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Kingston – Books 3 – IMG_1119

Author: Joseph Gibaldi

Publisher: THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION

Contents by Chapter (in brief)

Foreward by Phyllis Franklin…..xv

Chapter 1. Research and Writing

Chapter 2. Plagiarism

Chapter 3. The Mechanics of Writing

Chapter 4. The Format of the Research Paper

Chapter 5. Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Citer

Chapter 6. Documentation: Citing Sources in the Text

Chapter 7. Abbreviations

Appendix A: Selected Reference Works by Field

Appendix B: Other Systems of Documentation

Sample pages of a Research Paper in MLA Stylr…..319

Index…..323

The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is designed to introduce you to the customs of a community of writers who greatly value scrupulous scholarship and the careful documentation, or recording, of research. Read from beginning to end, the MLA Handbook provides a comprehensive picture of how research papers are created. Once you are familiar with the contents, you can use the book as a reference tool. Chapter 1 suggests some of the educational and intellectual purposes of research and describes the first steps in a scholarly project; choosing a topic; using a library; and the Internet; evaluating electronic sources; and producing a working bibliography, notes, outlines, and drafts. Chapter 2 explains why plagiarism is an important concern and how to avoid unintentional plagiarism. Chapter 3 gives practical advice on such matters as spelling, punctuation, , and the presentation of names, numbers, titles of works, and quotations. This chapter is meant to help you craft writing that is clear, consistent, and stylistically authoritative. Chapter 4. Gives guidelines on the physical format of the paper. The next two chapters cover the MLA’s system, or style, of documenting print and electronic sources: chapter 5 explains how to list sources at the end of a paper, while chapter 6 shows how to cite them in the text of a paper. Chapter 7 describes abbreviations that are useful in documentation, and in certain other contexts. Appendix A lists notable reference works in specialized fields; appendix B presents some systems of documentation other than the MLA’s. Finally, there are some sample pages of a research paper that illustrate MLA style.

Learning the rules the MLA Handbook outlines will help you become a writer whose work deserves serious consideration. Similarly, your study of these rules can make you a more discerning reader: knowing how an author is supposed to use sources is essential to judging a text’s reliability.

Paperback 359 pages ISBN:0-87352-986-3