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    <publisher>Modern Language Association of America</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued>
    <edition>7th ed.</edition>
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  <tableOfContents>Foreword / Rosemary G Feal -- Preface / David G Nicholls -- Note on the Web component -- Chapter 1:  Research And Writing -- 1-1:  Research paper as a form of exploration -- 1-2:  Research paper as a form of communication -- 1-3:  Selecting a topic -- 1-3-1:  Freedom of choice -- 1-3-2:  Finding an appropriate focus -- 1-3-3:  Summing up -- 1-4:  Conducting research -- 1-4-1:  Modern academic library -- 1-4-2:  Library research sources -- 1-4-3:  Central information system -- 1-4-4:  Reference works -- 1-4-5:  Online catalog of library holdings -- 1-4-6:  Full-text databases -- 1-4-7:  Other library resources and services -- 1-4-8:  Web sources -- 1-4-9:  Summing up -- 1-5:  Compiling a working bibliography -- 1-5-1:  Keeping track of sources -- 1-5-2:  Creating a computer file for the working bibliography -- 1-5-3:  Recording essential publication information -- 1-5-4:  Noting other useful information -- 1-5-5:  Verifying publication information -- 1-5-6:  Converting the working bibliography to the works-cited list -- 1-5-7:  Summing up -- 1-6:  Evaluating sources -- 1-6-1:  Authority -- 1-6-2:  Accuracy and verifiability -- 1-6-3:  Currency -- 1-6-4:  Summing up -- 1-7:  Taking notes -- 1-7-1:  Methods of note-taking -- 1-7-2:  Types of note-taking -- 1-7-3:  Recording page or reference numbers -- 1-7-4:  Using a computer for note-taking -- 1-7-5:  Amount and accuracy of note-taking -- 1-7-6:  Summing up -- 1-8:  Outlining -- 1-8-1:  Working outline -- 1-8-2:  Thesis statement -- 1-8-3:  Final outline -- 1-8-4:  Summing up -- 1-9:  Writing drafts -- 1-9-1:  First draft -- 1-9-2:  Subsequent drafts -- 1-9-3:  Writing with a word processor -- 1-9-4:  Final draft and the research project portfolio -- 1-9-5:  Summing up -- 1-10:  Language and style --</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Chapter 2:  Plagiarism And Academic Integrity -- 2-1:  Definition of plagiarism -- 2-2:  Consequences of plagiarism -- 2-3:  Information sharing today -- 2-4:  Unintentional plagiarism -- 2-5:  Forms of plagiarism -- 2-6:  When documentation is not needed -- 2-7:  Related issues -- 2-7-1:  Reusing a research paper -- 2-7-2:  Collaborative work -- 2-7-3:  Research on human subjects -- 2-7-4:  Copyright infringement -- 2-8:  Summing up -- Chapter 3:  Mechanics Of Writing -- 3-1:  Spelling -- 3-1-1:  Consistency -- 3-1-2:  Word division -- 3-1-3:  Plurals -- 3-1-4:  Foreign words -- 3-2:  Punctuation -- 3-2-1:  Purpose of punctuation -- 3-2-2:  Commas -- 3-2-3:  Semicolons -- 3-2-4:  Colons -- 3-2-5:  Dashes and parentheses -- 3-2-6:  Hyphens -- 3-2-7:  Apostrophes -- 3-2-8:  Quotation marks -- 3-2-9:  Square brackets -- 3-2-10:  Slashes -- 3-2-11:  Periods, question marks, and exclamation points -- 3-2-12:  Spacing after concluding punctuation marks -- 3-3:  Italics -- 3-3-1:  Words and letters referred to as words and letters -- 3-3-2:  Foreign words in an English text -- 3-3-3:  Emphasis -- 3-4:  Names of persons -- 3-4-1:  First and subsequent uses of names -- 3-4-2:  Titles of persons -- 3-4-3:  Names of authors and fictional characters -- 3-5:  Numbers -- 3-5-1:  Arabic numerals -- 3-5-2:  Use of words or numerals -- 3-5-3:  Commas in numbers -- 3-5-4:  Percentages and amounts of money -- 3-5-5:  Dates and times of the day -- 3-5-6:  Inclusive numbers -- 3-5-7:  Roman numerals -- 3-6:  Titles of works in the research paper -- 3-6-1:  Capitalization and punctuation -- 3-6-2:  Italicized titles -- 3-6-3:  Titles in quotation marks -- 3-6-4:  Titles and quotations within titles -- 3-6-5:  Exceptions -- 3-6-6:  Shortened titles -- 3-7:  Quotations -- 3-7-1:  Use and accuracy of quotations -- 3-7-2:  Prose -- 3-7-3:  Poetry -- 3-7-4:  Drama -- 3-7-5:  Ellipsis -- 3-7-6:  Other alterations of sources -- 3-7-7:  Punctuation with quotations -- 3-7-8:  Translations of quotations -- 3-8:  Capitalization and personal names in languages other than English -- 3-8-1:  French -- 3-8-2:  German -- 3-8-3:  Italian -- 3-8-4:  Spanish -- 3-8-5:  Latin --</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Chapter 4:  Format Of The Research Paper -- 4-1:  Margins -- 4-2:  Text formatting -- 4-3:  Heading and title -- 4-4:  Page numbers -- 4-5:  Tables and illustrations -- 4-6:  Paper and printing -- 4-7:  Corrections and insertions -- 4-8:  Binding -- 4-9:  Electronic submission -- Chapter 5:  Documentation:  Preparing The List Of Works Cited -- 5-1:  Documenting sources -- 5-2:  MLA style -- 5-3:  List of works cited -- 5-3-1:  Introduction -- 5-3-2:  Placement of the list of works cited -- 5-3-3:  Arrangement of entries -- 5-3-4:  Two or more works by the same author -- 5-3-5:  Two or more works by the same authors -- 5-3-6:  Cross-references -- 5-4:  Citing periodical print publications -- 5-4-1:  Introduction -- 5-4-2:  Article in a scholarly journal -- 5-4-3:  Article in a scholarly journal that uses only issue numbers -- 5-4-4:  Article in a scholarly journal with more than one series -- 5-4-5:  Article in a newspaper -- 5-4-6:  Article in a magazine -- 5-4-7:  Review -- 5-4-8:  Abstract in an abstracts journal -- 5-4-9:  anonymous article -- 5-4-10:  Editorial -- 5-4-11:  Letter to the editor -- 5-4-12:  Serialized article -- 5-4-13:  Special issue -- 5-5:  Citing non periodical print publications -- 5-5-1:  Introduction -- 5-5-2:  Book by a single author -- 5-5-3:  Anthology or a compilation -- 5-5-4:  Book by two or more authors -- 5-5-5:  Book by a corporate author -- 5-5-6:  Work in an anthology -- 5-5-7:  Article in a reference book -- 5-5-8:  Introduction, a preface, a foreword, or an afterword -- 5-5-9:  Anonymous book -- 5-5-10:  Scholarly edition -- 5-5-11:  Translation -- 5-5-12:  Illustrated book or a graphic narrative -- 5-5-13:  Book published in a second or subsequent edition -- 5-5-14:  Multivolume work -- 5-5-15:  Book in a series -- 5-5-16:  Republished book or journal issue -- 5-5-17:  Publisher's imprint -- 5-5-18:  Book with multiple publishers -- 5-5-19:  Brochure, pamphlet, or press release -- 5-5-20:  Government publication -- 5-5-21:  Published proceedings of a conference -- 5-5-22:  Book in a language other than English -- 5-5-23:  Book published before 1900 -- 5-5-24:  Book without stated publication information or pagination -- 5-5-25:  Unpublished dissertation -- 5-5-26:  Published dissertation -- 5-6:  Citing Web publications -- 5-6-1:  Introduction -- 5-6-2:  Nonperiodical publication -- 5-6-3:  Scholarly journal -- 5-6-4:  Periodical publication in an online database -- 5-7:  Citing additional common sources -- 5-7-1:  Television or radio broadcast -- 5-7-2:  Sound recording -- 5-7-3:  Film or a video recording -- 5-7-4:  Performance -- 5-7-5:  Musical score or libretto -- 5-7-6:  Work of visual art -- 5-7-7:  Interview -- 5-7-8:  Map or chart -- 5-7-9:  Cartoon or comic strip -- 5-7-10:  Advertisement -- 5-7-11:  Lecture, a speech, an address, or a reading -- 5-7-12:  Manuscript or typescript -- 5-7-13:  Letter, a memo, or an e-mail message -- 5-7-14:  Legal source -- 5-7-15:  Article in a microform collection of articles -- 5-7-16:  Article reprinted in a loose-leaf collection of articles -- 5-7-17:  Publication on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM -- 5-7-18:  Digital file -- 5-8:  Work in more than one publication medium --</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>Chapter 6:  Documentation:  Citing Sources In The Text -- 6-1:  Parenthetical documentation and the list of works cited -- 6-2:  Information required in parenthetical documentation -- 6-3:  Readability -- 6-4:  Sample references -- 6-4-1:  Citing an entire work, including a work with no page numbers -- 6-4-2:  Citing part of a work -- 6-4-3:  Citing volume and page numbers of a multivolume work -- 6-4-4:  Citing a work listed by title -- 6-4-5:  Citing a work by a corporate author -- 6-4-6:  Citing two or more works by the same author or authors -- 6-4-7:  Citing indirect sources -- 6-4-8:  Citing common literature -- 6-4-9:  Citing more than one work in a single parenthetical reference -- 6-5:  Using notes with parenthetical documentation -- 6-5-1:  Content notes -- 6-5-2:  Bibliographic notes -- Chapter 7:  Abbreviations -- 7-1:  Introduction -- 7-2:  Time designations -- 7-3:  Geographic names -- 7-4:  Common scholarly abbreviations and reference words -- 7-5:  Publishers' names -- 7-6:  Symbols and abbreviations used in proofreading and correction -- 7-6-1:  Selected proofreading symbols -- 7-6-2:  Common correction symbols and abbreviations -- 7-7:  Titles of works -- 7-7-1:  Bible -- 7-7-2:  Works by Shakespeare -- 7-7-3:  Works by Chaucer -- 7-7-4:  Other works -- Appendix A:  Guides To Writing -- A-1:  Introduction -- A-2:  Dictionaries of usage -- A-3:  Guides to nondiscriminatory language -- A-4:  Books on style -- Appendix B:  Specialized Style Manuals -- Index.</tableOfContents>
  <note>Prev. ed. entered under: Gibaldi, Joseph, 1942-</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260) and index.</note>
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