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Index

Contents How to Use This E-Book Foreword Preface by Kathleen Fitzpatrick Part 1 Principles of MLA Style Introduction Why Document Sources? Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty Think: Evaluating Your Sources Select: Gathering Information about Your Sources Organize: Creating Your Documentation

The List of Works Cited

The Core Elements

Author Title of Source Title of Container Other Contributors Version Number Publisher Publication Date Location Optional Elements

In-Text Citations

Part 2 Details of MLA Style Introduction 1. The Mechanics of Scholarly Prose

1.1 Names of Persons

1.1.1 First and Subsequent Uses of Names 1.1.2 Titles of Authors 1.1.3 Names of Authors and Fictional Characters 1.1.4 Names in Languages Other Than English

1.2 Titles of Sources

1.2.1 Capitalization and Punctuation 1.2.2 Italics and Quotation Marks 1.2.3 Shortened Titles 1.2.4 Titles within Titles 1.2.5 Titles of Sources in Languages Other Than English

1.3 Quotations

1.3.1 Use and Accuracy of Quotations 1.3.2 Prose 1.3.3 Poetry 1.3.4 Drama 1.3.5 Ellipsis 1.3.6 Other Alterations of Quotations 1.3.7 Punctuation with Quotations 1.3.8 Translations of Quotations

1.4 Numbers

1.4.1 Use of Numerals or Words 1.4.2 Commas in Numbers 1.4.3 Inclusive Numbers 1.4.4 Roman Numerals

1.5 Dates and Times 1.6 Abbreviations

1.6.1 Months 1.6.2 Common Academic Abbreviations 1.6.3 Publishers’ Names 1.6.4 Titles of Works

2. Works Cited

2.1 Names of Authors

2.1.1 Variant Forms 2.1.2 Titles and Suffixes 2.1.3 Corporate Authors

2.2 Titles

2.2.1 Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword 2.2.2 Translations of Titles

2.3 Versions 2.4 Publisher 2.5 Locational Elements

2.5.1 Plus Sign with Page Number 2.5.2 URLs and DOIs

2.6 Punctuation in the Works-Cited List

2.6.1 Square Brackets 2.6.2 Forward Slash

2.7 Formatting and Ordering the Works-Cited List

2.7.1 Letter-by-Letter Alphabetization 2.7.2 Multiple Works by One Author 2.7.3 Multiple Works by Coauthors 2.7.4 Alphabetizing by Title 2.7.5 Cross-References

3. In-Text Citations

3.1 Author

3.1.1 Coauthors 3.1.2 Corporate Author

3.2 Title

3.2.1 Abbreviating Titles of Sources 3.2.2 Descriptive Terms in Place of Titles

3.3 Numbers in In-Text Citations

3.3.1 Style of Numerals 3.3.2 Numbers in Works Available in Multiple Editions 3.3.3 Other Citations Not Involving Page Numbers

3.4 Indirect Sources 3.5 Repeated Use of Sources 3.6 Punctuation in the In-Text Citation

4. Citations in Forms Other Than Print Practice Template Index Bonus Online Resources