MLA handbook for writers of research papers /
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Corporate author / creator: | Modern Language Association of America |
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1984. |
Description: | 221 p. ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/625942 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Research and Writing
- 1.1.. The Research Paper as a Form of Exploration
- 1.2.. The Research Paper as a Form of Writing
- 1.3.. Selecting a Topic
- 1.4.. Conducting Research
- 1.4.1.. The Modern Academic Library
- 1.4.2.. The Central Information System
- 1.4.3.. Reference Works
- 1.4.4.. The Online Catalog of Library Holdings
- 1.4.5.. Other Library Resources and Services
- 1.4.6.. Internet Sources
- 1.5.. Compiling a Working Bibliography
- 1.6.. Evaluating Sources
- 1.6.1.. Authorship and Authority
- 1.6.2.. Accuracy and Verifiability
- 1.6.3.. Currency
- 1.7.. Taking Notes
- 1.8.. Plagiarism
- 1.9.. Outlining
- 1.9.1.. Working Outline
- 1.9.2.. Thesis Statement
- 1.9.3.. Final Outline
- 1.10.. Writing Drafts
- 1.11.. Language and Style
- 1.12.. Guides to Writing
- Chapter 2. The Mechanics of Writing
- 2.1.. Spelling
- 2.1.1.. Consistency
- 2.1.2.. Word Division
- 2.1.3.. Plurals
- 2.1.4.. Foreign Words
- 2.2.. Punctuation
- 2.2.1.. The Purpose of Punctuation
- 2.2.2.. Commas
- 2.2.3.. Semicolons
- 2.2.4.. Colons
- 2.2.5.. Dashes and Parentheses
- 2.2.6.. Hyphens
- 2.2.7.. Apostrophes
- 2.2.8.. Quotation Marks
- 2.2.9.. Square Brackets
- 2.2.10.. Slashes
- 2.2.11.. Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
- 2.3.. Italics (Underlining)
- 2.3.1.. Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters
- 2.3.2.. Foreign Words in an English Text
- 2.3.3.. Emphasis
- 2.4.. Names of Persons
- 2.4.1.. First and Subsequent Uses of Names
- 2.4.2.. Titles of Persons
- 2.4.3.. Names of Authors and Fictional Characters
- 2.5.. Numbers
- 2.5.1.. Arabic Numerals
- 2.5.2.. Use of Words or Numerals
- 2.5.3.. Commas in Numbers
- 2.5.4.. Percentages and Amounts of Money
- 2.5.5.. Dates and Times of the Day
- 2.5.6.. Inclusive Numbers
- 2.5.7.. Roman Numerals
- 2.6.. Titles of Works in the Research Paper
- 2.6.1.. Capitalization and Punctuation
- 2.6.2.. Underlined Titles
- 2.6.3.. Titles in Quotation Marks
- 2.6.4.. Titles and Quotations within Titles
- 2.6.5.. Exceptions
- 2.6.6.. Shortened Titles
- 2.7.. Quotations
- 2.7.1.. Use and Accuracy of Quotations
- 2.7.2.. Prose
- 2.7.3.. Poetry
- 2.7.4.. Drama
- 2.7.5.. Ellipsis
- 2.7.6.. Other Alterations of Sources
- 2.7.7.. Punctuation with Quotations
- 2.7.8.. Translations of Quotations
- 2.8.. Capitalization and Personal Names in Languages Other Than English
- 2.8.1.. French
- 2.8.2.. German
- 2.8.3.. Italian
- 2.8.4.. Spanish
- 2.8.5.. Latin
- Chapter 3. The Format of the Research Paper
- 3.1.. Printing or Typing
- 3.2.. Paper
- 3.3.. Margins
- 3.4.. Spacing
- 3.5.. Heading and Title
- 3.6.. Page Numbers
- 3.7.. Tables and Illustrations
- 3.8.. Corrections and Insertions
- 3.9.. Binding
- 3.10.. Electronic Submission
- Chapter 4. Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Cited
- 4.1.. Documenting Sources
- 4.2.. MLA Style
- 4.3.. The List of Works Cited and Other Source Lists
- 4.4.. Placement of the List of Works Cited
- 4.5.. Arrangement of Entries
- 4.6.. Citing Books and Other Nonperiodical Publications
- 4.6.1.. The Basic Entry: A Book by a Single Author
- 4.6.2.. An Anthology or a Compilation
- 4.6.3.. Two or More Books by the Same Author
- 4.6.4.. A Book by Two or More Authors
- 4.6.5.. Two or More Books by the Same Authors
- 4.6.6.. A Book by a Corporate Author
- 4.6.7.. A Work in an Anthology
- 4.6.8.. An Article in a Reference Book
- 4.6.9.. An Introduction, a Preface, a Foreword, or an Afterword
- 4.6.10.. Cross-References
- 4.6.11.. An Anonymous Book
- 4.6.12.. An Edition
- 4.6.13.. A Translation
- 4.6.14.. A Book Published in a Second or Subsequent Edition
- 4.6.15.. A Multivolume Work
- 4.6.16.. A Book in a Series
- 4.6.17.. A Republished Book
- 4.6.18.. A Publisher's Imprint
- 4.6.19.. A Book with Multiple Publishers
- 4.6.20.. A Pamphlet
- 4.6.21.. A Government Publication
- 4.6.22.. The Published Proceedings of a Conference
- 4.6.23.. A Book in a Language Other Than English
- 4.6.24.. A Book Published before 1900
- 4.6.25.. A Book without Stated Publication Information or Pagination
- 4.6.26.. An Unpublished Dissertation
- 4.6.27.. A Published Dissertation
- 4.7.. Citing Articles and Other Publications in Periodicals
- 4.7.1.. The Basic Entry: An Article in a Scholarly Journal with Continuous Pagination
- 4.7.2.. An Article in a Scholarly Journal That Pages Each Issue Separately
- 4.7.3.. An Article in a Scholarly Journal That Uses Only Issue Numbers
- 4.7.4.. An Article in a Scholarly Journal with More Than One Series
- 4.7.5.. An Article in a Newspaper
- 4.7.6.. An Article in a Magazine
- 4.7.7.. A Review
- 4.7.8.. An Abstract in an Abstracts Journal
- 4.7.9.. An Anonymous Article
- 4.7.10.. An Editorial
- 4.7.11.. A Letter to the Editor
- 4.7.12.. A Serialized Article
- 4.7.13.. A Special Issue
- 4.7.14.. An Article in a Microform Collection of Articles
- 4.7.15.. An Article Reprinted in a Loose-Leaf Collection of Articles
- 4.8.. Citing Miscellaneous Print and nonprint Sources
- 4.8.1.. A Television or Radio Program
- 4.8.2.. A Sound Recording
- 4.8.3.. A Film or Video Recording
- 4.8.4.. A Performance
- 4.8.5.. A Musical Composition
- 4.8.6.. A Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph
- 4.8.7.. An Interview
- 4.8.8.. A Map or Chart
- 4.8.9.. A Cartoon
- 4.8.10.. An Advertisement
- 4.8.11.. A Lecture, a Speech, an Address, or a Reading
- 4.8.12.. A Manuscript or Typescript
- 4.8.13.. A Letter or Memo
- 4.8.14.. A Legal Source
- 4.9.. Citing Electronic Publications
- 4.9.1.. Introduction
- 4.9.2.. An Online Scholarly Project, Information Database, or Professional or Personal Site
- 4.9.3.. An Online Book
- 4.9.4.. An Article in an Online Periodical
- 4.9.5.. A Publication on CD-ROM, Diskette, or Magnetic Tape
- 4.9.6.. A Work in More Than One Publication Medium
- 4.9.7.. A Work from an Online Service
- 4.9.8.. A Work in an Indeterminate Medium
- 4.9.9.. Other Electronic Sources
- Chapter 5. Documentation: Citing Sources in the Text
- 5.1.. Parenthetical Documentation and the List of Works Cited
- 5.2.. Information Required in Parenthetical Documentation
- 5.3.. Readability
- 5.4.. Sample References
- 5.4.1.. Citing an Entire Print or Nonprint Work
- 5.4.2.. Citing Part of a Work
- 5.4.3.. Citing Volume and Page Numbers of a Multivolume Work
- 5.4.4.. Citing a Work Listed by Title
- 5.4.5.. Citing a Work by a Corporate Author
- 5.4.6.. Citing Two or More Works by the Same Author or Authors
- 5.4.7.. Citing Indirect Sources
- 5.4.8.. Citing Literary and Religious Works
- 5.4.9.. Citing More Than One Work in a Single Parenthetical Reference
- 5.5.. Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation
- 5.5.1.. Content Notes
- 5.5.2.. Bibliographic Notes
- Chapter 6. Abbreviations
- 6.1.. Introduction
- 6.2.. Time Designations
- 6.3.. Geographic Names
- 6.4.. Common Scholarly Abbreviations
- 6.5.. Publishers' Names
- 6.6.. Symbols and Abbreviations Used in Proofreading and Correction
- 6.6.1.. Selected Proofreading Symbols
- 6.6.2.. Common Correction Symbols and Abbreviations
- 6.7.. Titles of Literary and Religious Works
- 6.7.1.. Bible
- 6.7.2.. Shakespeare
- 6.7.3. Chaucer
- 6.7.4.. Other Literary Works
- Appendix A. Selected Reference Works by Field
- A.1.. Anthropology
- A.2.. Art
- A.3.. Biology
- A.4.. Business
- A.5.. Chemistry
- A.6.. Computer Science
- A.7.. Education
- A.8.. Environmental Sciences
- A.9.. Geography
- A.10.. Geology
- A.11.. History
- A.12.. Language and Literature
- A.13.. Law
- A.14.. Mathematics
- A.15.. Medicine
- A.16.. Music
- A.17.. Philosophy
- A.18.. Physics
- A.19.. Psychology
- A.20.. Religion
- A.21.. Science and Technology
- A.22.. Sociology
- Appendix B. Other Systems of Documentation
- B.1.. Endnotes and Footnotes
- B.1.1.. Documentation Notes versus the List of Works Cited and Parenthetical References
- B.1.2.. Note Numbers
- B.1.3.. Note Form versus Bibliographic Form
- B.1.4.. Endnotes versus Footnotes
- B.1.5.. Sample First Note References: Books and Other Nonperiodical Publications
- B.1.6.. Sample First Note References: Articles and Other Publications in Periodicals
- B.1.7.. Sample First Note References: Miscellaneous Print and Nonprint Sources
- B.1.8.. Sample First Note References: Electronic Publications
- B.1.9.. Subsequent References
- B.2.. Author-Date System
- B.3.. Number System
- B.4.. Specialized Style Manuals
- Sample Pages of a Research Paper in MLA Style
- Index