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 liste...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
The Modern Language Association of America,
2016.
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Edition: | Eighth edition. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Modern Language Association handbook. |
Format: | Book |
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.