College Composition / Unit 25 CMP 0620 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Check the Current Handbook
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The idea
MLA style is revised periodically, and the current edition of the MLA Handbook is the authority for details.
In practice
The core principles, author and page in the text and a works-cited list built from core elements, carry across editions, but details such as formatting a DOI have changed.
Where people slip
When your instructor's requirements differ from the handbook, follow your instructor.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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