| MLA Quick
Reference Guide, 7th ed.
Author/Creation: Academic Center
staff. Revision: Amy Hatmaker, May 2009.
Summary: Provides an overview to MLA
documentation style as described in the MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers (Seventh Edition).
Section I explains MLA documentation in text. Section II
shows how to format the title page and works cited
page(s) of an MLA paper. This guide is not intended to
be a complete reference, but it does provide guidelines
for the most common elements used by students writing
research papers.
Learning Objectives: To write proper in-text
citations in MLA documentation style. To format
reference entries and the title and works cited pages
correctly in MLA documentation style.
Note: If your instructor's guidelines differ from those
specified in this guide, follow your instructor's requirements.
Section I
This
section of the MLA Quick Reference Guide explains
citations in text and how to cite
- Works with one author
- Works with two or more authors
- Works with no authors
- Works with corporate authors
- Authors with same surname
- Multiple citations of an author
- Two or more separate works by different
authors
- Indirect sources (secondary sources)
- Personal interviews
- Multi-volume works
- Poetry and Plays
- Direct quotations
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SECTION II
Section II of the Quick Reference Guide shows you about the formatting
conventions of MLA style. Click on the links below to learn more about each section:
Section II of this Quick Reference
Guide shows you about the formatting conventions of
MLA style. Please note that the formatting of the sample
pages that follow do not meet exact MLA conventions.
These pages are presented to provide a representation of
MLA format. To find out about exact spacing
requirements, read the information at the links below.
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