts Series. The  Rossell Hope Robbins Library at the University of Rochester. 2024.  https://doi.org/…/. 
   4. “About the Editions.” The Middle English Texts Series. The Rossell Hope Robbins  Library at the University of Rochester. 2024. https://doi.org/…/. 

“METS in Use.” The Middle English Texts Series. The Rossell Hope Robbins Library at  the University of Rochester. 2024. https://doi.org/…/. 

Text Page

MLA 

Major work in an anthology or collection: 

Fein, Susanna, editor and translator. The Owl and the Nightingale. The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), edited by Fein, Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

Minor work in an anthology or collection: 

Fein, Susanna, editor and translator. “Song of the Annunciation.” The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), edited by Fein, Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

CMOS

Major work in an anthology or collection:

Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. The Owl and the Nightingale. In The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II). The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/…/. 

Minor work in an anthology or collection:

Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. “Song of the Annunciation.” In The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II), edited and translated by Susanna Fein. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/…/. 

Edition

MLA Book on a website or in a database, with a DOI

Book with a known premodern author:

Lydgate, John. John Lydgate’s Dance of Death and Related Works. Edited by Megan L. Cook and Elizaveta Strakhov, Medieval Institute Publications, 2019. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

Book without a known premodern author:

Smith, Trevor Russell and Michael Livingston, editors. Of Knyghthode and Bataile. Medieval Institute Publications, 2021. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

Multivolume work cited as a whole: 

Fein, Susanna, David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski, editors. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. Medieval Institute Publications, 2015, 3 vols. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

Volume without a unique title in a multivolume work:

Fein, Susanna, David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski, editors. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, vol. 1, Medieval Institute Publications, 2015. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

Anthology or collection: 

Fein, Susanna, editor and translator. The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II). Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. The Middle English Texts Series, https://doi.org/…/. Accessed 6 Mar. 2024. 

CMOS Book

Book with a known premodern author:

Lydgate, John. John Lydgate’s Dance of Death and Related Works. Edited by Megan L. Cook and Elizaveta Strakhov. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2019. https://doi.org/…/. 

Book without a known premodern author:

Smith, Trevor Russell and Michael Livingston, eds. Of Knyghthode and Bataile. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2021. https://doi.org/…/. 

Multivolume work cited as a whole: 

Fein, Susanna, David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski, eds. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. 3 vols. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2015. https://doi.org/…/. 

Volume without a unique title in a multivolume work:

Fein, Susanna, David Raybin, and Jan Ziolkowski, eds. The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript. Vol. 1. The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2015. https://doi.org/…/. 

Anthology or collection: 

Fein, Susanna, ed. and trans. The Owl and the Nightingale and the English Poems of Oxford, Jesus College, MS 29 (II). The Middle English Texts Series. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2022. https://doi.org/…/.