A Guide to MLA Documentation (with an Appendix on APA Style), 8th Edition

✍ Scribed by Joseph F. Trimmer

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 48
• Edition: 8th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Briefer, more affordable, and easier to use than the MLA's own handbook, this popular booklet features current MLA guidelines, a new section on evaluating online sources, and an up-to-date APA appendix. The guide also provides numerous examples, a sample research paper, and helpful hints on such topics as avoiding plagiarism and taking notes.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
1. Preparing the List of Works Cited......Page 6
A Book by One Author......Page 8
A Book with an Editor......Page 9
An Edition Other Than the First......Page 10
A Book with a Title in Its Title......Page 11
An Article from a Monthly or Bimonthly Magazine......Page 12
An Abstract from Dissertation Abstracts or Dissertation Abstracts International......Page 13
Works of Art......Page 14
Sample Entries: Web Publications......Page 15
A Personal Home Page......Page 16
A Posting to a Discussion Group (with URL)......Page 17
2. Documenting Sources......Page 18
Placing and Punctuating the Parenthetical Reference......Page 19
2. Citing one work by an author who has the same last name as another author in your list of works cited......Page 20
4. Citing a work by more than one author......Page 21
7. Citing literary works......Page 22
8. Citing more than one work in a single parenthetical reference......Page 23
2. To list (and perhaps evaluate) several sources or to refer readers to additional sources......Page 24
2. A source should be authoritative.......Page 25
6. A source should provide links.......Page 26
Taking Notes......Page 27
3. Set off the quoted passage with an introductory sentence followed by a colon.......Page 28
Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources......Page 29
Avoiding Plagiarism......Page 30
Version A......Page 31
Version C......Page 32
5. Annotated Student Research Paper......Page 33
Selected Publishers......Page 39
Appendix on APA Style......Page 40
Preparing the List of References......Page 41
Sample Entries......Page 42
Documenting Sources......Page 44
Index......Page 46