Periodical Print Publications
on January 15, 2012
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When citing articles in periodicals—newspapers, magazines, journals—provide the following categories of information: An Article in a Scholarly Journal Ryan, Karen. “The Devil You Know: Postmodern Reconsiderations of Stalin.” Mosaic 36.3 (2003): 87–111. Print. Murphy, Karen L., Roseanne DePasquale, and Erin McNamara. “Meaningful Connections: Using Technology in Primary Classrooms.” Young Children 58.6 (2003): 12–18. Print. An [Read More...]
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Sample Entries: The List of Works Cited
on January 12, 2012
Posted in: Works Cited
The MLA Handbook has extensive guidelines for formatting sources in the list of works cited, including recommendations for an array of electronic and print media. The following models illustrate the kinds of sources most commonly used. Nonperiodical Print Publications The MLA Handbook uses the cumbersome phrase “nonperiodical print publications” to refer to books and pamphlets. [Read More...]
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The Body of the Paper
on January 12, 2012
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Essays should be stapled or paper clipped in the upper left corner. Most instructors don’t like binders or plastic covers, so don’t use them. Print essays on white 81/2 x 11 paper. Print on only one side of the page in black ink. Use a readable typeface such as Times Roman, which has a high [Read More...]
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Formatting the Paper
on January 12, 2012
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MLA Style The Modern Language Association (MLA) has established and promoted a citation style used throughout the humanities. Instead of traditional footnotes and endnotes, it uses parenthetical citations such as (Mencken 328). Parenthetical citations should be as brief as possible. For example, to cite an entire book, just insert (Mencken) at the end of a [Read More...]
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Foreword to MLA Book
on January 12, 2012
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I WROTE THIS book for my students after failing to find a book that adequately simplified the MLA documentation style. In other words I wanted a classroom text that would make MLA style easier for my students to understand. In the years since my undergraduate days, a seismic shift has taken place in the way [Read More...]
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