The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers a MLA Formatting and Style Guide.
Use Purdue OWL for help with:
Research Toolkit - How to Cite Sources with MLA
MLA Escape Room
MLA style was updated to the 8th edition in 2016.
Now included in citations are:
No longer included in citations are:
In MLA 8th edition, sources are described by their "containers," meaning the resource(s) that houses the source. For example, a scholarly article is in a journal, which is its "first container." A database containing that article and the journal issue in which it was published is its "second container." Details about a container (e.g. a journal issue) are separated by commas. Different containers are indicated by periods (e.g. between information about a journal issue and information about a database).
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