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MLA Handbook by
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 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. Shorter and redesigned for easy use, the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook 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. More than just a new edition, this is a new MLA style.
MLA Style Guide Eighth Edition
Click this link to see some common examples of sources cited using the MLA 8th edition rules.
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Citation generators are a great way to get your bibliography/references page done, but remember that these tools still require some additional work. Just as spell check can miss certain words or phrases, citation managers can produce some pretty unusual results! So be sure to check your results - or better yet, stop by the Writing Center and have someone there check it with you!