MLA Handbook

MLA Handbook

<p>The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the <i>MLA Handbook</i>. 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 <i>MLA Handbook</i> provided separate instructions for each format, and additional instructions were required for new formats. 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 type of source.</p><p>Shorter and redesigned for easy use, the eighth edition of the <i>MLA Handbook</i> guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research. It then shows them how to cite sources in their writing and create useful entries for the works-cited list.</p><p>More than just a new edition, this is a new MLA style.</p>