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"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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Corporate Author: Modern Language Association of America
Other title:Modern Language Association handbook.
MLA handbook eighth edition.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
Edition:Eighth edition.
Subjects:
Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Research > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bibliographical citations > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bibliographical citations.
Report writing.
Research.
Handbooks and manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • 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:
  • Author ; Title of source ; Title of container ; Other contributors ; Version ; Number ; Publisher ; Publication date ; Location
  • Optional elements
  • In-text citations.
  • Part 2. Details of MLA style: Introduction
  • 1. The mechanics of scholarly prose: 1.1. Names of persons: 1.1.1. First and subsequent uses of names 1.2.3. Titles of authors ; 1.1.3. Names of authors and ficitonal characters ; 1.1.4. Names in languages other than English.
  • 1.2 Titles of sources: 1.2.1. Capitalization and punctuation ; 1.2.2. Italics and quotation marks ; 1.2.3. Shortened titles ; 1.2.4. Titles within titles ; 1.2.5. Titles of sources in languages other than English.
  • 1.3. Quotations: 1.3.1. Use and accuracy of quotations ; 1.3.2. Prose ; 1.3.3. Poetry ; 1.3.4. Drama ; 1.3.5. Ellipsis ; 1.3.6. Other alterations of quotations ; 1.3.7. Punctuation with quotations ; 1.3.8. Translations of quotations.
  • 1.4. Numbers: 1.4.1. Use of numerals or words ; 1.4.2. Commas in numbers ; 1.4.3. Inclusive numbers ; 1.4.4. Roman numerals.
  • 1.5. Dates and times.
  • 1.6. Abbreviations:
  • 1.6.1. Months ; 1.6.2. Common academic abbreviations ; 1.6.3. Publisher's names ; 1.6.4. Titles of works.
  • 2. Works cited: 2.1. Names of authors: . 2.1.1. Variant forms ; 2.1.2. Titles and suffixes ; 2.1.3. Corporate authors.
  • 2.2. Titles: 2.2.1. Introduction, preface, foreword, or afterword ; 2.2.2. Translations of titles.
  • 2.3. Versions.
  • 2.4. Publisher.
  • 2.5. Locational elements: 2.5.1. Plus sign with page number 2.5.2. URLS and DOIs.
  • 2.6. Punctuation in the works-cited list: 2.6.1. Square brackets ; 2.6.2. Foreword slash.
  • 2.7. Formatting and ordering the works-cited list: 2.7.1. Letter-by-letter alphabetization ; 2.7.2. Multiple works by one author ; 2.7.3. Multiple works by coauthors ; 2.7.4. Alphabetizing by title ; 2.7.5. Cross-references.
  • 3. In-text citations: 3.1. Author: 3.1.1. Coauthors 3.1.2. Corporate author.
  • 3.2 Title: 3.2.1. Abbreviating titles of sources ; 3.2.2. Descriptive terms in place of titles.
  • 3.3 Numbers in in-text citations: 3.3.1. Style of numerals ; 3.3.2. Numbers in works available in multiple editions ; 3.3.3. Other citations not involving page numbers.
  • 3.4. Indirect sources.
  • 3.5. Repeated use of sources.
  • 3.6. Punctuation in the in-text citation.
  • 4. Citations in forms other than print.
  • Practice template.
  • Index.
  • 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
  • Details of MLA style. Introduction ; The mechanics of scholarly prose ; Works cited ; In-text citations ; Citations in forms other than print.

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