MLA handbook.

"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, or as an e-book--or perhaps...

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Other Corporate Authors / Creators:Modern Language Association of America.
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Eighth edition.
Imprint: New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 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-test citation
  • pt.. 2. Details of MLA style
  • Introduction
  • 1. The mechanics of scholarly prose
  • Names of persons
  • Titles of sources
  • Quotations
  • Numbers
  • Dates and times
  • Abbreviations
  • 2. Works cited
  • Names of authors
  • Titles
  • Versions
  • Publisher
  • Locational elements
  • Punctuation in the works-cited list
  • Formatting and ordering the works-cited list
  • 3. In-text citations
  • Author
  • Title
  • Numbers in in-text citations
  • Indirect sources
  • Repeated use of sources
  • Punctuation in the in-text citation
  • 4. Citations in forms other than print
  • Practice template.