MLA 8th Edition
alphabetical order
1 inch margins
12pt. Times, double spaced
hanging indent
Use hanging indent (1st line at 1 inch margin, 2+ lines indented 1/2 inch)
List URL (Web address) for SHR projects; it must be a "live" link!
NEW for MLA 8th Edition
ONE citation form that follows this chart:
MLA Core Elements (www.mla.org)
Author: Last, First; for 3+ Authors: list 1st author followed by the phrase: et al,
"Author" means person responsible for producing source, including editor or translator or director (incl. special title)
Title of source: first letters capitalized (except articles like a, an); since it is a part of the "larger" source (called a "container"), enclose within quotation marks.
Example: "Web Page." "Chapter in a Book." "Song" on an Album."
IF there is no "Smaller" part, then skip this section.
Title of container: container is where the source "lives." Is the source a part of a whole like the page on a Web site or a chapter in a book? The "whole" is the container. Put in italics.
Example: Web Site. Book Title. Film Title.
Other contributors: like editor; skip if not applicable
Version: edition (skip is not applicable)
Number: Volume and Issue number written as vol. 72, no. 6 (not 72.6)
Publisher: don't need city for books
Publication date: Order: Day Month (abbreviated) Year: 10 Dec. 2000; if no date is given, leave it out (no more n.d.)
Location: where do you find it? Provide: URL (web address), page number
Source for above:
Valenza, Joyce. “Shifting into 8th (On MLA’s New Edition).” School Library Journal, 18 Apr. 2016, http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2016/04/18/shifting-into-8th-on-mlas-new-edition/.