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What’s New in the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook (Spring 2021)

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What is MLA Handbook Plus?

MLA Handbook Plus is a new, subscription-based digital product providing online access to the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook. To learn more about MLA Handbook… Read More

Teaching Resources

MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, 2nd Edition: An Interview with the Author

by Ellen C. Carillo

Ellen C. Carillo talks to the MLA about the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, second edition. Read More

Teaching Resources

Integrating Quotations in Research Writing: A Lesson for College Students

by Andrew Shipe

A lesson for college students on incorporating quotations Read More

Advice from the Editors

Descriptions Used as Titles of Persons

by Joseph Wallace

Writers sometimes use short descriptive phrases in place of formal titles before people's names. Read More

A Reflection on Disability Studies: Enabling the Humanities on Its Twentieth Anniversary

MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, 2nd Edition: An Interview with the Author

Teaching Claire de Duras’s Ourika

Teaching Nineteenth-Century Activist Rhetorics Today: An Interview

How and Why to Teach Late-Twentieth-Century Mexicana and Chicana Writers: An Interview

Teaching the Popular Literature of Nineteenth-Century France

Considering Audience through Search Engine Optimization

How to Apply Composition Techniques to a Cover Letter

Descriptions Used as Titles of Persons

Understanding Back-Formations: Established Expressions or Curious Coinages?

Parts of the Whole: Using Comprise and Compose

How Do I Know If I’ve Used Due to Correctly?

To Affect or Effect—to What Effect?

Sports Terms in MLA Style

Chess Terms in MLA Style

Omitting the Superfluous Of

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How should I style the title of a short film?

Treat a short film as a self-contained work and italicize its title in your citation and in your prose. Read More

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How do I cite Indigenous oral teachings?

Anyone working with Indigenous oral teachings will want to consult the guidelines created by Lorisia MacLeod, a member of the James Smith Cree Nation, while… Read More

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How do I cite a born-digital text that later appeared in print?

Cite a born-digital text that later appeared in print the same way you would cite any other republished work. Remember that you should always cite… Read More