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MLA documentation style: works cited page

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Each academic discipline has its own expectations for style and documentation. Often, these disciplines rely on a broad system of guidelines that are determined by professional organizations in the field. In literature and composition fields, the standard style is MLA (Modern Language Association).

Because Works Cited pages follow specific guidelines for spacing and indentations, we offer this information in pdf format only. Please click here for an example of a typical works cited page.

An excellent web-based resource on MLA citation is Diana Hacker’s site, Research and Documentation Online.

     

  

For more information:

Gibaldi, Joseph. The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: MLA of America, 2003.

Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. 5th ed. Boston/New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003.

Modern Language Association official website.

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