Question

How do you cite an article in MLA if the title of the article contains the title of another book?

Answer 1

I believe (Mind you it's been a while since I've used MLA, all my college courses have used APA and I've been out of high school many years now) you would just properly format both, one inside the other.

So OWL at Purdue says:
Books titles should be italicized.
Article titles should be in quotations.

So my example of how I think it should be, how it makes sense to me would be:
"Review of (italics)Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(stop italics) from a psychological standpoint"

Unless you're referencing the movie beyond the scope of the paper's reference of it you shouldn't need to cite the movie itself separately in your references page, just the article. However if you do reference a portion of the movie not discussed in the article you should.

Answer 2

Ok, thanks. I have it this way in my works cited. What do you think?

Karafilis, Maria. “Crossing the Borders of Genre: Revisions of the Bildungsroman in Sandra Cisneros’s ‘The House on Mango Street’ and Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘Annie John’”. Midwest Modern Language Association 31.2 (1998): 63-78. Web. JSTOR. 7 Apr. 2012.

And this

Vanden Bossche, Chris. “What Did Jane Eyre Do? Ideology, Agency, Class and the Novel.” Narrative 13.1 (2005): 46-66. Print.

(Assume correct indentation)

Answer 3

Also assume correct italics

Answer 4

What are the single quote marks for in the first one? Do you have the books italic and in ' s?

Also, side note, I just realized my example is wrong I used the title of a movie, not the book, but the point is still the same.

Answer 5

I have the title of an article in ' ' and the book in (italics).

Answer 6

Oh, shoot. You're right, the other two are books. Dang.

Answer 7

I got it now, thank you.

Answer 8

But the first one you typed has two sets of quote marks. Exterior and Interior. That's what I was referencing.

Answer 9

You probably already have it, but for future references, here's a site my teacher showed me. It sites stuff for you. www.easybib.com

Answer 10

easybib and citationmachine (my personal fav) are handy, but things like this it wouldn't pick up on if it didn't know the article. Because if you have to input the title, it's going to assume it's all just the regular title the author came up with, not that it's a reference to something else. Even if it does know it, it's good know know the style guidelines so you can look at the results it gives you and verify it's correct. Because if it comes down to it, if you were putting the citation in your paper if you do it incorrectly that paper has your name on it, you're the one that has to answer to it, it's good to know it's right. But those sites are a great place to start to get the rough citation and then tweak it from there.