This particular link will take you to A Guide for Research Papers. Here you will find updated information and
multiple links to specific areas of
documentation, from in-text citations to
Works Cited pages.
Click here to go to the University of Madison webpage that details the ins and outs of MLA Documentation.This link is excellent for getting information about parenthetical references--that is to say, you will find answers to many of your questions about what to do in various situations. The page takes an informative question-and-answer approach.
This page at St. Cloud State College's LEO
(Literacy Educatoin Online) offers excellent
examples of the various kinds Parenthetical Quotations. You will find most instances listed here. You
will notice that all the variations contain
two central features: the author and the
page; the source is found in the Works Cited
section of your document. Consistency is
the
key here--your goal is always to lead the
reader to the correct place on the citation
page.
One of the leading web resources for all
kinds of writing questions is the On-Line Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.Here you will find a wealth of material
associated with writing a research essay.
You will have to scroll down to find the
information; however, the instructions are
clear and the examples written to ensure
that you see them well. Click in and
investigate: these pages work well when
you actually have a specific question or
specific questions in mind.
You can purchase your own copy of a MLA
Handbook (Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook
for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New
York: MLA, 2003), use your rhetoric from
your composion class, or simply surf the
web for the information. This site of MLA Guidelines offers links to the various situations for the
Works Cited pages. You will notice a
separate section on Internet citations, an
ever-evolving medium.
As you search for materail, you will find hundreds of pages like the following on Works Cited Guidelines.Indeed, the internet offers a wealth of information to help you with documentaton. As with all internet sources, however, you must use care. So use your links well, sticking with established places, such as this material published by Duke University, which provides examples of MLA sources but also gives you information about Chicago and others. The internet also provides intersting articles such as this one that talks about documentation and offers numerous and clear examples about electronic documentation in particular.
You will also discover on the internet a wealth of separate sites devoted to various aspect of documentation, such as this site for Footnotes and Endnotes.One of the excellent ways to learn, however, is to look at scholary puplications to see how things get done. this article, published on the web, for example, uses end notes instead of works cited. Looking around, you will also discover examples of Works Cited pages and various templates, including sample essays in MLA format your can download for your personal use.
As this page illustrates, you can even purchase MLA Documentation Software.You want, of course, to be careful with this tool; however, the software comes in handy, especially with long citation pages, which you can update as you work.
You will find another version at this cite.
And do not get confused: the Bibliography for your research project is the Works Cited
page. The goal of the MLA style is
coherence, continuity, consistency.
