Transcript MLA 7TH EDITION

MLA
TH
7
EDITION
Major Differences
Between
MLA 6TH EDITION
AND
MLA 7TH EDITION
“medium of publication
consulted” now included
Examples:
Print
Web
Franke, Damon. Modernist Heresies: British
Literary History, 1883-1924. Columbus:
Ohio State UP, 2008. Print.
Marsh, Betsa. “In Search of Rhett and Scarlett.”
Saturday Evening Post Sept/Oct. 2009: 556.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Dec.
2009.
“medium of reception”
Examples:
Radio
Television
CD
Film
Audiocassette
Home On the Range. Dir. David Chesire.
Center Productions, 1985. Film.
Wiesel, Elie. Interview by Ted Koppel.
Nightline. ABC. WABC, New
York. 18 Apr. 2002. Television.
URL’s No Longer Required
for Web Entries
“Tundra Biome.” Web. 4 Jan. 2010.
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass.
Brooklyn, 1855. The Walt Whitman
Archive. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.
Use italics (instead of underlining) for
titles of larger works (books,
magazines)
Use “quotation marks” for titles of
shorter works (poems, articles)
American Heritage Guide to
Contemporary Usage and Style.
Boston: Houghton, 2005. Print.
To cite an article or a publication that was
originally issued in print form but that was
retrieved from an online database:
Type the online database name in italics.
Do not provide subscription information in
addition to the database name.
(Galileo and the Discovering Collection
No Longer Included in Citation )
Marsh, Betsa. “In Search of Rhett and Scarlett.”
Saturday Evening Post Sept/Oct. 2009: 54-56.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Dec. 2009.
Wong, Nicole C. “Educators Tighten Dress Codes
to Help Students Stay Focused.” San Jose
Mercury News (San Jose, CA). 13 Aug. 2002:
n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.
“Amy Tan (1952- ).” EXPLORING Novels.
2003. Web. 7 Nov. 2009.
“Biome.” UXL Encyclopedia of Science.
Ed. Rob Nagel. 2nd ed. Detroit:
U*X*L, 2007. Discovering Collection.
Web. 30 Nov. 2009.
Thanks to:
The Owl at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers Seventh Edition
www.mlahandbook.org