: Citing creative visual works. If you're integrating an AI-generated image into your work, you'll likely need to create a caption for it using the guidelines. MLA formatting, MLA can be found in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Note that the th ed. makes extensive reference to the notion of "container" in its citation formatting instructions. In this context, a container is the larger work that contains the specific source. For example, if a chapter is cited, the book is the container. If a source does not have an author, begin the MLA Works Cited entry with the title of the source. Use an abbreviated version of the title in your MLA in-text citation. If a source does not have a page number, you can use another locator, such as a chapter number or timestamp for a video or audio source, to identify the relevant passage in your in-text citation. If the survey or quiz is from an in-person classroom, you must include the course title in the Container Title element and the instructor name in the Contributor element. In the Publication Date and Location elements, indicate the date you received or responded to the survey or quiz and the location where it was distributed;