How to Cite Multiple Pages Mla

How to Cite Multiple Pages Mlaのわかりやすいステップを分かりやすく案内します。初心者から上級者まで必見の内容です。

Here’s the golden nugget: if your source spans a consecutive range of pages, use a hyphen. Think pp. 45-49. But if the information comes from scattered pages—like pages 12, 17, and 22—you use commas: pp. 12, 17, 22. See? Not rocket science. (Though my first draft looked like a toddler wrote it.)

The key is to ask yourself: “Did I read this in one smooth block of pages or jump around?” If you’re citing a passage that runs from page 34 to page 36, you write 34-36. If you’re summarizing ideas from page 8, then page 14, then page 23, you write 8, 14, 23. Easy peasy, right?

What About That Tricky “pp.” vs. “p.”?

Oh, you noticed the detail? Good for you. Use p. for a single page, and pp. for multiple pages. So “p. 42” is one page, but “pp. 42-45” is the range. Pro tip: your word processor will not do this for you. (I learned that the hard way when my professor circled it in red.)

And don’t even get me started on people who write “pp. 101-104” but actually mean “p. 101 and p. 104.” That’s a no-no. If you only used two specific pages out of a range, you need commas: pp. 101, 104. Trust me, your citation style guide is not judging you—but your grade might.