The fields are very flexible and are catching up with our modern and digitized world. Take a regular book for example – if you want to reference the 2nd edition of a book that information goes under “Version”, if it’s the 3rd volume of a series, that’s “Number”, if you want to mention that this book has a translator, that’s “Other contributors”. Of course there are still some differences between the various types of sources, some information is more relevant than others, but now, whatever the source, your reference will be able to fit this template.
to reference any source, from tweets to comic books, in exactly the same way. Now there is a universal template which allows students, educators, researchers etc.
#How to properly cite sources in mla 8 how to
Previously, researchers had to find the relevant section of the guide (which was a book thick enough that it could double as a tool to press your favorite flowers or as a stoop to get to the top of your closet) to know how to cite a certain source correctly. For instance, a book reference had to include the book’s publisher and edition, whereas a journal article required the name of the journal and the volume and issue numbers. In previous editions, different types of source had to be referenced in specific ways, which wasn’t just hard for students to do correctly, it was also really hard to encode into our style.
The biggest difference between MLA 7 and MLA 8 is the new standardized citation format. So, what’s new and important for students, researchers and educators to know? What are the big changes between MLA 7 and MLA 8? We explain this and so much more about why we think you should embrace this new edition! Yes, we’re that serious about referencing. The shiny new edition of the MLA Handbook came out earlier this year and we were obviously one of the first to get our hands on it.
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