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MLA handbook.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Eighth editionDescription: xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781603292627
  • 1603292624
Other title:
  • Modern Language Association handbook
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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.
Summary: "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 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 source."--Back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 , the official guide to MLA format. Works are published today in a dizzying variety of ways: a novel, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book--or perhaps listened to as an audiobook. Writers of research papers routinely need to know how to cite works on Web sites, videos on platforms like YouTube , interviews and other works created by multiple authors, journal articles contained in databases, online images, posts on social media sites, song lyrics, and more. Instead of providing separate instructions for each format, the MLA's unique, innovative approach recommends one set of guidelines that writers can apply to any type of source.

This groundbreaking edition of the MLA's best-selling handbook is short and designed for easy use. It guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research and thus focuses on the key skills of information and digital literacy. It then shows writers how to cite sources in their writing, offering detailed guidance on in-text citations, quoting and paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism, and more. Intended for students, teachers, librarians, and advanced scholars, the handbook is an indispensable resource in composition, communication, literature, language arts, film, media studies, digital humanities, and related fields.

Previous title: MLA Handbook for writers of research papers.

"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 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 source."--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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