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MLA Handbook, Association of America, Modern Language

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

MLA Handbook

bibliography

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Association of America, Modern Language

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

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