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MLA Citation Style -- 7TH EDITION

The correct forms of abbreviations must be used in the works cited list.

comp.     compiler,

                compiled by


cond.      conductor,

                conducted by

dir.          director,

               directed by


ed.         editor, edition,

               edited by


et al.      and others


fwd.        foreword,

               foreword by


illus.      illustrator, illustration,

               illustrated by


narr.       narrator,

               narrated by


n.d.        no date of publication


n.p.        no place of publication;

               no publisher


n. pag.   no pagination


perf.       performer,

               performed by


pref.       preface, preface by


prod.      producer, produced by


pt.          part


qtd.        quoted


rev.        review, reviewed by;

               revision,

               revised, revised by

               (spell out review

               where rev. might be

               ambiguous)


trans.     translator, translation,

               translated by


UP        University Press 


vol.       volume