What is MLA Style Formatting:
MLA stands for Modern Language Association and is a style of formatting for academic papers. This style of formatting is often used in the social sciences, such as in the fields of political science, English, and law.
Getting Started
Things to remember...
Here are some things to remember when creating your Work Cited page.
- Always start your Work Cited page on a new page
- Put your Work Cited page in alphabetical order
- Italicize the titles of books, journals, periodicals
- Put quotation marks around the title of articles, poems, short stories, essays
- Indent the second line of all entries on Work Cited page
Library Resources
The Little Seagull Handbook With Exercises by ISBN: 9780393888966Publication Date: 2022-04-01
MLA Handbook by ISBN: 9781603293518Publication Date: 2021-04-22
MLA Guidelines - 9th Edition by ISBN: 9781423248347Publication Date: 2022-05-01Quick reference guide to the essential elements of the 9th edition of the Modern Language Association's rules of punctuation, reference citation, structure and format. This concise 6 page, colorfully organized, digital guide is filled with the answers you need. The MLA style guide is used for language and literature, foreign language, literary criticism and cultural studies. Having a quick reference handy can speed up the writing and editing process allowing the writer to focus on the quality of the paper, ensuring a better grade for students and professionally formatted articles when writing for publication in your field.
Overview of MLA Style Formatting, 8th Edition
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