Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gibaldi, Joseph, 1942-
2. Modern Language Association of America

Description

1. xxi, 292 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "The MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association, the authority on MLA documentation style. Widely adopted in high schools, colleges, and publishing houses, the MLA Handbook treats every aspect of research writing, from selecting a topic to submitting the completed paper. The seventh edition is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to research and writing in the online environment. It provides an authoritative account of MLA documentation style for use in student writing, including simplified guidelines for citing works published on the Web and new recommendations for citing several kinds of works, such as digital files and graphic narratives."--Back cover.

Series statement

1. Gibaldi, Joseph, 1942- MLA handbook for writers of research papers.

Alternative title

1. Modern Language Association handbook for writers of research papers
2. Handbook for writers of research papers

Subject

1. Report writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc
2. Research > Handbooks, manuals, etc
3. Bibliographical citations > Handbooks, manuals, etc
4. Writing
5. Authorship
6. Research
7. Rapports > Rédaction > Guides, manuels, etc
8. Recherche > Guides, manuels, etc
9. Références bibliographiques > Guides, manuels, etc
10. Écriture
11. Art d'écrire
12. Recherche
13. writing (processes)
14. authorship
15. research (function)
16. Bibliographical citations
17. Report writing
18. Neuphilologie
19. Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten
20. Wissenschaftliches Manuskript
21. Schrijfvaardigheid
22. Schrijven
23. Stijlen
24. Wetenschappelijke teksten
25. Vetenskapligt skrivande > handböcker, manualer, etc
26. Uppsatsskrivning > handböcker, manualer, etc
27. Znanstveni sestavki > Metodologija > Priročniki
28. znanstveno delo strokovni sestavki raziskovalne naloge raziskovalno delo poročila
29. scientific articles methodology scientific work professional articles research work reports

Genre/Form

1. Handbook
2. handbooks.
3. Reference works
4. Handbooks and manuals
5. Ouvrages de référence.
6. Guides et manuels.

Contents

1. Foreword / Rosemary G. Feal -- Preface / David G. Nicholls -- Note on the web component -- Research and writing -- Plagiarism and academic integrity -- Mechanics of writing -- Format of the research paper -- Documentation: preparing the list of works cited -- Documentation: citing sources in the text -- Abbreviations -- Appendix A. Guides to writing -- Appendix B. Specialized style manuals -- Index.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Prev. ed. entered under: Gibaldi, Joseph, 1942-
2. "The authoritative guide -- now with online access"--Cover.
3. "The Modern Language Association publishes two books on its documentation style: the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (for high school and undergraduate students) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (for graduate students, scholars, and professional writers)."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-260) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain