Books about MLA Citations
A Pocket Style Manual by Call Number: REF. PE1408 .H26 2015b (DPC) & RHCREF. PE1408 .H26 2015b (RHC)ISBN: 9781319083526Publication Date: 2016Provides guidance on APA, MLA, Chicago. & CSE styles.
MLA Handbook by Call Number: REF LB2369 .G53 2016ISBN: 9781603292627Publication Date: 2016The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook... Shorter and redesigned for easy use, the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook guides writers through the principles behind evaluating sources for their research. It then shows them how to cite sources in their writing and create useful entries for the works-cited list.
Writing Resources
- Writing about literature (UToronto)This *short* reading provides tips for writing about literature
- Writing about poetry (Purdue)This short reading provides tips for writing about poetry
- How to quote dialogue from a novel or short story (Purdue)How you punctuate quoted dialogue from a novel will depend on what you are quoting and how you are quoting it. See the three most common considerations below
- Quoting from plays or poetry (WritingCommons)The rules for quoting drama and/or poetry in Modern Language Association (MLA) Style differ from those for quoting the genre of prose. This article discusses rules for using MLA style to format quotes from drama and poetry.
Citations & Integrity Video: MLA 8th Edition Citation Style
The videos below explain how to format a hanging indent
Hanging Indents in Google Docs [40s, includes captions]
Creating a Hanging Indent in Microsoft Word [51s, includes captions]