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The essentials of MLA style : a guide to documentation for writers of research papers, with an Appendix on APA style / Joseph F. Trimmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trimmer, Joseph F.
- Standardized Title:
- Guide to MLA documentation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authorship--Style manuals.
- Authorship.
- Bibliographical citations--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Bibliographical citations.
- Scholarly publishing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Scholarly publishing.
- Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Academic writing.
- Genre:
- Style manuals.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 70 pages ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Essentials of Modern Language Association style
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.
- Summary:
- In easy-to-use outline form, this little book is a handy distillation of the best-selling MLA Handbook, with all the information a student needs to format a typescript, list sources at the end of the paper, cite sources in the paper's text, and avoid unintentional plagiarism. It also includes a sample outline and research paper and, for writers in the social sciences, a brief discussion of the style preferred by the American Psychological Association. Up to date-with rules for citing such new media as CD-ROMS, videotapes, and online databases. Includes a complete sample outline and research paper, with an appendix on APA style.
- Notes:
- Originally published: A guide to MLA documentation, 4th ed., 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0395883164
- OCLC:
- 38168330
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