A Guide to MLA Documentation

Author : Joseph F. Trimmer

9781337555999

48 Pages Stitched binding

10th Edition | Previous Editions: 2013, 2010, 2006

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Briefer, more affordable, and easier to use than the MLA's own handbook, this popular guide features the current MLA standards and principles, new annotated examples, and an expanded guide to citing online resources. The guide also provides numerous examples, a sample research paper, and helpful hin... more

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This edition has been fully updated to reflect the new MLA guidelines and principles.

EASY ACCESS: Concise and straightforward, A GUIDE TO MLA DOCUMENTATION has been reorganized to reflect the research and documentation process starting with “IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND COMPOSING,” then “DOC... more

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NEW annotated and color-coded examples using MLA’s core elements model.

NEW guidance and examples prepare students to properly cite sources, including additional online sources such as podcasts, Spotify, Netflix, and Twitter.

NEW annotated student paper to give students extra support as they mast... more

Author

Joseph F. Trimmer

Joseph F. Trimmer is Professor of English Emeritus and Director Emeritus of The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University. He is the author of numerous articles on literature, culture, and literacy, including THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION: THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS (1978), UNDERSTANDING OTHERS: CULTURAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE (1992), and NARRATION AS KNOWLEDGE: TALES OF THE TEACHING LIFE (1997). Professor Trimmer has also worked on 20 documentary films for PBS, including the six-part series, "Middletown" (1982). His textbooks include WRITING WITH A PURPOSE, 14th Edition (2004), THE RIVER READER, 12th Edition (formerly the RIVERSIDE READER (2016), and eFICTIONS (2002). Trimmer's A GUIDE TO MLA DOCUMENTATION, 9th Edition is a perennial bestseller; he has also published A GUIDE TO APA DOCUMENTATION.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.
1. Implications for Your Research and Composing.
Evaluating Resources.
Compiling Source Information.
Taking Notes.
Quoting Sources.
Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources.
Avoiding Plagiarism.
2. Documenting Sources.
Preparing the List of Works Cited.
Using the Core Elements to Create Works-Cited Entries.
Sample Entries: Books in Print.
Sample Entries: Articles in Print Periodicals.
Sample Entries: Online Publications.
Sample Entries: Miscellaneous Sources.
Using Notes.
Abbreviations for MLA Documentation.
3. Annotated Student Research Paper: “The Perils of the Second Shift: Navigating Work Family Conflict in the 21st Century,” by Nichole Peña.
Index.

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