Record details

• ISBN: 9781603292627
• ISBN: 1603292624
• Physical Description: xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Edition: Eighth edition.
• Publisher: New York : The Modern Language Association of America, ©2016.
• Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:

Previous title: MLA Handbook for writers of research papers.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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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