What is MLA citation style?
Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used in the humanities, especially in scholarly writing on literature. MLA style uses brief parenthetical citations in the text that refer to an alphabetical list of works cited appearing at the end of the work.
Disciplines that use MLA Style include:
- English
- Art
- Philosophy
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MLA Handbook
MLA Handbook by Call Number: REF PN 203 .G53 2016 (First Floor Reference Collection)Publication Date: 2016 8th ed.The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook.
Online Resources. Find Help
Best Bet! The MLA Style Center: Writing Resources from the Modern Language Association
Sample Papers in MLA Style. From the Modern Language Association
The following essays, which won the 2019 MLA Student Paper, provide models for organizing and working with sources. They also demonstrate MLA documentation style and paper formatting. - MLA site viewed 1/8/2020
The OWL. MLA Formatting and Style. Purdue Online Writing Lab
Harbert Writing Center
The Harbert Writing Center (HWC) at the University of Montevallo is located in Comer 311. The Harbert Writing Center is affiliated with the University of Montevallo Department of English. The HWC offers free writing feedback for students with writing projects in all content areas. For more information visit the Harbert Writing Center site.
