What has changed since MLA 8th edition?
MLA Style Center: What's New with the Ninth Edition includes information on formatting your research paper, citation practice template, FAQs, sample papers, and quick guide. They also provide citation guideline for common titles of online works.
Scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed sources are sources written by experts and are reviewed by experts in the field before the article is published.
You may consider scholars with subject expertise have authority in the area of your research topic and thus produce only good sources. However, like all types of sources and authorities, scholarly sources vary a lot by date, scope, method, and etc, making only some of them appropriate to cite in your research. Scholarly sources may have totally valid evidence but not so relevant to your research.
Finding a good scholarly source to use can sometimes be a messy process, but below are some questions you can ask yourself in order to determine if the academic article is worth using in your research.
More information about factors to consider when evaluating scholarly articles
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (official complete ebook)
Call number Z253 .U69 2003, available in print on the first floor of the library in the Learning Commons
Citing Archival Materials in Chicago
Turabian Quick Guide from the University of Chicago Press
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 8th edition by Kate Turabian et al.
Call number LB2369 .T8 2013, available in print on the first floor of the library in the Learning Commons
This guide is a quick introduction to the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition Style for citations, basic format, and sample annotated bibliography. Please be sure to consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th edition and/or the APA Style website for additional details.
There is a print copy available (call number is BF76.7 .P83 2020) at the Reference Desk, the Learning Commons Reference Collection and the third floor.
Most Notable changes from APA 6th edition to 7th edition
Publisher location is NOT included for book citations.
In-text citations from works with three or more authors is shortened from the first time mentioned to (Hernandez et al., 2020)
Include up to 20 authors in the reference.
DOIs need to be formatted as clickable URLs such as https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400256
Don’t include “Retrieved from” in front of a URL unless a retrieval date is needed.
For website citation include the website name, unless it is the same as the author.
Clear guidelines for citing media contributors that are not authors or editors.
Media type |
Include as author |
---|---|
Film |
Director |
TV series |
Executive Producers |
Podcast |
Host or Executive Producer |
Webinar |
Instructor |
Online Streaming Video |
Person/Group who uploaded the video |
Citation examples are provided for different types of online sources including: podcasts, youtube videos, and social media posts.
Use the singular “they” as a gender neutral pronoun instead of he or she.
Clear format guidelines are provided for student and professional research papers.
More flexibility in font choices/size and include:
Calibri 11
Arial 11
Lucida Sans Unicode 10
Times New Roman 12
Georgia 11
The running head on the title page no longer includes the words Running head. It now only includes the title of the paper and the page number.
Student papers do not need to include a running head. (Unless specified from your instructor)
At the end of a sentence, use one space instead of two.