MLA is a system for formatting scholarly writing and documenting sources. For over half a century, it has been widely adopted for classroom instruction and used worldwide by scholars, journal publishers, and academic, and commercial presses.

It recommends one universal set of guidelines that writers can apply to any type of source. Traditionally, it is used in English, foreign language, and humanities classes.

The MLA Handbook is the definitive source for MLA guidelines. It is produced by the Modern Language Association. However, there are many online resources such as the Modern Language Association's site and the Purdue Online Writing Lab that now provide easy access to guidance.

Click on the image below of the MLA handbook to access the Modern Language Association's site.

The Purdue Owl site will provide you with MLA formatting, grammatical, and documentation guidance. It provides examples of title pages, work cited pages, etc.

Click on the image below to access the Purdue Online Writing Lab for MLA.

This site provides a very user friendly search for MLA citation information. Coupling this with the OWL MLA page will provide you will all of the information you may need.

Click on the image below to access the Columbia College MLA page.

The following link will take you to an online document that will provide you with a quick reference for MLA formatting.

Click below to access the MLA 8 quick reference guide

Although it is not usually considered an academic source, at times it may be necessary to cite specific instances from social media.

Click on the pic below for more information on how to correctly cite social media sources.

Sites are available that will take provided information and produce a citation according to your chosen style.

Remember to back check the generated citations to see if they match MLA 8. You can use the quick reference guide above to do this.

Click on the images below to access the sites.

This video provides information and guidance on correctly formatting in MLA 8. Fast forward past the beginning of the the video to quickly access the guidance sections.

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