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Mla format

// January 22nd, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Essay writing format

MLA format

The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is the official style guide of the Modern Language Association of America, from whom the style takes its name. The Modern Language Association of America supports scholars who study the literature and culture of English and other languages. The MLA format documentation style is generally used by language, literature, and other humanities scholars, and it would be most appropriate to use when writing about topics related to these disciplines, such as literature, language usage, art, and various types of media. (more…)

List of References

// January 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Essay writing format

A list of references gathers together the sources you’ve used, with enough bibliographic information that the reader can retrace your steps. The list comes at the end of the paper, after any endnotes. The title of the list is centered at the top of a new page, continuing the paper’s pagination. Entries are set off with a hanging indent: after the first line, subsequent lines of each entry are indented a half-inch (word processors automate this task). Don’t put blank lines between entries.
CMS The usual title is Bibliography, though other titles (e.g., Works Cited or References) are permitted. Capitalize all significant words in the titles of works listed.
MLA The usual title is Works Cited. Capitalize all significant words in titles.
APA The usual title is References. Capitalize only the first word of each work’s title, the first word after a colon, and names and acronyms.