The Library provides access to resources like books, ebooks, and websites that can help you cite sources in MLA style. Please visit our Citing Your Sources guide or explore the books and web resources listed below for help.
These web resources may be helpful if you need assistance citing sources in MLA Style. However, be sure to evaluate any sources you use--the Shapiro Library cannot vouch for the accuracy of information provided on external websites.
Composition of Everyday Life by
Encouraging you to be an inventive thinker and writer, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Concise Edition, Third Edition, illustrates how the act of writing is connected to your daily life as it helps you rediscover concepts, uncover meaning, and rethink the world around you. With a more reader-friendly design than ever, the third edition begins with an entire chapter devoted to helping you transition into college-level thinking and writing. It emphasizes the invention process throughout and offers twelve chapters to help you invent ideas more than any text on the market. Its seventy-plus reading selections by both professional and student writers expose you to a variety of disciplines. Breaking down the opposition between the personal spaces of everyday life and the critical discourse of academia, this text delivers pedagogy for making meaning and generating writing at the intersection of academic and nonacademic life. It is an excellent preparation for the academic reading and writing activities you will encounter throughout your college experience and well beyond.
A Little Literature 2009 by
Featuring the smallest trim size and page count of any comparable anthology, this appealing new three-genre collection encourages students to experience the pleasures of reading literature. Updated to reflect the new MLA Guidelines, A Little Literature: Reading, Writing, and Argument, 2009 MLA Update offers a compact and economical alternative to bulky anthologies. Despite the brevity of this compilation, a judicious mix of classic and contemporary selections--from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Amy Tan and Tobias Wolff--offers ample reading choices for instructors and students. Concise, yet complete, editorial apparatus provides guidance on reading, writing, and, most particularly, developing arguments about literature.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by
The Manual Millions of Writers Rely On Since the publication of the first edition in 1977, the MLA Handbook has sold over four million copies worldwide. The fifth edition is revamped for the Internet age. The Authoritative Guide to MLA Style The MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association, the authority on MLA documentation style. Developed by teachers and scholars as a system for citing research sources, MLA style has been widely adopted in high schools, colleges, and publishing houses. What's New in This Edition A complete toolbox for online research, the fifth edition offers guidance in * finding research materials online * judging the quality of information on the Internet * using expanded and updated MLA formats to document a variety of online sources * preparing texts in electronic form Citation examples and lists of recommended resources have been updated throughout. Contents * Choosing a topic, using the library and the Internet, producing a working bibliography and an outline, writing drafts, and avoiding plagiarism * Spelling, punctuation, and the presentation of names, titles of works, and quotations * The physical format of the paper * Using MLA style to list sources at the end of the paper * Citing sources in the text of the paper * Suitable abbreviations * Suggestions on reference works in various subjects * Summary of other documentation styles * Sample pages from a research paper.
Write for College by 
Writing by
Writing: A Guide for College and Beyonduses written instruction and visual tools to teach how to read, write, and research effectively for different purposes. Writing Guidelines, Critical Reading, Research. General Interest, Writing