MLA 2009 Update Amanda Makula Library What has changed? Works Cited entries Paper formatting (margins, headings, etc.) and in-text citations remain the.
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MLA 2009 Update Amanda Makula Library
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What has changed? Works Cited entries Paper formatting
(margins, headings, etc.) and in-text citations remain the
same
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Specify publication medium OLD: Blige, Mary J. Be without You.
The Breakthrough. Geffen, 2005. NEW: Blige, Mary J. Be without You.
The Breakthrough. Geffen, 2005. CD.
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Publication medium, continued Most of the time, Print or Web is
the publication medium. Print = anything you used in print form Web
= anything in digital / electronic / online format. This includes a
website, online book, article from an online database, blog,
article from online newspaper or magazine, etc.
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Italicize, dont underline OLD: Garcia, Cristina. The Aguero
Sisters. New York: Ballantine, 1998. NEW: Garcia, Cristina. The
Aguero Sisters. New York: Ballantine, 1998. Print.
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URLs not required OLD: Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin
Luther. 2005. 24 Jan. 2009. NEW: Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of
Martin Luther. Susan Lynn Peterson, 2005. Web. 24 Jan. 2009.
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New abbreviations Web sources now need a publisher/sponsor,
date of publication, and page numbers. N.p. = no publisher/sponsor
given n.d. = no publication date given n. pag. = no page numbers
given
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Abbreviations, continued Belau, Linda. Trauma and the Material
Signifier. Postmodern Culture 11.2 (2001): n. pag. Web. 20 Feb.
2009. Shiva, Vandana. Bioethics: A Third World Issue. NativeWeb.
NativeWeb, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2006.
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Include volume & issue number OLD: Ryan, Katy.
Revolutionary Suicide in Toni Morrisons Fiction. African American
Review 34 (2000): 389-412. NEW: Ryan, Katy. Revolutionary Suicide
in Toni Morrisons Fiction. African American Review 34.3 (2000):
389-412. Print.
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For more information: The OWL at Purdue has a nice section on
the MLA 2009 update:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ Hackers A
Writers Reference, Sixth Edition, 2009 MLA update (red sticker on
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