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Shuvadip Das posted an Question
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What is mla 8th edition style guidelines? can you attach a format of mla 8th edition?

What is MLA 8th edition style guidelines? Can you attach a format of MLA 8th edition?

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    Ronak kumari upadhyay Best Answer

    hey shuvadip..As u kno mla is the specific format for college level writing. so what is different in 8th edition Key differences in MLA 8th Edition 1. One standard citation format that applies to every source type In previous editions of the MLA Handbook, researchers were required to locate the citation format for the source that they used. For example, if a magazine was used, researchers needed to locate the specific citation format for periodicals. Due to the various ways that information is now received, in books, websites, lectures, tweets, Facebook posts, etc, it has become unrealistic for MLA to create citation formats for every source type. Now, there is one standard, universal format that researchers can use to create their citations. 2. Inclusion of “containers” in citations. Turn in your best paper We check your paper against billions of sources using technology similar to Turnitin Paste paper Check my paper The papers you upload will be added to our plagiarism database and will be used internally to improve plagiarism results. Containers are the elements that “hold” the source. For example, if a television episode is watched on Netflix, Netflix is the container. Both the title of the source and its container are included in a MLA 8th edition citation. 3. The ability to use pseudonyms for author names It is now acceptable to use online handles or screen names in place of authors’ names. Example: @WSJ. “Generation X went from the most successful in terms of homeownership rates in 2004 to the least successful by 2015.” Twitter, 8 Apr. 2016, 4:30 p.m., www.twitter.com/WSJ/status/718532887830753280 4. Adding the abbreviations vol. and no. to magazine and journal article citations. In MLA 7, there was no indication that the numbers in periodical citations referred to the volume and issue numbers. Example of a journal article citation in MLA 7th Edition: DelGuidice, Margaux. “When a Leadership Opportunity Knocks, Answer!” Library Media Connection 30.2 (2011): 48-49. Print An example of a journal article citation in MLA 8th edition: DelGuidice, Margaux. “When a Leadership Opportunity Knocks, Answer!” Library Media Connection, vol. 30, no. 2, 2011, pp. 48-49. 5. Inclusion of URLS In previous versions of the MLA handbook, it was up to the discretion of the instructor whether URLs should be included in a citation. In MLA 8, it is highly recommended to include a URL in the citation. Even if it becomes outdated, it is still possible to trace the information online from an older URL. Omit “http://” or “https://” from the URL when including it in a MLA 8th edition citation. 6. Omitting the publisher from some source types It is not necessary to include the publisher for periodicals or for a web site when the name of the site matches the name of the publisher. For periodicals, the name of the publisher is generally insignificant. 7. Omitting the city of publication In previous versions of the MLA handbook, researchers included the city where the publisher was located. Today, this information generally serves little purpose and the city of publication can often be omitted. Only include the city of publication if the version of the source differs when published in a different country (Example: British editions of books versus versions printed in the United States). Features that have not changed, and are the same as MLA 7: The overall principles of citing and plagiarism The use of in-texworks cited pages

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