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MLA Handbook
Uniform Title
MLA handbook for writers of research papers.
Title
MLA Handbook / Association of America, Modern Language.
ISBN
9781603292627 (softcover)
1603292624 (softcover)
9781603292641 (EPUB)
9781603292658 (Kindle)
1603292640
9781603292641
1603292659
9781603292658
Edition
Eighth edition.
Publication
New York : The Modern Language Association of America, [2016]
Physical Description
xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes
Previous title: MLA handbook for writers of research papers.
Summary
Rethinking documentation for the digital age. The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, as an e-book, or perhaps listened to in an audio version. On the Web, modes of publication are regularly invented, combined, and modified. Previous editions of the MLA Handbook provided separate instructions for each format, and new formats required additional instructions. In this groundbreaking new edition of its best-selling handbook, the MLA recommends instead one universal set of guidelines, which writers can apply to any type of source. Shorter and redesigned for easy use, the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research. It then shows them how to cite sources in their writing and create useful entries for the works-cited list. More than just a new edition, this is a new MLA style. - Back cover.
Other formats
Online version: MLA Handbook Eighth edition. New York : The Modern Language Association of America, [2016]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 22, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part 1. Principles of MLA style : Introduction
Why document sources?
Plagiarism and academic dishonesty
Think: evaluating your sources
Select: gathering information about your sources
Organize: creating your documentation
Part II. Details of MLA style : Introduction
The mechanics of scholarly prose
Works cited
In-text citations
Citations in forms other than print.
Foreword / Rosemary G. Feal
Preface / Katheen Fitzpatrick.
Part 1. Principles of MLA style: Introduction ; Why document sources? ; Plagiarism and academic dishonesty ; Think: evaluating your sources ; Select: gathering information about your sources
Organize: creating your documentation : The list of works cited : The core elements ; Optional elements
In-text citations
Part 2. Details of MLA style : 1. The mechanics of scholarly prose : Names of persons : First and subsequent uses of names ; Titles of authors ; Names of authors and fictional characters ; Names in languages other than English
Titles of sources : Capitalization and punctuation ; Italics and quotation marks ; Shortened titles ; Titles within titles ; Titles of sources in languages other than English
Quotations : Use and accuracy of quotations ; Prose ; Poetry ; Drama ; Ellipsis ; Other alterations of quotations ; Punctuation with quotations ; Translations of quotations
Numbers : Use of numerals or words ; Commas in numbers ; Inclusive numbers ; Roman numerals
Dates and times
Abbreviations : Months ; Common academic abbreviations ; Publisher's names ; Titles of works
2. Works cited : Names of authors : Variant forms ; Titles and suffixes ; Corporate authors
Titles : Introduction, preface, foreword, or afterword ; Translations of titles
Versions
Publisher
Locational elements : Plus sign with page number ; URLS and DOIs
Punctuation in the works-cited list : Square brackets ; Foreword slash
Formatting and ordering the works-cited list : Letter-by-letter alphabetization ; Multiple works by one author ; Multiple works by coauthors ; Alphabetizing by title ; Cross-references
3. In-text citations : Author : Coauthors ; Corporate author
Title : Abbreviating titles of sources ; Descriptive terms in place of titles
Numbers in in-text citations : Style of numerals ; Numbers in works available in multiple editions ; Other citations not involving page numbers
Indirect sources
Repeated use of sources
Punctuation in the in-text citation
4. Citations in forms other than print
Practice template.
Subjects
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Modern Language Association of America.
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