MLA Citation Style

1. MLA stands for the Modern Language Association, and their methods of documentation are used primarily in the liberal arts curriculum (e.g. Literature, Speech Pathology, Linguistics, etc...).
2. This style allows writers to support their own ideas with pre-existing information while ensuring that each source is correctly documented (be it a direct quote or paraphrasing) in the hopes of eliminating any possible accusation of plagiarism.
3. The seventh edition of the MLA Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing was published in 2009.

• Here is a link (PDF) to basic MLA guidelines provided by the Writing Center.
• Here is a link to the Wikipedia article with additional information.
• Here is a link to a sample paper provided by the Writing Center.