Mla handbook for writers of research papers 8th edition

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8th Edition
Table of Contents
The List of Works Cited
Abbreviations
Books and Other Printed Works
Online Works
Miscellaneous
In-Text Citations
Other Aspects of Writing
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Page Length:	160 pgs
Copyright:	2016
Weight:	0.85 lbs.
Item Code:	303568
ISBN:	9781603292627
ISBN-10:	0873529863

The eighth edition of this time-tested, step-by-step MLA resource is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to research and writing in the online environment. It provides an authoritative account of MLA documentation style for use in student writing, including simplified guidelines for citing works published on the Web and new recommendations for citing several kinds of works such as digital files and graphic narratives.

Every copy of this edition of the MLA Handbook comes with a code to access the accompanying web-site, which includes:

Contains the full text of the print volume
Provides over 200 additional examples
Presents several research project narratives with sample papers to illustrate the steps successful students take in researching and writing papers
Allows searching of the entire site, including the full text of the MLA Handbook

Foreword Rosemary G. Feal vii

Preface Kathleen Fitzpatrick ix

Part 1 Principles of MLA Style

Introduction 3

Why Document Sources? 5

Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty 6

Think: Evaluating Your Sources 10

Select: Gathering Information about Your Sources 13

Organize: Creating Your Documentation 19

The List of Works Cited 20

The Core Elements 20

Author 21

Title of Source 25

Title of Container 30

Other Contributors 37

Version 38

Number 39

Publisher 40

Publication Date 42

Location 46

Optional Elements 50

In-Text Citations 54

Part 2 Details of MLA Style

Introduction 61

1 The Mechanics of Scholarly Prose 61

1.1 Names of Persons 61

1.1.1 First and Subsequent Uses of Names 61

1.1.2 Titles of Authors 62

1.1.3 Names of Authors and Fictional Characters 62

1.1.4 Names in Languages Other Than English 63

1.2 Titles of Sources 67

1.2.1 Capitalization and Punctuation 67

1.2.2 Italics and Quotation Marks 68

1.2.3 Shortened Titles 70

1.2.4 Titles within Titles 71

1.2.5 Titles of Sources in Languages Other Than English 72

1.3 Quotations 75

1.3.1 Use and Accuracy of Quotations 75

1.3.2 Prose 75

1.3.3 Poetry 77

1.3.4 Drama 80

1.3.5 Ellipsis 80

1.3.6 Other Alterations of Quotations 86

1.3.7 Punctuation with Quotations 87

1.3.8 Translations of Quotations 90

1.4 Numbers 92

1.4.1 Use of Numerals or Words 92

1.4.2 Commas in Numbers 92

1.4.3 Inclusive Numbers 93

1.4.4 Roman Numerals 93

1.5 Dates and Times 94

1.6 Abbreviations 95

1.6.1 Months 95

1.6.2 Common Academic Abbreviations 96

1.6.3 Publishers' Names 97

1.6.4 Titles of Works 97

2 Works Cited 102

2.1 Names of Authors 102

2.1.1 Variant Forms 102

2.1.2 Titles and Suffixes 103

2.1.3 Corporate Authors 104

2.2 Titles 105

2.2.1 Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword 106

2.2.2 Translations of Titles 106

2.3 Versions 107

2.4 Publisher 107

2.5 Locational Elements 110

2.5.1 Plus Sign with Page Number 110

2.5.2 URLs and DOIs 110

2.6 Punctuation in the Works-Cited List 110

2.6.1 Square Brackets 111

2.6.2 Forward Slash 111

2.7 Formatting and Ordering the Works-Cited List 111

2.7.1 Letter-by-Letter Alphabetization 112

2.7.2 Multiple Works by One Author 113

2.7.3 Multiple Works by Coauthors 114

2.7.4 Alphabetizing by Title 115

2.7.5 Cross-References 115

3 In-Text Citations 116

3.1 Author 116

3.1.1 Coauthors 116

3.1.2 Corporate Author 117

3.2 Title 117

3.2.1 Abbreviating Titles of Sources 117

3.2.2 Descriptive Terms in Place of Titles 118

3.3 Numbers in In-Text Citations 119

3.3.1 Style of Numerals 119

3.3.2 Numbers in Works Available in Multiple Editions 120

3.3.3 Other Citations Not Involving Page Numbers 123

3.4 Indirect Sources 124

3.5 Repeated Use of Sources 124

3.6 Punctuation in the In-Text Citation 126

4 Citations in Forms Other Than Print 127

Practice Template 129

Index 131

The eighth edition of the MLA Handbook, published in 2016, rethinks documentation for an era of digital publication. The MLA now recommends a universal set of guidelines that writers can apply to any source and gives writers in all fields—from the sciences to the humanities—the tools to intuitively document sources. Learn more below about the changes to MLA guidelines.

The List of Works Cited

The eighth edition of the MLA Handbook introduces a new model for entries in the works-cited list, one that reflects recent changes in how works are published and consulted. Previously, a writer created an entry by following the MLA’s instructions for the source’s publication format (book, DVD, web page, etc.). That approach has become impractical today, since publication formats are often combined (a song listened to online, for example, could have been taken from a record album released decades ago) or are undefinable.

In the new model, the work’s publication format is not considered. Instead of asking, “How do I cite a book [or DVD or web page]?” the writer creates an entry by consulting the MLA’s list of core elements—facts common to most works—which are assembled in a specific order. The MLA core elements appear below:

In the new model, then, the writer asks, “Who is the author? What is the title?” and so forth—regardless of the nature of the source.

Because of this fundamental change, the works-cited-list entries produced by the two approaches are different. Below are differences that might be overlooked by writers making the transition from the seventh edition.

Abbreviations

Common terms in the works-cited list like editor, edited by, translator, and review of are no longer abbreviated. The eighth edition provides a shorter list of recommended abbreviations (96–97).

Authors

When a source has three or more authors, only the first one shown in the source is normally given. It is followed by et al. (22). (Previously, the omission of coauthors was limited to sources with four or more authors and was presented as an option.)

Books and Other Printed Works

Page numbers in the works-cited list (but not in in-text citations) are now preceded by p. or pp. (46).
For books, the city of publication is no longer given, except in special situations (51).

Journals

Issues of scholarly journals are now identified with, for instance, “vol. 64, no. 1” rather than “64.1” (39–40).
If an issue of a scholarly journal is dated with a month or season, the month or season is now always cited along with the year (45).

Online Works

The URL (without http:// or https://) is now normally given for a web source. Angle brackets are not used around it (48, 110).
The citing of DOIs (digital object identifiers) is encouraged (110).
Citing the date when an online work was consulted is now optional (53).
Placeholders for unknown information like n.d. (“no date”) are no longer used. If facts missing from a work are available in a reliable external resource, they are cited in square brackets (2.6.1). Otherwise, they are simply omitted.

Publishers

Publishers’ names are now given in full, except that business words like Company (Co.) are dropped and, for academic presses, the abbreviations U, P, and UP are still used (97).
A forward slash (/) now separates the names of copublishers (108).
The kinds of publications that don’t require a publisher’s name are defined (42).
When an organization is both author and publisher of a work, the organization’s name is now given only once, usually as the publisher (25). No author is stated.

Miscellaneous

Full publication information is now given for widely used reference works. Page-number spans are given for articles in alphabetically arranged reference books in print. In other words, reference works are treated like other works and are no longer subject to exceptions.
The medium of publication is no longer stated, except when it is needed for clarity (52).

In-Text Citations

The principles behind in-text citations in MLA style are unchanged. A few details have been added or clarified, though:

For time-based media like video, times are now cited in the text (57).
The use of my trans. to identify the writer’s translation of a non-English quotation is described (90–91).
How to shorten long titles when they have to be included in a parenthetical citation is clarified (117–18).
The common practice of documenting borrowings from Greek, Roman, and medieval works with part numbers, not page numbers alone, is described (122).
The punctuation used when various items are combined in one parenthetical citation is summarized (126–27).
Ways of formatting citations in research projects other than traditional papers are suggested (127–28).

Other Aspects of Writing

Following are new points that concern the writing in a research project:

When the title of a periodical (journal, magazine, newspaper) begins with an article (A, An, The), the article is now treated as part of the title: the article is italicized and its first letter capitalized. For example, the handbook previously specified “the Georgia Review” in text and “Georgia Review” in the works-cited list but now specifies “The Georgia Review” in all contexts.
For works in a language not written in the Latin alphabet, writers must choose between giving titles and quotations in romanization or in the language’s writing system (74, 91).
Two forward slashes (//) mark stanza breaks in run-in quotations of verse (78).
If a block quotation of prose contains internal paragraphing, the first line of the quotation now begins without a paragraph indention even if one is present in the source (77).

How do you cite the handbook 8th edition MLA?

Basic Format Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Periodical Title Volume number. Issue number (Date of publication): Page number range. Medium of Publication.

What is 8th edition MLA format?

The 8th edition of the MLA style book is intended to simplify the citation process. Rather than requiring different kinds of information for different kinds of sources, the new edition requires the same kind of information for all sources.

How do you cite an 8th edition with multiple authors MLA?

If there are three or more authors, list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in place of the subsequent authors' names. (Note that there is a period after “al” in “et al.” Also note that there is never a period after the “et” in “et al.”).

Is the MLA Handbook free?

Use this free MLA formatting (8th Edition) student handbook with the most important guidelines that students should follow when writing a research paper. You just need to print, use double sided photocopying, fold and you have a ready-made-booklet!