MLA Citation Help- Paul H. Thompson Library

 

Books

 

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th Ed.                                                                          Ref LB2369 .G53 2003

(1 Reserves 2nd floor, 1 Reference 1st floor)

 

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2nd Ed.                                                                 Ref PN147 .G444 1998  

(1 Reserves 2nd floor, 1 Stacks)

 

The Elements of Style, 4th Ed.                                                                                                                       PE1408 .S772 2000    

(1 Stacks)

 

A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students:                                                                                          PR56 .B34 2000 

English and American Literature  

(1 Stacks)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

Online Resources

 

The Owl at Purdue

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Founded by Purdue University, this MLA webpage contains comprehensive formatting and style information geared toward students. 

 

Fayetteville Technical Community College Online Writing Lab

http://www.faytechcc.edu/courses/owl/

A website maintained by FTCC’s English Department with documentation style guides and resources for writing papers.

 

The Writing Center- University of Wisconsin, Madison http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html

A webpage focusing on parenthetical citations and works cited pages in MLA format.

 

St. Petersburg College MLA Citation Guide http://www.spjc.edu/central/libonline/path/mla_master.htm

Provides examples of citations in MLA format for a wide variety of print and electronic sources.

 

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html

Contains easy to use guidelines for citing internet sources used in MLA papers

according to Joseph Gibaldi’s MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

 

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
A webpage maintained by Capital Community college that focuses on all elements of an MLA paper from the research process to finished product. 
Includes steps on formatting papers, endnotes, footnotes, and Works Cited pages.

 

 

Modern Language Association (MLA) Website

http://www.mla.org

  Click on "MLA Style" link at the top of the page for a definition of MLA style and a list of frequently asked questions.

 

 

 

                                                                                    Current as of 9/4/08