HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND THE 8TH EDITION 

UPDATESFOR MLA STYLE

Stephanie Noell

Wait, What?■MLA 8th Edition was published in

April 2016■The Library currently owns two

copies (LB 2369.G53 2016) and is ordering more

■Desk Copy Request Form: https://apps.mla.org/bookrequest_form

What’s Different?

What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

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■ 7th edition website citation:

What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

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■ 7th edition book citation:– Author. Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

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What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

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■ 7th edition book citation:– Author. Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

– Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton, 1999. Print.

■ 7th edition website citation:

What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

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■ 7th edition book citation:– Author. Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

– Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton, 1999. Print.

■ 7th edition website citation:– Author. "Title of the Web

Page." Title of the Overall Web Site. Version or Edition. Publisher or Sponsor, Date. Web. Date of Access.

What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

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■ 7th edition book citation:– Author. Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

– Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton, 1999. Print.

■ 7th edition website citation:– Author. "Title of the Web

Page." Title of the Overall Web Site. Version or Edition. Publisher or Sponsor, Date. Web. Date of Access.

– Holahan, Catherine. "Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy." MSN Money. Microsoft, 17 June 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.

What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

– Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number.Issue number (Year): Pages. Type of Material.

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■ 7th edition book citation:– Author. Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

– Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton, 1999. Print.

■ 7th edition website citation:– Author. "Title of the Web

Page." Title of the Overall Web Site. Version or Edition. Publisher or Sponsor, Date. Web. Date of Access.

– Holahan, Catherine. "Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy." MSN Money. Microsoft, 17 June 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.

What’s Different?■ 7th edition journal citation:

– Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume number.Issue number (Year): Pages. Type of Material.

– Davis, William D., Thomas Cleary, Michelle Donnelly, and Samuel Hellerman. "Using Sensor Signals to Analyze Fires." Fire Technology 39.4 (2003): 295-308. Print.

■ 7th edition book citation:– Author. Title of Book. City of

Publication: Publisher, Year. Type of Material.

– Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton, 1999. Print.

■ 7th edition website citation:– Author. "Title of the Web

Page." Title of the Overall Web Site. Version or Edition. Publisher or Sponsor, Date. Web. Date of Access.

– Holahan, Catherine. "Eddie Bauer Files for Bankruptcy." MSN Money. Microsoft, 17 June 2009. Web. 17 June 2009.

What’s Different?■ 8th Edition Book Citation:

– Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. Knopf, 1994.

What’s Different?■ 8th Edition Book Citation:

– Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. Knopf, 1994.

■ 8th Edition Website Citation:– Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922.

Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive,  www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html. Accessed May 2006.

– Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive.

What’s Different?■ 8th Edition Book Citation:

– Said, Edward W. Culture and Imperialism. Knopf, 1994.

■ 8th Edition Website Citation:– Klee, Paul. “Twittering Machine.” 1922.

Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive,  www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html. Accessed May 2006.

– Klee, Paul. “Twittering Machine.” 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive.

■ 8th Edition Journal Citation:– Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms:

The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol. 15, no. 1, 1996, pp. 41-50.

In Summary

■For in-text citations:– No changes to the basic format of

parenthetical citations– For videos and other time-based formats,

a time-stamp must be listed– Pp. 117-118 cover shortening titles for

parenthetical citations

In Summary■ For Works Cited entries:

– More universal model for citations– No more book publisher locations– Access dates and URLs (no angle

brackets) are optional for web resources, so be sure to specify your preferences to your students

– Common terms in the Works Cited list like editor, edited by, translator, and review of are no longer abbreviated

– When a source has 3 or more authors, only the first one shown in the source is normally given. It is followed by et al.

– Page numbers in the Works Cited list (but not in in-text citations) are preceded by p. or pp.

– Volume numbers are preceded by vol. and issue numbers are preceded by no.

– If no date is found, omit it completely (n.d. is no longer used); if a date is found in an outside source, list it in brackets

– If an organization is listed as both author and publisher, they should be listed as the publisher with no author given

– The type/medium of publication is no longer listed (unless for clarity)

For You and Your Students:

http://libguides.mountainviewcollege.edu/mla

Questions?