The bibliography entry text should be left-justified; if an entry is more than one line, indent the subsequent line(s) half an inch from the left margin.
NOTE: The library's webpage doesn't show the hanging indent in our examples.
IMPORTANT! See note about the hanging indent requirement on the left-bottom of the page.
General Format
AuthorLastName stated that .... (Vol#: page#).
For Example
Tucker explained that ... (2: 151).
Corresponding Works Cited entry
Tucker, Spencer C. et al., editors. The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 2011, 2 vols.
See note ¹
¹ According to pages 119 & 120 of the MLA Handbook you want to include the volume and the page number in the in-text citation if you used multiple volumes of a work. However, you do not want to use the abbreviations vol. or p. in the citation.