MLA 7 TH EDITION
Major Differences Between MLA 6 TH EDITION AND MLA 7 TH EDITION
“medium of publication consulted” now included Examples: Print Web
Franke, Damon. Modernist Heresies: British Literary History, Columbus: Ohio State UP, Print. Marsh, Betsa. “In Search of Rhett and Scarlett.” Saturday Evening Post Sept/Oct. 2009: 556. Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Dec
“medium of reception” Examples: Radio Television CD Film Audiocassette
Home On the Range. Dir. David Chesire. Center Productions, Film. Wiesel, Elie. Interview by Ted Koppel. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18 Apr Television.
URL’s No Longer Required for Web Entries “Tundra Biome.” Web. 4 Jan Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, The Walt Whitman Archive. Web. 30 Nov
American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Boston: Houghton, Print. Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) Use “quotation marks” for titles of shorter works (poems, articles)
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: Academic Search Complete. Web. 1 Dec 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
“Amy Tan (1952- ).” EXPLORING Novels Web. 7 Nov “Biome.” UXL Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. Rob Nagel. 2nd ed. Detroit: U*X*L, Discovering Collection. Web. 30 Nov
Thanks to: The Owl at Purdue MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Seventh Edition