MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing
By: Joseph Gibaldi
Contributors: Modern Language Association of America
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780873526999
Subjects: Sciences humaines; Academic writing; Publishing; Publicaties; Humanities literature; Handbooks, manuals; Standards; Technique de rédaction; Guide (Descripteur de forme); Scholarly publishing; Guides, manuels; Humaniora; Code typographique; Art d'écrire; Wetenschappelijke teksten; Writing; Handbooks; Codes typographiques; Style manuals; Authorship; Édition savante
Description: Since its publication in 1985, the MLA Style Manual has been the standard guide for graduate students, teachers, and scholars in the humanities and for professional writers in many fields. Extensively reorganized and revised, the second edition contains new sections and updated guidelines on citing electronic works - including sources from the Internet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Scholarly publishing; title: 2. Legal issues in scholarly publishing; title: 3. Basics of scholarly writing; title: 4. Preparation of scholarly manuscripts; title: 5. Preparation of theses and dissertations; title: 6. Documentation : preparing the list of works cited; title: 7. Documentation : citing sources in the text; title: 8. Abbreviations; title: Appendix. Other systems of documentation.