MLA Documentation

 

You are required to use MLA documentation for all Blackboard postings and English papers.  For specific documentation concerns not covered in the assigned text, you will need to consult the current MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or one of the MLA Internet sites.  Many of the MLA sites also covers quotations. 
 
Noodle Tools Quick Site
This site is a tool that simplifies the process of creating and editing MLA source lists such as a "Works Cited" or "Bibliography."  It is a favorite with a lot of students.  Fill in the blanks, and the site will create the citation for you.  You then cut and paste the entry into your paper!

Ingram’s Library
This is an interactive page that creates the citations automatically.  Just fill in the blanks.  The site  will create the citation for you.  Then you can cut and  paste the entry into your paper!

MLA Parenthetical Documentation and Works Cited
This page along with "How to Set up a Quotation" shows how quotations can be smoothly integrated into the sentence and properly documented using the MLA format. 

Research and Documentation Online
Diana Hacker's website for on-line documentation and writer's resources.

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

Columbia University Press

MLA Documentation Guide
 

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