The Modern Language Assoc. of America, 1998. A style guide for scholarly documentation recommended for graduate students, scholars, and professional writers. The phrase parenthetical notation simply means in parenthesis. These parenthetical notes refer the reader to the correct item in the list of works cited. In the past, notes would be numbered and typed at the bottom of the page or end of the paper.
Parentetical notation is now the accepted form for noting material cited.
The works cited listed is always located at the back of the paper. This page is entirely double-spaced. If an entry exceeds one line, indent the second line. The references are alphabetically arranged and the page numbers are continued from the last page of the paper. Books One author, book Oates, Joyce Carol.