FAQ: How do I cite a source in-text with no page numbers in MLA Style?
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Last Updated: Jun 22, 2023
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Sources Without Page Numbers
Certain sources won't have page numbers. These include items like music, websites, television, movies, and online newspaper/magazine articles. If a source doesn't have page numbers check to see if it uses other types of location identifiers like paragraph numbers (if the source uses them, but don't count them yourself) or timestamps for media such as music, podcasts, television, etc. If the source doesn't have page numbers, paragraph numbers, or timestamps you then do not include that information.
Paragraph Numbers
According to the MLA Handbook 9th ed. if a source explicitly uses paragraph numbers instead of page numbers, include the abbreviation par. or pars (244). It is never appropriate to use the page numbers of web pages that are printed.
For example
In-Text Citation
(Chan, par. 2)
Works Cited
Chan, Evans. "Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema." Postmodern Culture, vol. 10 no. 3, May 2000.
Timestamps
If the source is a video, you can give the time or range of time in the in-text citation.
For example
In-Text Citation
("Moving Day" 00:26:17-52).
Works Cited
"Moving Day." How I Met Your Mother, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, performance by Josh Radnor, season 2, episode 18, CBS Television Network, 19 May 2007.
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