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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.027
EAN: 9780873522977
ISBN: 0873522974
Label: Modern Language Association of America
Manufacturer: Modern Language Association of America
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2008-06-30
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Studio: Modern Language Association of America

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Reorganized and revised, the third edition of the MLA Style Manual offers complete, up-to-date guidance on writing scholarly texts, documenting research sources, submitting manuscripts to publishers, and dealing with legal issues surrounding publication. New in the third edition:

* a significant revision of MLA documentation style

* simplified citation formats for electronic sources

* detailed advice on the review process used by scholarly journals and presses

* a fully updated chapter on copyright, fair use, contracts, and other legal issues

* guidelines on preparing electronic files

* discussion of the electronic submission of a dissertation

* a foreword by Domna C. Stanton on the current state of scholarly publishing

* a preface by David G. Nicholls on what is new in the third edition

MLA guides present the most accurate and complete information on MLA style.

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Summary: Excellent source of information.
Comment: Iam a college student, and I have to right a lot of papers. I have found this book to be very useful.

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Summary: Reference book
Comment: As a freelance copyeditor I have to make sure the ms. is in the editor's requested format. Some of my work must be in the MLA style and this book is the best reference book available. I used the 2nd edition and when I got another job requesting MLA style, I ordered the 3rd edition.

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Summary: MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
Comment: This book does everything it is advertised to do.

A fault of the book: The book (on p. 214) should clarify what is considered the "title" of a web-page: Is it that which is written on the title bar, or the actual title heading the text?

However, I do not like the MLA citation style. In-text citations are much more intrusive than are footnotes or endnotes. They are also more difficult for the reader to match to the writer's documentation, if, for instance, the writer is using several works from the same source (e.g., the same government agency, where author's names are not usually given). In such a case, especially if the titles of the cited works are similar, the long title would have to be inserted parenthetically in the text, instead of just having a footnote number. It is a cumbersome citation style.

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Summary: Necessary item for anyone involved in writing
Comment: This product is a must for anyone studying English Literature. It will walk you through correctly citing books, articles, movies etc. It will also show you how to organize an annotated bibliography. This is the newest edition and since it's published every 5 years you're good to go until 2013.

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Summary: MLA book
Comment: This is a mandatory document I need for school. I know it is going to be helpful. Everything I need to know is in there.

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